Is Prestwood Elementary a good school?

Prestwood Elementary ranks 2404 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Prestwood Elementary?

In the 2022-23 school year, 262 students attended Prestwood Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Prestwood Elementary?

Students at Prestwood Elementary are 63% White, 33% Hispanic, 3% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Prestwood Elementary attend?

Students who attend Prestwood Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Adele Harrison Middle High : Sonoma Valley High

Prestwood Elementary

Summary:

Prestwood Elementary is a public elementary school located in Sonoma, California, serving grades K-5 with a total enrollment of 262 students. It is part of the Sonoma Valley Unified School District, which is ranked 1081 out of 1568 districts in California and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Prestwood Elementary consistently outperforms the Sonoma Valley Unified School District and the state of California in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics across all grade levels. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, 49.15% of Prestwood Elementary students were proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 37.63% for the district and 47.04% for the state. In Mathematics, 36.44% of Prestwood Elementary students were proficient or better, compared to 20.91% for the district and 35.54% for the state. However, the school struggles with Hispanic students and students of low socioeconomic status, performing significantly worse than the district and state averages for these subgroups.

Prestwood Elementary outperforms the nearby Flowery Elementary and El Verano Elementary schools, which are also part of the Sonoma Valley Unified School District, in both English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics test scores. However, the school lags behind higher-performing schools in the Napa Valley Unified School District, such as Northwood Elementary and Pueblo Vista Elementary, which consistently rank higher in the state. Prestwood Elementary also benefits from a relatively low percentage of free and reduced lunch recipients and a smaller student-teacher ratio, which may contribute to its academic success.

Detail:

Public K-5

343 East MacArthur St.
Sonoma, CA 95476-7617

(707) 935-6030

District: Sonoma Valley Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
2404^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $11,215

Students who attend Prestwood Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Adele Harrison Middle
High:	Sonoma Valley High

Student/teacher ratio: 20.4

Number of students: 262

Racial breakdown:

White:

63.0%

Hispanic:

32.8%

Asian:

3.1%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 29.8%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Prestwood Elementary ranks better than 59% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks first among 4 ranked elementary schools in the Sonoma Valley Unified School District! (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 52.79. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Prestwood Elementary is $11,215. 2 elementary schools in the Sonoma Valley Unified School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Prestwood Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Prestwood Elementary 2404^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Prestwood Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Sonoma Valley Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Sonoma Valley Unified 1081^st of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Prestwood Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Prestwood Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	68.42	1352^nd	4809	71.9%
2005	72.86	1208^th	4822	74.9%
2006	79.42	990^th	4818	79.5%
2007	82.99	851^st	5113	83.4%
2008	72.62	1300^th	5113	74.6%
2009	68.95	1490^th	5193	71.3%
2010	60.46	1956^th	5314	63.2%
2011	61.12	1955^th	5377	63.6%
2012	61.26	1975^th	5390	63.4%
2013	49.29	2732^nd	5530	50.6%
2015	59.78	1956^th	5611	65.1%
2016	59.00	2044^th	5614	63.6%
2017	56.77	2187^th	5692	61.6%
2018	58.83	2084^th	5662	63.2%
2019	61.58	1989^th	5789	65.6%
2022	46.51	2726^th	5883	53.7%
2023	62.13	1949^th	5874	66.8%
2024	52.79	2404^th	5862	59.0%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Prestwood Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	46.35	2587^th	5084	49.1%
2019	43.25	2877^th	5173	44.4%
2022	29.25	3903^rd	5264	25.9%
2023	33.95	3570^th	5374	33.6%
2024	43.37	2867^th	5511	48.0%

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Rank History for Female students at Prestwood Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	69.01	1548^th	5413	71.4%
2019	68.05	1599^th	5492	70.9%
2022	46.02	2633^rd	5635	53.3%
2023	57.33	2070^th	5617	63.1%
2024	50.37	2392^nd	5605	57.3%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Prestwood Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	56.08	809^th	2585	68.7%

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Rank History for Male students at Prestwood Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	47.44	2607^th	5431	52.0%
2019	54.87	2205^th	5510	60.0%
2022	46.82	2616^th	5663	53.8%
2023	62.38	1843^rd	5650	67.4%
2024	54.05	2256^th	5636	60.0%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Prestwood Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	29.69	3572^nd	4830	26.0%
2019	42.72	2774^th	4963	44.1%
2022	37.85	3070^th	5084	39.6%
2023	21.47	4379^th	5098	14.1%
2024	9.64	5003^rd	5102	1.9%

