With a history dating back to 1931, St. Rose Catholic School was the first Catholic elementary school in Santa Rosa. Originally located downtown near St. Rose Church, a need for greater earthquake safety led to the school moving to the Larkfield-Wikiup area in 1985. Over the years, they expanded from grades first to eighth by adding a kindergarten program and preschool. The school gradually moved to a 100% lay faculty while still honoring the traditions of the Ursuline Sisters who were their first teachers. Today, St. Rose offers Common Core instruction as well as religious teaching in keeping with the diocese of Santa Rosa’s standards. The school prides itself on capping class sizes at 32 students and preserving a faculty/student ratio of 16 to 1 which may contribute to their standardized test scores being consistently high. A varied fine arts program and numerous extracurriculars add enrichment to the three R’s – reading, writing, and arithmetic. The school was badly damaged in the Tubbs Fire of 2017 but has since been rebuilt and renewed. Adjacent to Cardinal Newman High School, parents describe St. Rose as a place their kids attended not just to learn, but to find community and make great memories.
St. Rose Catholic School
Private Elementary, Middle School
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Grade K-8
4300 OLD REDWOOD Hwy,
Santa Rosa, CA
School Details
Students
310
Head of School
Mrs. Kathy Ryan
Student Teacher Ratio
23:1
Religious Affiliation
Catholic
Niche Grade Details
Teachers
Student Teacher Ratio
23:1
Teachers
14
Full Time Teachers
12
Part Time Teachers
2
GreatSchools Rating Details
Student Diversity
Female
56.1%
Male
43.9%
White
50.8%
Hispanic
28.1%
Two or more races
15.7%
Asian or Pacific Islander
2.9%
Black
2.5%
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This School’s Reviews
GreatSchools Reviews
12/4/2017
So far we are totally pleased with St. Rose. We never expected to have to pay for our kid's education so early on but after our negative experiences with public school, this has been the change we needed are were looking for.
9/28/2017
St. Rose has been great (if not, we'd be somewhere else). Our kid felt very comfortable, very quickly and responded to the environment with almost immediate, positive results. Moving to this school was an unqualified good decision. Thanks St. Rose!
8/17/2017
I have nothing but wonderful things to say about my childs experience at St. Rose. I usually don't write reviews, but I noticed we only write reviews when we are upset. The staff was wonderful, we moved from another state and they were very patient at answering our questions. Took time to get to kno...
7/30/2017
It is a disappointment that a school that could have great potential has been slowly and steadily brought down by an uncaring and inept administration, mainly the principal of the school, her sidekick counselor and the new superintendent of the diocese. Take your money somewhere else. I wish we had.
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Map
About Northwest Santa Rosa
List Price Range
$167K - $5M
Homes For Sale
23
Average Home Value
$690,091
Median Lot Size
6,534 Sq Ft
% Renters
49%
Household Income
$113,561
% of College Grads
22.4%
Median Age
40
Average House Size
1,587 Sq Ft
% Commercial Property
43.8%
Homes for Sale
Homes for Rent
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$2,248 - $4,080 per month
- Felix
- Studio - 2 Beds
- 1-2 Baths
- 441+ Sq Ft
- 420 Mendocino Ave
- Santa Rosa, CA
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$2,495 - $4,295 per month
- Villa Rotonda
- Studio - 2 Beds
- 1-2 Baths
- 560+ Sq Ft
- 3610 Mendocino Ave
- Santa Rosa, CA
Additional Schools in the Area
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- 9th to 12th
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- K to 12th
- Private
- K to 12th
- Private
Parks in this Area
Northwest Community Park
Coffey Park
Youth Community Park
Bicentennial Park
Petersen Lane Park
Pioneer Park
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