The Sonora Elementary school district boundary includes all the homes within the City of Sonora’s boundary and several neighborhoods beyond the City. The Jamestown Elementary school district is to the west, and most of the homes and properties bordering New Melones are in the northern Columbia School District. To the northeast the Sonora district includes the homes off Lyons Bald Mountain Road which is usually the first to need snow routes or that route canceled due to ice and it borders the smallest district the Belleview Elementary district. To the west of the Sonora District is Curtis Creek and to the South is Big Oak Flat.