Wine Country Times

Santa Rosa High School District had the highest enrollment among Sonoma County school districts, welcoming 10,049 students during the 2022-23 school year, according to the California Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 50.9% of them were boys, and 48.6% were girls.

The most represented ethnicity among Santa Rosa High School District students was white, accounting for 30.7% of the student population.

Among the 41 districts in Sonoma County, Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District ranked second in enrollment numbers with 6,409 students, while Petaluma Joint Union High School District welcomed 4,900 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.

Santa Rosa High School District roughly covers schools within Sonoma County and has a main office in Santa Rosa.

In the previous school year, Santa Rosa High School District also had the highest number of students among Sonoma County districts.

In the last decade, enrollment in California elementary and secondary schools rose by at least 5%, while high school enrollment dropped 5%.

However, overall enrollment in California public schools is sliding, and the Public Policy Institute of California expects it to drop another 8% by the 2031-32 school year.

District	City (main office)	Total Enrollment
Santa Rosa High School District	Santa Rosa	10,049
Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District	Rohnert Park	6,409
Petaluma Joint Union High School District	Petaluma	4,900
Santa Rosa Elementary School District	Santa Rosa	4,847
Windsor Unified School District	Windsor	4,712
Sonoma Valley Unified School District	Sonoma	3,587
Rincon Valley Union Elementary School District	Santa Rosa	3,066
Roseland	Santa Rosa	2,760
Petaluma City Elementary School District	Petaluma	2,406
Old Adobe Union School District	Petaluma	1,969
Bellevue Union School District	Santa Rosa	1,586
West Sonoma County Union High School District	Sebastopol	1,570
Liberty Elementary School District	Petaluma	1,559
Cloverdale Unified School District	Cloverdale	1,311
Mark West Union Elementary School District	Santa Rosa	1,304
Wright Elementary School District	Santa Rosa	1,276
Healdsburg Unified School District	Healdsburg	1,229
Piner-Olivet Union Elementary School District	Santa Rosa	1,228
Oak Grove Union Elementary School District	Santa Rosa	1,214
Twin Hills Union Elementary School District	Sebastopol	959
Bennett Valley Union Elementary School District	Santa Rosa	951
Waugh Elementary School District	Petaluma	774
Gravenstein Union Elementary School District	Sebastopol	767
Sebastopol Union Elementary School District	Sebastopol	760
Harmony Union Elementary School District	Occidental	504
Guerneville Elementary School District	Guerneville	359
Sonoma County Office of Education	Santa Rosa	293
Forestville Union Elementary School District	Forestville	224
Wilmar Union Elementary School District	Petaluma	218
Geyserville Unified School District	Geyserville	211
Cinnabar Elementary School District	Petaluma	207
Dunham Elementary School District	Petaluma	147
West Side Union Elementary School District	Healdsburg	137
Two Rock Union School District	Petaluma	132
Kenwood	Kenwood	113
Alexander Valley Union Elementary School District	Healdsburg	112
Monte Rio Union Elementary School District	Monte Rio	59
Horicon Elementary School District	Annapolis	56
Montgomery Elementary School District	Cazadero	21
Fort Ross Elementary School District	Cazadero	14
Kashia Elementary School District	Stewarts Point	8