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Lagunitas Elementary School District

Public school districtGrades K–8Regional · 3 towns

Serves Woodacre, Lagunitas-Forest Knolls and San Geronimo.

Woodacre’s School Grade A better than 90% of California school districts

Students
161
Schools
2
Spent per student
$29,302
CA $21,206
Students per teacher
17:1
Free or reduced lunch
16%
Debt
$5.5M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Lagunitas Elementary School District

  • Its letter, A−: results better than 82% of California districts
  • Math proficiency 19 pts above the state
  • Reading proficiency 5 pts above the state
  • Spends 38% more per student than the CA average
  • 17 students per teacher
  • Enrollment down 29.7% since 2020–21
  • Debt of $5.5M, about $34,255 per student
  • Only 77% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

A−: better than 82% 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 above the state, 2021–22
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The towns it serves, and their School Grades

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Woodacre. Grade by grade →

K–82 schoolsThis district
9–123 high schoolsTamalpais Union High School District

Test scores vs. CA

2021–22
Math proficiency50–54%
State average 33.1% · 99 students tested
Reading / language arts50–54%
State average 46.7% · 100 students tested

77% 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
$29,302 per student · 38% above CA
Spending
Classroom instruction 51%Support & administration 45%Other 4%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 81%State 16%Federal 3%

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

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

Enrollment over time
229’20
180’21
160’22
162’23
161’24

Down 29.7% since 2020–21.

Students
White 68%Hispanic 17%Two or more races 14%Asian 1%

Schools in the district

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

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.