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Overall
B+
Matriculation B+
Academics B
Extracurriculars B
Community A
Reviews B+
We are grounded in a rigorous college preparatory framework, but we go much further. We are multidisciplinary and cutting-edge, giving students the ability to ask the hard questions, and the tools to answer them. We are technologically sophisticated, but we recognize the limitations of technology, so we teach critical thinking above all else—because this is the foundation of true learning. We are deeply humanistic, treating every student with profound respect and care. And we are a joyful, inclusive, vibrant community—where students actually love to come to school every day.
Sonoma Academy: Redefining education for a new era. Times are changing, and our students are ready to meet, embrace, and create this change.
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School Stats

Average
Current School
Tuition
$54140
Enrollment
335
International Students
1%
Faculty with Advanced Degrees
85%
Teacher-Student Ratio
1:12
Endowment
$0.01 millions
AP
4
Average SAT Score
1300
Average ACT Score
28
Class Size
16

Matriculation

Matriculation

(2017-2023)
Ranking University/College Students
#3 Stanford University 1 +
#3 Yale University 1 +
LAC #1 Williams College 1 +
#6 University of Chicago 1 +
#7 Johns Hopkins University 1 +
#7 University of Pennsylvania 1 +
#10 Duke University 1 +
#10 Northwestern University 1 +
LAC #2 Amherst College 1 +
#12 Dartmouth College 1 +
#13 Brown University 1 +
#13 Vanderbilt University 1 +
#15 Washington University in St. Louis 1 +
LAC #3 Pomona College 1 +
#17 Cornell University 1 +
#18 Columbia University 1 +
#18 University of Notre Dame 1 +
#20 University of California: Berkeley 1 +
#20 University of California: Los Angeles 1 +
#22 Carnegie Mellon University 1 +
#25 New York University 1 +
#25 University of Michigan 1 +
#25 University of Southern California 1 +
#25 University of Virginia 1 +
LAC #5 Wellesley College 1 +
#29 Wake Forest University 1 +
#32 Tufts University 1 +
#32 University of California: Santa Barbara 1 +
#34 University of California: Irvine 1 +
#34 University of California: San Diego 1 +
#36 Boston College 1 +
#38 University of California: Davis 1 +
#38 University of Wisconsin-Madison 1 +
#41 Boston University 1 +
#44 Brandeis University 1 +
#44 Georgia Institute of Technology 1 +
#44 Northeastern University 1 +
#44 Tulane University 1 +
LAC #9 Claremont McKenna College 1 +
#51 Lehigh University 1 +
#51 Purdue University 1 +
#51 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1 +
#55 Pepperdine University 1 +
#55 Santa Clara University 1 +
#55 University of Washington 1 +
LAC #11 Middlebury College 1 +
#62 George Washington University 1 +
#62 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1 +
#63 St. Olaf College 1 +
LAC #13 Smith College 1 +
LAC #13 Vassar College 1 +
#67 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 1 +
#72 American University 1 +
#72 Indiana University Bloomington 1 +
#72 Reed College 1 +
#72 Sarah Lawrence College 1 +
#72 Southern Methodist University 1 +
LAC #15 Hamilton College 1 +
#76 Allegheny College 1 +
#76 Willamette University 1 +
#77 Baylor University 1 +
#77 Loyola Marymount University 1 +
#77 Michigan State University 1 +
#81 Beloit College 1 +
#84 Bennington College 1 +
#85 University of Puget Sound 1 +
#89 Colorado School of Mines 1 +
LAC #18 Colgate University 1 +
LAC #18 University of Richmond 1 +
LAC #18 Wesleyan University 1 +
#94 Lewis & Clark College 1 +
#97 University of San Diego 1 +
#105 Drexel University 1 +
#105 Miami University: Oxford 1 +
#105 Rochester Institute of Technology 1 +
#105 University of Arizona 1 +
#105 University of Denver 1 +
#105 University of Oregon 1 +
#105 University of Utah 1 +
#107 Whittier College 1 +
Arizona State University 1 +
#121 Chapman University 1 +
#121 University of Vermont 1 +
LAC #25 Bates College 1 +
LAC #27 Colorado College 1 +
LAC #27 Macalester College 1 +
#137 California State University: Long Beach 1 +
#137 DePaul University 1 +
#137 Seattle University 1 +
LAC #29 Harvey Mudd College 1 +
#151 Colorado State University 1 +
#151 Oregon State University 1 +
#151 University of the Pacific 1 +
LAC #33 Pitzer College 1 +
LAC #33 Scripps College 1 +
#166 Hofstra University 1 +
#182 University of Rhode Island 1 +
LAC #37 Occidental College 1 +
LAC #39 Lafayette College 1 +
LAC #39 Skidmore College 1 +
LAC #39 Trinity College 1 +
#202 University of Wyoming 1 +
#234 Pace University 1 +
#234 San Francisco State University 1 +
LAC #48 Whitman College 1 +
LAC #51 Dickinson College 1 +
#263 Montana State University 1 +
LAC #55 Centre College 1 +
LAC #55 Connecticut College 1 +
LAC #60 Bard College 1 +
Babson College 1 +
Bentley University 1 +
Berklee College of Music 1 +
Cabrillo College 1 +
California Polytechnic State University: San Luis Obispo 1 +
California State Polytechnic University: Pomona 1 +
California State University: Chico 1 +
California State University: Monterey Bay 1 +
California State University: Northridge 1 +
California State University: Sacramento 1 +
Coastal Carolina University 1 +
College of Marin 1 +
College of the Atlantic 1 +
Colorado Mesa University 1 +
Columbia College of Chicago 1 +
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Deep Springs College-Dyer-NV 1 +
Dominican University of California 1 +
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University: Worldwide Campus 1 +
Emerson College 1 +
Evergreen State College 1 +
Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising: Los Angeles 1 +
Fashion Institute of Technology 1 +
Foothill College 1 +
Franklin University Switzerland 1 +
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering 1 +
Hawaii Pacific University 1 +
High Point University 1 +
Humboldt State University 1 +
Kendall College 1 +
Linfield College 1 +
Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College 1 +
Marist College 1 +
Marymount California University 1 +
Oberlin College 1 +
Penn State Altoona 1 +
Roosevelt University 1 +
Saint Mary's College of California 1 +
Santa Rosa Junior College 1 +
Savannah College of Art and Design 1 +
School of Visual Arts 1 +
Simpson College 1 +
Sonoma State University 1 +
St. Edward's University 1 +
St. John's College 1 +
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The New School College of Performing Arts 1 +
Union College 1 +
University of British Columbia 1 +
University of California: Santa Cruz 1 +
University of Colorado Boulder 1 +
University of Glasgow 1 +
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University of Nevada: Reno 1 +
University of Portland 1 +
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Warren Wilson College 1 +
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Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2017-2023 2017-2022 2017-2021 2016-2020 2015-2019 Total
All schools 68 68 65 62 59
#2 Columbia University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#5 Yale University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#6 Stanford University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#6 University of Chicago 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 4