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Rank History for White students at Prestwood Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	51.97	1459^th	2737	46.7%
2019	53.43	1443^rd	2834	49.1%
2022	32.94	1936^th	2726	29.0%
2023	65.69	947^th	2662	64.4%
2024	49.16	1433^rd	2647	45.9%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Prestwood Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	471	3	12	44	0	n/a	n/a	0	530
1989	515	4	19	45	4	n/a	n/a	0	587
1990	517	6	11	64	2	n/a	n/a	0	600
1991	517	9	17	62	0	n/a	n/a	0	605
1992	450	4	14	63	0	n/a	n/a	0	531
1993	466	5	16	61	0	n/a	n/a	0	548
1994	425	3	10	68	0	n/a	n/a	0	506
1995	485	2	10	66	1	n/a	n/a	0	564
1996	485	2	10	66	1	n/a	n/a	0	564
1997	458	4	5	73	0	n/a	n/a	0	540
1998	431	2	4	69	0	n/a	n/a	0	506
1999	379	3	3	52	0	n/a	n/a	0	437
2000	371	3	2	73	1	n/a	n/a	0	450
2001	365	4	2	69	2	n/a	n/a	5	447
2002	345	3	3	107	1	n/a	n/a	19	478
2003	345	3	3	107	1	n/a	n/a	19	478
2004	343	3	6	114	1	n/a	n/a	4	471
2005	337	5	14	113	1	n/a	n/a	9	479
2006	322	5	11	122	1	n/a	n/a	11	472
2007	313	5	18	110	1	n/a	n/a	7	454
2008	319	3	21	106	3	n/a	n/a	0	452
2009	322	4	25	106	3	2	12	0	474
2010	325	3	23	102	3	1	11	0	468
2011	330	1	16	125	3	1	16	0	492
2012	322	1	18	129	1	1	18	0	490
2013	294	1	14	135	1	1	18	0	464
2014	274	1	14	129	1	1	18	0	438
2015	266	0	14	135	1	0	20	0	436
2016	258	0	13	141	1	0	17	0	430
2017	243	0	11	143	1	0	13	0	411
2018	256	0	9	129	2	1	10	0	407
2019	239	0	5	121	1	1	13	0	380
2020	228	0	6	124	1	1	13	0	373
2021	191	0	7	114	2	2	8	0	324
2022	173	0	7	109	3	2	5	0	299
2023	165	0	8	86	1	1	1	0	262

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Prestwood Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	530	22.0	24.0	n/a
1989	587	25.1	23.3	n/a
1990	600	24.5	24.4	n/a
1991	605	24.0	25.2	n/a
1992	531	24.4	21.7	14.5
1993	548	28.7	19.1	17.2
1994	506	22.9	22.1	17.6
1995	564	28.0	20.1	17.6
1996	564	28.0	20.1	17.6
1997	540	31.2	17.3	19.3
1998	506	30.4	16.6	19.8
1999	437	29.6	14.8	22.4
2000	450	26.7	16.9	27.6
2001	447	25.4	17.6	18.6
2002	478	26.3	18.2	24.8
2003	478	26.3	18.2	24.8
2004	471	25.6	18.4	24.2
2005	479	24.7	19.4	25.5
2006	472	23.5	20.1	15.4
2007	454	24.9	18.2	25.1
2008	452	28.6	15.8	22.8
2009	474	27.0	16.0	29.3
2010	468	24.2	19.3	29.7
2011	492	n/a	n/a	30.1
2012	490	21.4	22.8	n/a
2013	464	19.0	24.4	33.6
2014	438	19.6	22.3	33.1
2015	436	20.0	21.8	33.3
2016	430	19.0	22.6	34.2
2017	411	18.0	22.8	34.1
2018	407	18.0	22.6	40.5
2019	380	16.0	23.7	37.6
2020	373	n/a	n/a	35.7
2021	324	14.6	22.1	31.5
2022	299	14.2	21.0	31.8
2023	262	12.8	20.4	29.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Prestwood Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	530	22.0	24.0	n/a
1989	587	25.1	23.3	n/a
1990	600	24.5	24.4	n/a
1991	605	24.0	25.2	n/a
1992	531	24.4	21.7	14.5
1993	548	28.7	19.1	17.2
1994	506	22.9	22.1	17.6
1995	564	28.0	20.1	17.6
1996	564	28.0	20.1	17.6
1997	540	31.2	17.3	19.3
1998	506	30.4	16.6	19.8
1999	437	29.6	14.8	22.4
2000	450	26.7	16.9	27.6
2001	447	25.4	17.6	18.6
2002	478	26.3	18.2	24.8
2003	478	26.3	18.2	24.8
2004	471	25.6	18.4	24.2
2005	479	24.7	19.4	25.5
2006	472	23.5	20.1	15.4
2007	454	24.9	18.2	25.1
2008	452	28.6	15.8	22.8
2009	474	27.0	16.0	29.3
2010	468	24.2	19.3	29.7
2011	492	n/a	n/a	30.1
2012	490	21.4	22.8	n/a
2013	464	19.0	24.4	33.6
2014	438	19.6	22.3	33.1
2015	436	20.0	21.8	33.3
2016	430	19.0	22.6	34.2
2017	411	18.0	22.8	34.1
2018	407	18.0	22.6	40.5
2019	380	16.0	23.7	37.6
2020	373	n/a	n/a	35.7
2021	324	14.6	22.1	31.5
2022	299	14.2	21.0	31.8
2023	262	12.8	20.4	29.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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