Coleman Elementary

Set in San Rafael, California, Coleman Elementary is a cozy K-5 school, one of the schools within San Rafael City Elementary. It caters to 378 students across grades K through 5.

Coleman Elementary is one of 9 schools operated by San Rafael City Elementary, a district that enrolls 4,415 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Coleman Elementary shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 55%. Other groups include 33% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 20% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Coleman Elementary has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.2:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Marin County runs at roughly 35%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Coleman Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.3%, the actual is 43.0%, a residual of -0.3 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Marin County) records that the typical household earns roughly $149,091 per year, roughly 61% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Coleman Elementary is one of 75 public schools in Marin County (combined enrollment of about 29,867 students).

Nearest neighbor: Madrone High Continuation, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Coleman Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 29.0%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 6%: 401 students in 2018 compared to 378 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 47% to 55% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 26.7:1 in 2018 to 22.2:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.