District overview
Santa Rosa Elementary School District
Funding structure, how it compares to peers, and where major projects stand.
Which district and board make the decisions?
Santa Rosa Elementary is a distinct PK-8 district, NCES LEA 0635810, with 13 schools. Santa Rosa City Schools' seven-member board also governs the legally separate Santa Rosa High LEA, but records and subscriptions on this page attach only to the elementary district.
Fiscal recovery is shared
County correspondence addresses Santa Rosa City Schools' combined fiscal operation and does not consistently split impacts by LEA.
County oversight continues
The county accepted a positive second-interim certification with grave concerns and kept a fiscal expert assigned through December 2026.
Campus councils matter
Elementary School Site Councils approve school plans and site budget priorities that the central fiscal letters do not identify.
The positive certification means the shared operation projects it can meet obligations over the forecast period, but the county says current reserves and liquidity remain fragile.
Where the district stands
NCES 2024-25 directory; this count excludes the separate high-school LEA.
Stable district-hosted fiscal correspondence in the trailing-year archive.
Board-approved 2026-27 expenditure reductions; elementary-only share is not stated.
Projected for June 2026 in the county review.
The record does not identify affected elementary projects.
Major projects
Shared fiscal stabilization plan
Positive certification with continued oversightThe shared board approved ongoing reductions and one-time solutions; the county says implementation, cash, enrollment assumptions, and reserves still need close monitoring.
- County finds projected obligations cannot be met without corrective action
- County accepts positive second-interim certification with grave concerns
- Current fiscal-expert assignment scheduled to end
Funding
Shared General Fund
About $16.6 million in ongoing reductions and $19 million in one-time solutions; elementary-only items are not enumerated.
Special-education consortium review
Possible exit under studySanta Rosa City Schools notified the county SELPA that it may exit after a funding-model change and commissioned a review of a possible multi-district SELPA.
- District notifies Sonoma County SELPA that it may exit
- District reports consultant review and expected later board action, if any
Funding
Special-education funding
District projected a $1.1 million loss in 2025-26 and $3.4 million annually afterward.
This partial overview synthesizes four stored fiscal records from the shared Santa Rosa City Schools operation while preserving Santa Rosa Elementary's separate LEA identity.
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