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Enrollment
552
Elementary
DISTRICT 420 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN RAFAEL CITY ELEMENTARY·NCES 063509005932
Bahia Vista Elementary
125 Bahia Way, San Rafael, CA 94901 · (415) 485-2415 · Marin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL552 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
24.0:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
549 students
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 115 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (115) is 39% larger than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Bahia Vista Elementary→James B. Davidson Middle
Based on grade levels within San Rafael City Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
21.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.5pp since 2014
Math
21.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 4.9% | 16.6% | 27.6% | 50.9% |
| Math | 3.0% | 18.9% | 30.6% | 47.5% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.5% | 21.9% |
| 2023-24 | 19.5% | 21.7% |
| 2022-23 | 23.4% | 22.2% |
| 2021-22 | 18.9% | 19.1% |
| 2020-21 | 14.9% | 14.1% |
| 2018-19 | 19.5% | 26.3% |
| 2017-18 | 14.2% | 19.1% |
| 2016-17 | 11.1% | 18.4% |
| 2015-16 | 18.0% | 22.0% |
| 2014-15 | 20.0% | 19.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
21.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bahia Vista Elementary
Bahia Vista Elementary's state test result (21.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bahia Vista Elementary this school | 552 | 99.5% | 21.2% |
| George Washington Elementary Madera | 578 | 97.9% | 22.6% |
| Accelerated Charter Elementary Los Angeles | 526 | 100.0% | N/A |
| Bonita Elementary Santa Maria | 535 | 97.8% | 15.1% |
| Belvedere Elementary Los Angeles | 526 | 97.7% | 25.4% |
| John J. Doyle Elementary Porterville | 552 | 99.3% | 27.8% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bahia Vista Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Marin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.2% | #4,472 of 5,151 | #33 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.9% | #4,118 of 5,172 ▼ 128 | #34 of 35 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.5% | #4,755 of 5,172 ▲ 21 | #34 of 35 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.7pp | #2,419 of 5,116 | #17 of 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 552 | #1,843 of 5,915 | #2 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.0:1 | #3,769 of 5,352 | #32 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.0% | #5,103 of 5,354 | #34 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #21 of 5,625 | #2 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.6% | #3,690 of 3,837 | #26 of 26 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
552
+20 (+4%) vs 2020
+56% since 1990-91, when it was 354
Student : Teacher
24.0:1
was 24.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 552 | 23 | 24.0:1 | 99% (549) |
| 2023-24 | 542 | 22.5 | 24.1:1 | 99% (535) |
| 2022-23 | 570 | 24.5 | 23.3:1 | 99% (562) |
| 2020-21 | 532 | 22 | 24.2:1 | 94% (499) |
| 2017-18 | 561 | 21 | 26.7:1 | 98% (549) |
| 2015-16 | 571 | 23 | 24.8:1 | 96% (547) |
| 2010-11 | 539 | N/A | N/A | 99% (531) |
| 2000-01 | 450 | 25 | 18.0:1 | 95% (426) |
| 1990-91 | 354 | 17 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bahia Vista Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (561 to 552); teachers up 10% (21 to 23).
About Bahia Vista Elementary
Bahia Vista Elementary is classified as an elementary school. It is located in San Rafael, California. The school serves 552 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
A total of 9 schools make up San Rafael City Elementary, with 4,415 students enrolled.
About 96% of the student body at Bahia Vista Elementary is Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 3% Asian. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Marin County's population at about 20%. The school's diversity index is 7%, meaning two students picked at random have a 7% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
A ratio of 24.0:1 comes from the school's 23 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has more students per teacher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The lunch program counts 99% of students at Bahia Vista Elementary as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in Marin County is 35%.
Bahia Vista Elementary is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 24% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Bahia Vista Elementary would score about 21.3%. It scores 21.2%, within a point of that figure.
Marin County census figures show that the median household income is $149,091, about 61% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Marin County is home to 75 public schools and about 29,867 public school students.
San Pedro Elementary is located about 0.7 miles from Bahia Vista Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Bahia Vista Elementary is 6th of 7 on proficiency.
Bahia Vista Elementary is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels City: Small.
The school enrolled 552 students in 2024-25, 20 more than the 532 it had in 2020-21.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Bahia Vista Elementary covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Marin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
257,969
Census ACS
Median income
$149,091
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
61%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
75
29,867 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in San Rafael City Elementary
- James B. Davidson MiddleMiddle · 1,052 students
- Venetia Valley K-8Elementary · 748 students
- Sun Valley ElementaryElementary · 523 students
- San Pedro ElementaryElementary · 469 students
- Coleman ElementaryElementary · 378 students
- Glenwood ElementaryElementary · 315 students
Other schools in San Rafael
- San Rafael HighHigh · 1,332 students
- Terra Linda HighHigh · 1,248 students
- James B. Davidson MiddleMiddle · 1,052 students
- Venetia Valley K-8Elementary · 748 students
- Miller Creek MiddleMiddle · 620 students
- Sun Valley ElementaryElementary · 523 students
Nearby schools
- San Pedro Elementary0.7 mi · 469
- San Rafael High0.9 mi · 1,332
- Madrone High Continuation0.9 mi · 96
- Coleman Elementary1.4 mi · 378
- Laurel Dell Elementary1.5 mi · 287
- James B. Davidson Middle1.5 mi · 1,052
Frequently asked questions
About Bahia Vista ElementaryHow large is Bahia Vista Elementary?
Bahia Vista Elementary enrolls approximately 552 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Bahia Vista Elementary serve?
Bahia Vista Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Bahia Vista Elementary?
Approximately 24.0:1 students per teacher at Bahia Vista Elementary.
How diverse is Bahia Vista Elementary?
Bahia Vista Elementary reports a student body of 96% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Asian.
Is Bahia Vista Elementary public or private?
Bahia Vista Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by San Rafael City Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.