Total enrollment
7,199
+27 (+0%) vs SY 2020-21
15 schools in Novato Unified
California · 7,199 students · 1 city
Of the public K-12 schools operating across California, 15 sit inside Novato Unified, collectively enrolling about 7,199 students (9 elementary, 2 middle, and 3 high).
4-year change in Novato Unified
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
14
0 (0%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Novato Unified ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In California | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #172 of 534 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 7,199 | #204 of 587 | #1,315 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 14 | #165 of 587 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.0:1 | #221 of 587 | #8,531 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 46.6% | #403 of 587 | #4,667 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.5% | #152 of 530 | #1,207 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Novato Unified
State test results across the district's 11 scored schools run from Pleasant Valley Elementary at 66.6% proficient to Hamilton TK-8 at 27.9%, a gap of 38.7 points. That is the 143rd widest gap among 458 California districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 14 district schools that reported both years went from 7,558 to 7,199 students (down 5%) and from 355 to 343 full-time teachers (down 3%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
| Name | City | Level | Grades | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Novato High | Novato | High | 09-12 | 1,287 |
| San Marin High | Novato | High | 09-12 | 1,250 |
| Sinaloa Middle | Novato | Middle | 06-08 | 693 |
| San Jose Middle | Novato | Middle | 06-08 | 559 |
| Hamilton TK-8 | Novato | Elementary | KG-08 | 544 |
| Pleasant Valley Elementary | Novato | Elementary | KG-05 | 464 |
| San Ramon Elementary | Novato | Elementary | KG-05 | 456 |
| Loma Verde Elementary | Novato | Elementary | KG-05 | 426 |
| Rancho Elementary | Novato | Elementary | KG-05 | 387 |
| Lu Sutton Elementary | Novato | Elementary | KG-05 | 367 |
| Olive Elementary | Novato | Elementary | KG-05 | 364 |
| Lynwood Elementary | Novato | Elementary | KG-05 | 260 |
| Nova Education Center | Novato | Combined | KG-12 | 73 |
| Marin Oaks High | Novato | High | 09-12 | 69 |
| Novato Early Intervention | Novato | Elementary | M-M | · |
About Novato Unified
As a rural-scale district in California, Novato Unified educates 7,199 students across 15 schools.
On the level-by-level breakdown, Novato Unified consists of 9 elementary, 2 middle, 3 high schools, and 1 combined or other.
On a per-school basis, Novato Unified runs about 480 students per school, 17% below the state mean of roughly 578.
Five-year track record. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment held roughly steady: 7,172 students in SY 2020-21 versus 7,199 in SY 2024-25.
On this page, the community for Novato Unified discusses comparison threads between local schools and program reviews. Anyone with firsthand knowledge of these schools is welcome to weigh in.