Schools · Petaluma
Petaluma, CA schools
Petaluma’s public schools score well above California’s averages: 60% of students are proficient in reading against 48.5% statewide, and 88% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.6%. Kids attend one of 6 schools through grade 6, then Kenilworth Junior High or Petaluma Junior High and Casa Grande High or Petaluma High.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
B+
Petaluma’s School Grade: B+
The public schools Petaluma’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 72% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
A-Test scoresC+Graduation
California school districts we grade (1,139)Better than 72%
Lower resultsHigher results
California towns with similar household incomes (508)Better than 65%
High confidence. Built on 2,050 tested students and a graduating class of 736; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on California’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of California only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in California with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Petaluma kids go to school
Grades 7–8
A-Kenilworth Junior High or B+Petaluma Junior High
Depends on your address Petaluma Joint Union High School DistrictGrades 9–12
A-Casa Grande High or APetaluma High
Depends on your address Petaluma Joint Union High School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well above the state in reading
Reading (grades 7–12, Petaluma Joint Union High)60%
State average 48.5%
Reading (grades K–6, Petaluma City Elementary)15%
State average 48.5%
Math (grades 7–12, Petaluma Joint Union High)44%
State average 33.4%
Math (grades K–6, Petaluma City Elementary)5%
State average 33.4% · reported as a range, 0–10% (a small group)
Graduation · class of 2020
88% graduate on time
Graduation rate
88%
CA: 87.6%
Graduating class
736
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.
Districts
Three districts serve Petaluma
Petaluma Joint Union High School DistrictGrades K–12 · 11 schools · 4,900 students
B+Petaluma City Elementary School DistrictGrades K–12 · 9 schools · 2,182 students
D-Old Adobe Union Elementary School DistrictGrades K–6 · 5 schools · 1,734 students
$19,622 per studentCA $21,206Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 33 schools in Petaluma
Showing 1–30 of 33 schools
Mary Collins Charter School at Cherry ValleyElementary · Grades K–8 · 494 students
A-CharterLoma Vista Immersion AcademyElementary · Grades K–6 · 451 students
CharterSonoma Mountain ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 422 students
CharterCorona Creek ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 403 students
A-PublicGrant ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 386 students
PublicMeadow ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 384 students
A-PublicMcKinley ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 368 students
PublicMcNear ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 343 students
PublicMcDowell ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 329 students
PublicLa Tercera ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 295 students
PublicMiwok Valley Elementary CharterElementary · Grades K–6 · 288 students
CharterLive Oak CharterElementary · Grades K–8 · 271 students
ACharterValley Vista ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 155 students
PublicRiver Montessori Elementary CharterElementary · Grades K–6 · 144 students
CharterValley Oaks Elementary (Alternative)Elementary · Grades K–6
PublicKenilworth Junior HighMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 812 students
A-PublicPetaluma Junior HighMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 454 students
B+PublicPetaluma Accelerated CharterMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 115 students
A+CharterDual Language Immersion Academy CharterMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 31 students
CharterCasa Grande HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,653 students
A-PublicPetaluma HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,193 students
APublicSan Antonio High (Continuation)High · Grades 9–12 · 65 students
CPublicValley Oaks High (Alternative)High · Grades 7–12 · 43 students
A-PublicSonoma Mountain High (Necessary Small School)High · Grades 9–12 · 21 students
PublicCarpe Diem High (Continuation)High · Grades 9–12 · 19 students
PublicSouth County ConsortiumOther · Grades K–12 · 129 students
C-PublicValley Vista Public WaldorfGrades M
CharterCYPRESS PRIMARY SCHOOL
PrivateCYPRESS SCHOOL
PrivateHARVEST CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.