Herbert Slater Middle School is located at 3500 Sonoma Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA 95405. It serves students in grades 7 through 8. The school’s enrollment is approximately 690 students with a student–teacher ratio of about 19:1. The student body includes roughly 53% male students and 47% female students. According to the most recent statewide data, about 15% of students meet math proficiency standards, and around 30% meet reading benchmarks on state assessments. The campus is part of the Santa Rosa City Schools district and organizes core academic instruction for its middle grade learners across the two-year span, reflecting the district’s patterns of grade configuration and scheduling. Occupying a site within the urban fabric of Santa Rosa, the school serves a student population drawn from several nearby neighborhoods and reflects a demographic mix that includes a majority of Hispanic students alongside other racial and ethnic groups. Single-family homes in this area generally list in the mid-$800,000 range. In that residential and district context, Herbert Slater Middle operates within the broader public education landscape often referenced in discussions of the top middle schools in California, where enrollment scale and instructional structure combine with community placement to shape the middle grade experience.