#8 University of Pennsylvania 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#9 Northwestern University 1 + 1 + 2
#9 Johns Hopkins University 1 + 1 1 + 3
#9 Duke University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#13 Dartmouth College 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#14 Brown University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#14 Vanderbilt University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 4
#14 Washington University in St. Louis 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#17 Cornell University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#19 University of Notre Dame 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#20 University of California: Los Angeles 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 4
#22 University of California: Berkeley 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#23 University of Michigan 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#25 University of Virginia 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#25 Carnegie Mellon University 1 + 1 1 + 3
#27 University of Southern California 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#28 New York University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#28 Wake Forest University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 4
#28 University of California: Santa Barbara 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#28 Tufts University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#34 University of California: San Diego 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#36 Boston College 1 + 1 1 + 3
#36 University of California: Irvine 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#38 University of California: Davis 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#38 Georgia Institute of Technology 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#42 University of Wisconsin-Madison 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#42 Tulane University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#42 Brandeis University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#42 Boston University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#47 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 4
#49 Purdue University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#49 Ohio State University: Columbus Campus 1 1
#49 Pepperdine University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#49 Northeastern University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 4
#49 Lehigh University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#55 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 4
#55 Santa Clara University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#57 Penn State University Park 1 + 1
#57 University of Pittsburgh 1 + 1
#59 University of Washington 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#59 Syracuse University 1 + 1
#63 George Washington University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#63 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#68 Indiana University Bloomington 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#68 Southern Methodist University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#75 Baylor University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#75 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 4
#75 Loyola Marymount University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#79 American University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 4
#83 Michigan State University 1 + 1
#83 Colorado School of Mines 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#93 University of San Diego 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#93 University of Denver 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#99 University of Utah 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#99 University of Oregon 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#103 Drexel University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#103 University of San Francisco 1 1 + 2
#103 University of California: Santa Cruz 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#103 Miami University: Oxford 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#103 University of Arizona 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#117 Arizona State University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#117 University of Vermont 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#117 Rochester Institute of Technology 1 + 1 1 + 3
#122 Chapman University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#127 DePaul University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#127 Seattle University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#136 University of the Pacific 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#162 Oregon State University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
University of Colorado Boulder 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2017-2023 2017-2022 2017-2021 2016-2020 2015-2019 Total
All schools 29 29 29 24 23
#1 Williams College 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#2 Amherst College 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#4 Pomona College 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#5 Wellesley College 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 4
#8 Claremont McKenna College 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 4
#9 Middlebury College 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#13 Hamilton College 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 4
#17 Wesleyan University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#17 Smith College 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#17 Colgate University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 4
#22 University of Richmond 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#22 Vassar College 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#25 Bates College 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#26 Colorado College 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#27 Macalester College 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#28 Harvey Mudd College 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#30 Scripps College 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#35 Pitzer College 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#38 Skidmore College 1 + 1 1 + 3
#38 Whitman College 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#38 Lafayette College 1 + 1 1 + 3
#42 Occidental College 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#46 Trinity College 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#50 Connecticut College 1 + 1 1 + 3
#50 Dickinson College 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#59 Centre College 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#62 Bard College 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
Union College 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 4
Oberlin College 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5

