Glenwood Elementary

Glenwood Elementary is an elementary-level community of small scale in San Rafael, California, part of San Rafael City Elementary, teacheing 315 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 32% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

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

Demographically, Glenwood Elementary logs that the largest single group is White, at 63% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 19% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 4% Asian.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Glenwood Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 23% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Marin County runs at roughly 35%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Glenwood Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 65.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 65.6%.

Across the wider county, Marin County reports that median household earnings sit near $149,091, about 61% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Marin County's 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,867 students), Glenwood Elementary is one campus in the mix.

San Pedro Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Glenwood Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Glenwood Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 31.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Glenwood Elementary's enrollment has contracted 24% since 2018, when it stood at 417 (now 315). Class-load math has tightened: from 24.5:1 in 2018 to 21.0:1 in 2025.

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