Hidden Valley Elementary

Hidden Valley Elementary is a primary school of small scale in San Anselmo, California, overseen by Ross Valley Elementary, caters to 274 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Hidden Valley Elementary sits 41% leaner than that benchmark.

Ross Valley Elementary comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 1,679 students; Hidden Valley Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Hidden Valley Elementary lists that White students make up the majority at 71%; the rest looks like 16% multiracial, 12% Hispanic. Compared to Marin County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.8:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 8% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, 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 lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Hidden Valley Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 74.5%, the actual is 84.1%, a residual of +9.6 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Marin County) shows 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%. Hidden Valley Elementary is one of 75 public schools in Marin County (combined enrollment of about 29,867 students).

Nearest neighbor: Brookside Elementary, around 1.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hidden Valley Elementary at 1st of 5; the average score across the group is 64.4%.

Hidden Valley Elementary operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Hidden Valley Elementary's enrollment has shrank 14% since 2018, when it stood at 320 (now 274). Over the same period, the White share fell from 77% to 71%.

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