Original Research by School Decision on Reach
REACH School, a charter school serving middle grades in Sebastopol, is now closed. The school's records show it operated as a regular public charter school at 487 Watertrough Road, with enrollment that ranged from small numbers across its grade band. State testing data from the most recent school year for which records exist shows very small cohorts across middle grades; California's Smarter Balanced assessment results for grades three through eight are suppressed due to confidentiality protections for small group sizes, a standard practice when tested enrollment falls below a threshold. The school's last reported testing participation was near or at complete in the lower-middle grades, with some grades reporting only a handful of tested students.
Sebastopol itself is a small, arts-oriented wine-country town in Sonoma County, with a walkable downtown anchored by shops, galleries, restaurants, and the Barlow marketplace, surrounded by residential neighborhoods and rural property. The area's economy is anchored by Professional and Scientific Services, health care, education, and small retail employers including the herbalist brand Traditional Medicinals. Ives Park and Ragle Ranch Regional Park, the library, and the Joe Rodota Trail providing bike access to Santa Rosa are civic anchors. The town faces significant housing demand and limited new supply; home values and rents are well above California state benchmarks. Sebastopol is also pursuing an ambitious housing strategy, with multiple projects in planning or construction to add rental and for-sale units.
For families in Sebastopol, the neighboring Sebastopol Union School District (serving kindergarten through eighth grade in the public system) passed Measure N in November 2024, authorizing a general obligation bond for facility modernization and renovation. This carries a lasting property-tax obligation at roughly a mid-range annual amount per unit of assessed value over many decades, a cost relevant to families buying or holding property in the area. Analy High School, the local public high school, sits in the same district system and serves the town's ninth through twelfth graders.
Because REACH has closed, families in Sebastopol currently rely on the Sebastopol Union School District for their public TK-8 options or seek private or charter schooling elsewhere.
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