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Park Side Elementary · Sebastopol

Park Side Elementary: The state doesn't publish enough data to score this school fairly.

Park Side is an elementary school in Sebastopol. The state doesn't publish enough data to score it fairly — so we won't. Here's what we can show.

No Scope Score available

California doesn't publicly report per-grade test results when fewer than 11 students are tested in a grade — a privacy protection for small schools. We can't compute a Scope Score without that data.

Worth a school visit

With little published data, a visit does the heavy lifting: ask about class sizes, teacher tenure, and where last year's students went next.

  • Ask about typical class sizes and the student-teacher ratio.
  • Ask how long teachers have stayed at the school.
  • Ask where recent graduates or transfers went next.
  • Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom, and watch how a lesson actually runs.

How every group of students does here

At Park Side Elementary in Sebastopol, 52.1% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 48.3% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Park Side Elementary outperforms its district average for low-income students by 3.8 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (43.7% Math proficient); White students (70.2% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 19.9 percentage points for hispanic students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 48 students tested.

All students at this school: 58% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 58%, district —, state 43%58%
MaleMale: this school 56%, district 42%, state 42%56% · −2 vs school
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 48%, district 41%, state 32%48% · −11 vs school
WhiteWhite: this school 71%, district 58%, state 56%71% · +13 vs school
FemaleFemale: this school 60%, district 53%, state 44%60% · +2 vs school
Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino: this school 38%, district 30%, state 32%38% · −21 vs school

6 of 12 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.

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Subgroup growth by grade

Change in proficiency from the lowest tested grade — which groups gain ground the longer they stay. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.

Where the path goes

The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.

K-12 Feeder Path
Elementary
Park Side Elementary
No score
This school
High School
No feeder data available for this level

Feeder patterns derived from NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries are approximate and may have changed — verify with your school district for current assignments.

The people teaching here

Context — never part of the Scope Score
Student : teacherStudent to teacher ratio: this school 22:1, district 21:122:1
Teaching staff14 teachers
Avg. experience9.4 years
Fully credentialed100%
First-year teachers14%

What gets spent here

Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $21,834, CA average $14,815$21,834 · spent at this school
Federal share$590 per student

$590 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.

District current expense · FY 2024–25$22,614 per student

The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.

Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction61%
Instruction support9%
Student services12%
Administration9%
Buildings & maintenance9%

District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.

district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$17,096 per pupil
2019$15,433 per pupil
2018$17,013 per pupil
2017$11,080 per pupil
2016$10,390 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood it serves

White45.5%
District 55.5% · CA 19.9%
Hispanic35.5%
District 27.4% · CA 56.1%
Other15.7%
District 14.5% · CA 9.0%
Black2.6%
District 1.2% · CA 4.8%
Asian0.8%
District 1.4% · CA 10.2%
Low IncomeFree/reduced lunch eligible 46.3% (18pp below CA avg)
Neighborhood — American Community Survey
Median income$109K · CA $85K
Median home value$1.02M · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+50% · CA 35%
ZIP population28,747
Median age51 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level

Worth Knowing

Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.

Your other options

Private alternatives nearby

Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.


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