Academics

AP

(4)
Calculus BC
Chemistry
Spanish Literature and Culture
Music Theory

Sports

(8)
Baseball
Basketball
Cross Country
Lacrosse
Soccer
Tennis
Baseball
Basketball
Cross Country
Lacrosse
Soccer
Tennis
Track and Field
Volleyball
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Extracurricular Activities and Clubs

(33)
American Red Cross Club
Art of Chinese Calligraphy
Art of Chinese Tea Club
Book Club
Broadway Club
French Culture Club
American Red Cross Club
Art of Chinese Calligraphy
Art of Chinese Tea Club
Book Club
Broadway Club
French Culture Club
C.A.R.E. Club
Do it Yourself Club
Earthology Club
Education for Elibou
Fan Club
Fishing and Environmental Club
Flight Club
Food and Culture Club
Girls Learn International (GLI) Club
Grilling And Chilling Club
Hoops and Balls
Magic Club
Math Club
Photography Club
Queer-Straight Alliance (QSA)
Rocketry Club
Running Club
SA Tech Corps
Schools for Kabul Club
Soccer Club
Sonoma Academy Animal Club (SAAC)
Sonoma Academy Car Club (SACC)
Surfing Club
Tea Club
Trivia Club
Model UN Club
LLC
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Arts

(13)
Band
Chamber Choir
Jazz
Music
Musicianship
Production
Band
Chamber Choir
Jazz
Music
Musicianship
Production
Theater
Ceramics
Digital Photography
Painting
Studio Art
Art
Mosaics
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Contact Info

https://www.sonomaacademy.org
2500 Farmers Lane, Santa Rosa, CA 95404
707-545-1770
info@sonomaacademy.org
California

Basic Info

Co-ed
Day S. Grades: 9-12
Rural
IB: No
ESL: Yes
Year Founded: 2001
Campus Size: 34 acres
Religious Affiliation: No Religious Affiliation

Application Info

Deadline: 01/12
Interview: Skype, On Campus
Other Accepted Scores: TOEFL Junior, IELTS, PBT, CBT
School Code:
TOEFL: 2491
SSAT: 7400
Recommended
Boarding
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5.0
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4.5

Frequently Ask Questions about Sonoma Academy

Tell me a bit about Sonoma Academy.
Sonoma Academy is Co-ed private day school located in California, US. It was founded 2001 , and currently has about 335 students, 1.00% of whom are international students.

For more official information, please visit https://www.sonomaacademy.org.
Does Sonoma Academy have rigorous academic requirements?
Sonoma Academy is offering 4 AP courses.

Sonoma Academy also have 85% of faculties whose degrees are master and above.
Where do Sonoma Academy students typically go for their colleges?
Based on the most recent matriculation data, 2.99% go to top 50 US universities and colleges*, 5.13% go to top 25, and about 1.28% go to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford and MIT.

*Ranking is based on the 2024 US News College Ranking.
What is the application requirement for Sonoma Academy?
Similar to most private schools in the US, Sonoma Academy’s typical admission requirements include school transcript, recommendation letter, application essay, and interview (often optional, but highly recommended).
What is the latest tuition for Sonoma Academy’s Co-ed student?
The total fee for Sonoma Academy in 2024 is $54,140 which typically includes tuition, boarding fee, student management fee and a few other fees associated with managing international students.

For more information, please contact school’s admission team at info@sonomaacademy.org .
Where is Sonoma Academy located?
Sonoma Academy is located in the State of California of USA. The closest major city is San Francisco, which is about 48 miles away from school. Most families can choose San Francisco International Airport to travel in and out of school.
How popular is Sonoma Academy on FindingSchool network?
Based on FindingSchool monthly traffic data as well as onsite search record, Sonoma Academy is among the most popular schools, within top 372 for all schools on FindingSchool.

Also Sonoma Academy has been favorited by 41 users.
How to start with an application with Sonoma Academy?
The first stop is to carefully review the school profile on FindingSchool to learn more about Sonoma Academy. Most of them are directly provided by the school.

Also it is highly recommended to visit Sonoma Academy’s official site: https://www.sonomaacademy.org or call them at 707-545-1770.
Please share a few nearby schools that are close to Sonoma Academy?
Yes, here are few: Cardinal Newman High School, Rincon Valley Christian School and Ursuline High School-CA.

The closest major city is San Francisco. You can find out more schools near San Francisco here.
What is the FindingSchool rating for Sonoma Academy?
The overall rating for Sonoma Academy is B+.

The section ratings of Sonoma Academy are:
B+ for Matriculation
B for Academics
B for Extracurriculum
A for Community
B+ for Students and Parents reviews

Nearby City

San Francisco, California
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a global hub for commerce, finance, and culture in Northern California. With a population of 815,201 as of 2021, it is the fourth most populous city in California and the second most densely populated large city in the U.S. Known for its iconic landmarks like the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz Island, San Francisco is also a leader in technology, innovation, and the arts, with a thriving economy and a rich cultural history.
Population (2022) 808,976
Cost of Living Higher than average 89%
Nearby Airport San Francisco International Airport

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