Loma Verde Elementary

Loma Verde Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school in Novato, California, run under Novato Unified, teaches 426 students, covering grades K through 5.

Novato Unified comprises 14 schools with combined enrollment of 7,199 students; Loma Verde Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Loma Verde Elementary records that 49% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 31% White, 11% multiracial, 5% Asian, 3% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

On the resource side, Loma Verde Elementary lists 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.4:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 53% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Marin County's rate of about 35%.

After controlling for student poverty, Loma Verde Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.9%, the actual is 50.7%, a residual of +2.8 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Marin County put median household earnings sit near $149,091, roughly 61% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Marin County's 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,867 students), Loma Verde Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Hamilton TK-8 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Loma Verde Elementary at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 44.3%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 3%: 415 students in 2018 compared to 426 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 42% to 31%.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.