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West Sonoma County ConsortiumPublicSebastopol, CAGrades TK-825 students

West Sonoma County Consortium: A special education center. No Scope Score publishes here.

A Scope Score ranks schools a family can choose between. At West Sonoma County Consortium, students are placed here by an IEP team, not by address and not by lottery — so a comparative rank would measure something a family's choice never entered. We show what California reports and hold the rank.

special education center

no score · no band · no rank — enrollment assigned, not chosen

25 students · placed by an IEP team

SchoolScope has no scored record for this school, so there is nothing here to rank either way. Why we withhold a score →

West Sonoma County Consortium is a special education center in Sebastopol, California. SchoolScope publishes no Scope Score, performance band, archetype or ranking for schools where enrollment is assigned rather than chosen.

SchoolScope holds no scored record for West Sonoma County Consortium this year — no Scope Score, band or rank — so there is no picture to draw beyond the figures on this page.

Worth a conversation

If a placement here is part of a child's IEP, this page is background, not the decision — the IEP team meeting is where fit actually gets decided.

  • Ask how this placement was determined, and what the annual IEP review looks at.
  • Ask what related services — speech, occupational therapy, counseling — are provided on site.
  • Ask how and when a return to a less-restrictive setting gets reconsidered.
The people teaching · CDE staffing 2024–25

About 8 students for every teacher here.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Students per teacher8 · district 19
Teaching staff4 teachers
Avg. experience13.3 years
Fully credentialed20%
First-year teachers25%
PrincipalSarah Zils
ShowHide what the district pays
Teacher salary schedule$61,340 – $115,929
Principal salaryUp to $171,252
Superintendent salary$240,000

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

What gets spent · FY 2024–25

It spends $54,416 per student, more than the California average.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

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

Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $54,416, CA average $14,491$54,416 · spent at this school
District current expense · FY 2024–25$20,908 per student
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction 62%Instruction support 8%Student services 14%Administration 8%Buildings & maintenance 7%Other 1%

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

ShowHide the district's spending year by year
district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$16,079 per pupil
2019$16,374 per pupil
2018$14,139 per pupil
2017$14,022 per pupil
2016$13,593 per pupil
Who is enrolled

Two in five of students here qualify for free or reduced lunch, versus three in five statewide.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Worth knowing

At 25 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California elementary school (≈480).

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

Hispanic or Latino32.0% · district 28.6% · CA 56.1%
White60.0% · district 61.9% · CA 19.9%
Other8.0% · district 5.3% · CA 9.0%
GenderFemale 20.0% · Male 80.0%
Free or reduced lunch44.0% · CA 64%

Contact

DistrictWest Sonoma County Union High
PrincipalSarah Zils
GradesTK-8
Enrollment25 students
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Data source: California Department of Education. SchoolScope publishes no Scope Score, band or rank for this school for 2025 — enrollment, staffing, and finance figures above are CDE's own current data. Data updated 2026-09-27.methodology · data updates · report issue

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