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C+

Sausalito Elementary School District

Public school districtGrades K–8

Serves Sausalito.

Sausalito’s School Grade A better than 85% of California school districts

Students
262
Schools
1
Spent per student
$51,011
CA $21,206
Students per teacher
14:1
Free or reduced lunch
53%
Debt
$55.7M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Sausalito Elementary School District

  • Its letter, C+: results better than 39% of California districts
  • Math proficiency 7 pts below the state
  • Reading proficiency 9 pts below the state
  • Spends 141% more per student than the CA average
  • 14 students per teacher
  • Enrollment up 136% since 2020–21
  • Debt of $55.7M, about $212,458 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

C+: better than 39% of the 1,872 California school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math well below the state, 2021–22
C+
The town it serves, and its School Grade
ASausalito 7,019

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Sausalito. Grade by grade →

K–8Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. AcademyThis district
9–123 high schoolsTamalpais Union High School District

Test scores vs. CA

2021–22
Math proficiency26%
State average 33.1% · 257 students tested
Reading / language arts38%
State average 46.7% · 252 students tested

95% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Graduation rate 97% at Tamalpais Union High, which runs the high school (state 86.2%) · class of 2023.

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$51,011 per student · 141% above CA
Spending
Classroom instruction 54%Support & administration 42%Other 4%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 75%State 17%Federal 8%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
111’20
391’21
318’22
282’23
262’24

Up 136% since 2020–21.

Students
White 28%Black 28%Hispanic 23%Two or more races 11%Asian 8%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%

Schools in the district

1 public school. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with California’s other public schools.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Sausalito
D
262 students14:1

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within California.