Lagunitas Elementary

Lagunitas Elementary is a rural-scale elementary school in San Geronimo, California, part of Lagunitas Elementary. The school teaches 68 students in grades K through 8. That puts it 85% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Within Lagunitas Elementary, which oversees 2 schools and 161 students, Lagunitas Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Lagunitas Elementary reports that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 12% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Marin County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Lagunitas Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 13% of students at Lagunitas Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Marin County (around 35%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Lagunitas Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 71.6%; this one comes in at 56.0%, -15.6 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, census data for Marin County shows 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%. In all, Marin County runs 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,867 students), of which Lagunitas Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is San Geronimo Valley Elementary, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lagunitas Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 67.9%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Lagunitas Elementary's enrollment has fell 59% since 2018, when it stood at 164 (now 68). Class-load math has fell: from 20.5:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 in 2025.

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