Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS): High scores, real growth, strong attendance. We looked for a catch — we didn't find one.
Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS) posts 24.2% exceeding the standard — versus 21.3% statewide — with climate numbers better than most. That doesn't make it perfect. It makes it worth a visit to find what numbers can't measure.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 61 | 24% | 54% | +1.9 | 9.5% | 0.1% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS) scores 61 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 83rd percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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💪 Strong All-Around — Ask about what we don't score — class size, electives, the feel of a classroom — strong numbers everywhere on paper don't mean every classroom feels the same.
Most rating sites would stop at “54% proficient” and call it done. Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS) deserves a closer read. The school sits in Santa Rosa, where one in three students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS)'s low-income kids hit 54.7% proficiency in ELA — a number the same group reaches at 38.2% statewide. If you're trying to read past zip-code-driven test scores, that's the signal worth weighing.
As a charter, Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS) enrolls by application rather than address. That changes how you get in, but it doesn't change the score.
The seven-year arc
Has held the 83rd-percentile line every tested year since 2019.
This school hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic: 54% meet the standard today, versus 64% in 2019 — a gap worth asking about on a visit.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 60% | 51% | 30% | 41% | 52% |
| Grade 4 | 66% | 57% | 57% | 53% | 56% |
| Grade 5 | 79% | 79% | 70% | 77% | 73% |
| Grade 6 | 79% | 73% | 72% | 69% | 82% |
| Grade 7 | — | — | 83% | 88% | 70% |
| Grade 8 | — | — | — | 57% | 88% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 60% | 49% | 39% | 40% | 54% |
| Grade 4 | 57% | 54% | 49% | 44% | 51% |
| Grade 5 | 63% | 67% | 45% | 52% | 37% |
| Grade 6 | 56% | 58% | 78% | 62% | 69% |
| Grade 7 | — | — | 76% | 65% | 45% |
| Grade 8 | — | — | — | 64% | 71% |
The story this school is actually telling
The school, grade by grade
ELA · CAASPP 2024–25Different students, same year — each bar is one grade's proficiency mix.
The honest read: the share exceeding rises 18.2pp across grades; the floor rises 20.9pp. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. Kids here gain ground the longer they stay — the pattern you want to see. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS)'s most underrated number
54.7% of low-income students met the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide. That's the strongest kind of signal a school can post: it holds across income lines.
The 5 things our score weighs
Ask what the school is working on next. Strong numbers tell you where a school is, not where it's going.
- Ask how teachers track each child's growth over the year, not just where the class lands on test day.
- Ask whether extra support — tutoring, counseling, small groups — reaches kids across income lines, not just the students already ahead.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
- Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
How every group of students does here
At Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS) in Santa Rosa, 54.7% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 23.3% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS) outperforms its district average for low-income students by 31.3 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (36.0% Math proficient); White students (67.3% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 22.8 percentage points for hispanic students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 86 students tested.
7 of 14 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
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.
Low-income student ELA proficiency rises by 2.0pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +3.3pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
TK/K students miss school at roughly twice the rate of Grades 7–8 students (10.0% vs 5.3%). Chronic absence here concentrates in the earliest grades — worth asking how the school works with new families on attendance.
Where the path goes
The path below is estimated from nearby schools in the same district — scores shown for each next step.
Estimated K-12 path based on district and proximity. Actual attendance zones may differ. Contact your school district for official feeder information.
The people teaching here
What gets spent here
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.
On the state's science test (CAST), 61% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
Frequently asked questions
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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.
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 69 | 20% | 32% | 29% | 19% | 52% | +9 |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 28% | 28% | 26% | 18% | 56% | +11 |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 38% | 35% | 15% | 12% | 73% | +25 |
| Grade 6 | 49 | 41% | 41% | 14% | 4% | 82% | +35 |
| Grade 7 | 20 | 15% | 55% | 15% | 15% | 70% | +22 |
| Grade 8 | 17 | 35% | 53% | 0% | 12% | 88% | +42 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 69 | 20% | 33% | 32% | 14% | 54% | +8 |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 25% | 26% | 26% | 23% | 51% | +9 |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 13% | 23% | 27% | 37% | 37% | +1 |
| Grade 6 | 49 | 41% | 29% | 20% | 10% | 69% | +34 |
| Grade 7 | 20 | 10% | 35% | 25% | 30% | 45% | +11 |
| Grade 8 | 17 | 29% | 41% | 6% | 24% | 71% | +38 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 69 | 13% | 48% | 33% | 6% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 86 | 54.7% | +31 | +16 |
| White | 153 | 67.3% | +8 | +6 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 44 | 47.7% | +27 | +9 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS) ← | — | 61 | 24.2% | 53.7% | +1.9 | 0.1% |
| Binkley Elementary Charter | 2.9 mi | 54 | 21.2% | 48.5% | −3.5 | 1.2% |
| Santa Rosa Charter School for the Arts | 1 mi | 51 | 15.9% | 47.2% | +7.4 | 4.6% |
| Spring Lake Charter | 1.6 mi | 50 | 21.6% | 52.5% | — | 0.9% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 65 | 86 | #797 | 34.4% | 64.0% | 5.9% | 1.3% | +10.5pp |
| 2022 | 61 | 88 | #663 | 27.6% | 59.5% | 24.0% | 0.0% | +22.8pp |
| 2023 | 59 | 83 | #951 | 22.9% | 48.1% | 24.8% | 0.0% | +22.9pp |
| 2024 | 57 | 78 | #1236 | 21.4% | 51.0% | 13.4% | 0.1% | +23.9pp |
| 2025 | 61 | 83 | #973 | 24.2% | 53.7% | 9.5% | 0.1% | +1.9pp |
- — Scored here as an elementary school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 6.9% | 8.4% | +1.5pp |
| Male | 4.6% | 9.5% | +4.9pp |
| Asian | 6.7% | 5.9% | -0.8pp |
| Black/African American | 6.7% | 7.1% | +0.4pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 7.2% | 10.7% | +3.5pp |
| Two or More Races | 8.3% | 7.4% | -0.9pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 6.7% | 15.2% | +8.5pp |
| English Learners | 4.4% | 13.0% | +8.6pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 8.7% | 12.4% | +3.7pp |
| All Students | 5.8% | 8.8% | +3.0pp |
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