Enrollment
378
Elementary
DISTRICT 420 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN RAFAEL CITY ELEMENTARY·NCES 063509005933
Coleman Elementary
800 Belle Ave., San Rafael, CA 94901 · (415) 485-2420 · Marin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL378 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 64% of California public elementary schools
- BTest 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.
- AThree-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
22.2:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
230 students
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 87 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 36% larger than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
58%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
Coleman 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
47.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.9pp since 2014
Math
48.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 25.8% | 22.2% | 20.4% | 31.7% |
| Math | 27.9% | 20.4% | 24.4% | 27.3% |
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 | 47.9% | 48.3% |
| 2023-24 | 41.3% | 45.2% |
| 2022-23 | 39.9% | 45.4% |
| 2021-22 | 35.6% | 42.3% |
| 2020-21 | 38.6% | 39.4% |
| 2018-19 | 49.7% | 55.8% |
| 2017-18 | 49.5% | 49.5% |
| 2016-17 | 46.8% | 45.0% |
| 2015-16 | 54.0% | 53.0% |
| 2014-15 | 45.0% | 48.0% |
% 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
45.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Coleman Elementary
Coleman Elementary's state test result (45.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coleman Elementary this school | 378 | 60.8% | 45.5% |
| Los Berros Visual and Performing Arts Academy Lompoc | 398 | 58.3% | 29.4% |
| Shirley Rominger Intermediate Winters | 363 | 60.6% | 31.0% |
| Del Mar Elementary Santa Cruz | 322 | 62.4% | 39.5% |
| Juanamaria Elementary Ventura | 397 | 55.9% | 40.6% |
| Oak Valley Elementary Buellton | 377 | 56.8% | 43.4% |
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 Coleman Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Marin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #2,033 of 5,151 | #26 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #1,701 of 5,172 ▲ 106 | #24 of 35 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #2,200 of 5,172 ▲ 389 | #26 of 35 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.1pp | #745 of 5,116 | #6 of 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 378 | #3,957 of 5,915 | #15 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.2:1 | #2,373 of 5,352 | #23 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.3% | #2,000 of 5,354 | #9 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.8% | #3,445 of 5,625 | #7 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.7% | #3,248 of 3,837 | #21 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
378
-284 (-43%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 364
Student : Teacher
22.2:1
was 22.8:1
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 | 378 | 17 | 22.2:1 | 61% (230) |
| 2023-24 | 380 | 16 | 23.8:1 | 62% (235) |
| 2022-23 | 367 | 14.5 | 25.3:1 | 61% (224) |
| 2020-21 | 662 | 29 | 22.8:1 | 60% (398) |
| 2017-18 | 401 | 15 | 26.7:1 | 52% (208) |
| 2015-16 | 406 | 16 | 25.4:1 | 46% (185) |
| 2010-11 | 376 | N/A | N/A | 45% (168) |
| 2000-01 | 300 | 14 | 21.4:1 | 55% (164) |
| 1990-91 | 364 | 16 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Coleman Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (401 to 378); teachers up 13% (15 to 17).
About Coleman Elementary
Coleman Elementary is the name of a low-enrollment elementary school in San Rafael, California. The school has 378 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 5.
Federal data list 9 schools in San Rafael City Elementary, with 4,415 students enrolled.
Hispanic students are 55% of those enrolled at Coleman Elementary. The next largest groups are 33% White, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. In Marin County overall, about 20% of residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 58% means there is a 58% chance two randomly chosen students at Coleman Elementary are from different groups.
There are 17 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 22.2:1. The ratio is within a point of the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Of all students at Coleman Elementary, 61% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Marin County, the average eligibility rate is 35%.
Among California public elementary schools, Coleman Elementary outscored 64%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Coleman Elementary's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (45.5%) and its predicted rate (43.9%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of California schools.
The county, Marin County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $149,091 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 61%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Marin County has 75 public schools with about 29,867 students, including Coleman Elementary.
Madrone High Continuation is about 0.6 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Coleman Elementary at 1st of 7.
The school's locale code, City: Small, means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Coleman Elementary had 662 students in 2020-21 and 378 in 2024-25, according to federal records. Those counts may cover different grade spans.
This page collects posts and questions about Coleman Elementary, such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- Bahia Vista ElementaryElementary · 552 students
- Sun Valley ElementaryElementary · 523 students
- San Pedro ElementaryElementary · 469 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
- Bahia Vista ElementaryElementary · 552 students
Other Coleman Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 8 states are named Coleman Elementary. Coleman Elementary is the 6th largest of the 10.
- Coleman Elementary SchoolElgin, IL · 641 students
- Coleman Elementary SchoolCLEBURNE, TX · 434 students
- COLEMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPINE BLUFF, AR · 426 students
- COLEMAN ELEM.ST JOSEPH, MO · 388 students
- Coleman ElementaryColeman, WI · 387 students
Nearby schools
- Madrone High Continuation0.6 mi · 96
- San Rafael High0.6 mi · 1,332
- James B. Davidson Middle0.9 mi · 1,052
- Laurel Dell Elementary1.0 mi · 287
- Short Elementary1.1 mi · 91
- Bahia Vista Elementary1.4 mi · 552
Frequently asked questions
About Coleman ElementaryHow many students attend Coleman Elementary?
Coleman Elementary enrolls approximately 378 students in grades KG-05.
Is Coleman Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Coleman Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Coleman Elementary?
Approximately 22.2:1 students per teacher at Coleman Elementary.
How diverse is Coleman Elementary?
Coleman Elementary reports a student body of 33% White, 55% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Coleman Elementary public or private?
Coleman 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.