Orchard View, Sebastopol CA - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Orchard View

Orchard View is a small charter school serving kindergarten through grade 12 in Sebastopol, Sonoma County. With an enrollment around the lower end for its grade span, it sits in a wine-country community known for progressive values and a compact, artsy downtown, though the school itself occupies a residential-area campus away from the city core.

The school's academic performance shows uneven strength across subjects. In English language arts, proficiency runs above the midpoint among Sonoma County districts, with particularly strong results in eighth grade. Science proficiency is solid and comparable to county peers. Mathematics is the softer area, with proficiency well below half in several grades and notably weak in fourth and seventh grades, though eighth grade shows improvement. No state testing data were available for third grade, and trend data span only the current year, so multi-year direction cannot be assessed. Overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades sits above the county median, a meaningful position among the county's schools.

The school is racially and ethnically diverse, with white students representing the majority, followed by a substantial Hispanic population and a smaller Asian and multiracial enrollment. About a quarter of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Data on special education and English learner enrollment were not available.

Sebastopol itself is a small city with a progressive character, compact downtown walkability, and strong housing demand. Property values are high relative to national medians, and rents have climbed. The town sits within two cool-climate wine regions and is known for local employers like Traditional Medicinals as well as the arts. A facilities bond passed in June 2026 will fund infrastructure improvements across the district's schools, raising property taxes for local homeowners.

As a K-12 charter, Orchard View offers an all-grades pathway within one school rather than the typical transition across separate elementary, middle, and high school campuses. Whether this structure, combined with the school's mixed academic profile and small size, fits a family depends on that family's preferences around peer environment, program offerings (which were not detailed in available data), and academic trajectory. A parent may want to look into the school's ninth through twelfth-grade curriculum and college-readiness supports, since state testing data do not extend to high school grades. The school's position above the county median overall is a strength, yet the mathematical gaps warrant direct conversation with school staff about how they are being addressed and what support structures exist for students entering middle and high school.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

80-89%Cohort of 37 students · Class of 2021

The federal source publishes a banded range instead of an exact rate when the graduating cohort is small enough that an exact number could risk identifying individual students.

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

2,394 schools plotted. 142 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Math

Grade 429%

School 29% · District 47% · ▼ 19 pts below district

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

Grade 547%

School 47% · District 39% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▲ 16 pts above state median · ▲ 17 pts above county median

Grade 661%

School 61% · District 46% · ▲ 15 pts above district

▲ 31 pts above state median · ▲ 26 pts above county median

Grade 738%

School 38% · District 60% · ▼ 23 pts below district

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

Grade 858%

School 58% · District 58%

▲ 30 pts above state median · ▲ 28 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 453%

School 53% · District 51% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

Grade 567%

School 67% · District 58% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▲ 21 pts above state median · ▲ 20 pts above county median

Grade 665%

School 65% · District 65%

▲ 21 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Grade 741%

School 41% · District 66% · ▼ 25 pts below district

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Grade 879%

School 79% · District 68% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 35 pts above state median · ▲ 32 pts above county median

Science

Grade 554%

School 54% · District 44% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▲ 26 pts above state median · ▲ 22 pts above county median

Grade 853%

School 53% · District 48% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 27 pts above state median · ▲ 25 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 877%

School 77% · District 78% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▲ 28 pts above state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

This schoolTwin Hills Union Elementary, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.