Enrollment
260
Elementary
DISTRICT 409 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NOVATO UNIFIED·NCES 062772004189
Lynwood Elementary
1320 Lynwood Dr., Novato, CA 94947 · (415) 897-4161 · Marin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL260 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 35% of California public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
21.7:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
154 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 66 | 25% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 33 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 35 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 89% larger than its 5th grade class (35).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
36.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.6pp since 2014
Math
39.1%
CA avg 37.7% . -5.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 15.4% | 20.9% | 26.4% | 37.3% |
| Math | 18.2% | 20.9% | 24.6% | 36.4% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.4% | 39.1% |
| 2023-24 | 32.1% | 33.0% |
| 2022-23 | 34.5% | 35.8% |
| 2021-22 | 28.7% | 28.7% |
| 2020-21 | 27.1% | 21.9% |
| 2018-19 | 25.6% | 18.4% |
| 2017-18 | 46.9% | 41.7% |
| 2016-17 | 41.8% | 44.1% |
| 2015-16 | 39.0% | 43.0% |
| 2014-15 | 39.0% | 45.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
35.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Lynwood Elementary
Lynwood Elementary's state test result (35.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lynwood Elementary this school | 260 | 59.2% | 35.1% |
| Arena Elementary Point Arena | 239 | 60.7% | 19.7% |
| Maple Elementary Shafter | 287 | 60.3% | 48.4% |
| San Juan San Juan Bautista | 298 | 55.7% | 24.6% |
| Conejo Academy of Leadership and Language Immersion Thousand Oaks | 258 | 58.5% | 25.9% |
| John Foster Dulles Elementary La Mirada | 250 | 56.4% | 43.8% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Lynwood Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Marin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.1% | #2,955 of 5,151 | #29 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #2,353 of 5,172 ▲ 423 | #28 of 35 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #3,292 of 5,172 ▲ 251 | #30 of 35 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.0pp | #759 of 5,116 | #7 of 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 260 | #5,063 of 5,915 | #33 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.7:1 | #1,937 of 5,352 | #20 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.5% | #3,269 of 5,354 | #27 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.2% | #3,512 of 5,625 | #8 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.6% | #1,126 of 3,837 | #9 of 26 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
260
-16 (-6%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 466
Student : Teacher
21.7:1
was 19.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 260 | 12 | 21.7:1 | 59% (154) |
| 2023-24 | 259 | 13 | 19.9:1 | 44% (114) |
| 2022-23 | 277 | 12 | 23.1:1 | 42% (116) |
| 2020-21 | 276 | 14 | 19.7:1 | 63% (175) |
| 2017-18 | 336 | 15 | 22.4:1 | 65% (219) |
| 2015-16 | 327 | 16 | 20.4:1 | 70% (230) |
| 2010-11 | 401 | N/A | N/A | 61% (246) |
| 2000-01 | 409 | 20 | 20.4:1 | 41% (169) |
| 1990-91 | 466 | 17 | 27.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lynwood Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (336 to 260); teachers down 20% (15 to 12).
About Lynwood Elementary
Lynwood Elementary is an elementary school in Novato, California, reachable at (415) 897-4161. Enrollment totals 260 students across kindergarten through 5. That puts enrollment 44% below the 465-student average for elementary schools in California.
Novato Unified is the district for Lynwood Elementary. It has 14 schools and 7,199 students.
More than half of the students at Lynwood Elementary are Hispanic (73%). Beyond that, enrollment is 19% White and 6% multiracial. In Marin County overall, about 20% of residents are Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Lynwood Elementary scores 43%.
Teacher count: 12 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 21.7:1. That is in line with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 59%. Compared with the 35% average for public schools in Marin County, the school's rate is higher.
Among California public elementary schools, Lynwood Elementary outscored 35%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Test results at Lynwood Elementary are 9.8 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (35.1% actual, 44.8% predicted).
In Marin County, median household income comes to about $149,091, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 61% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. The county's public schools total 75, with about 29,867 students.
About 0.6 miles separate Lynwood Elementary from the closest public school, Novato High. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Lynwood Elementary is 6th of 6 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment decreased by 6% across 4 years, from 276 in 2020-21 to 260 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 19.7:1 to 21.7:1 over the same years.
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Marin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
257,969
Census ACS
Median income
$149,091
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
61%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
75
29,867 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Novato Unified
- Novato HighHigh · 1,287 students
- San Marin HighHigh · 1,250 students
- Sinaloa MiddleMiddle · 693 students
- San Jose MiddleMiddle · 559 students
- Hamilton TK-8Elementary · 544 students
- Pleasant Valley ElementaryElementary · 464 students
Other schools in Novato
- Novato HighHigh · 1,287 students
- San Marin HighHigh · 1,250 students
- Sinaloa MiddleMiddle · 693 students
- San Jose MiddleMiddle · 559 students
- Hamilton TK-8Elementary · 544 students
- Pleasant Valley ElementaryElementary · 464 students
Other Lynwood Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Lynwood Elementary. Lynwood Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Lynwood ElementaryIndianapolis, IN · 583 students
Nearby schools
- Novato High0.6 mi · 1,287
- Rancho Elementary0.7 mi · 387
- San Jose Middle0.9 mi · 559
- Marin Oaks High1.1 mi · 69
- Nova Education Center1.1 mi · 73
- Olive Elementary1.6 mi · 364
Frequently asked questions
About Lynwood ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Lynwood Elementary?
Lynwood Elementary enrolls approximately 260 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Lynwood Elementary serve?
Lynwood Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lynwood Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lynwood Elementary is approximately 21.7:1 (12 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Lynwood Elementary?
Lynwood Elementary reports a student body of 19% White, 73% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Lynwood Elementary in?
Lynwood Elementary is part of Novato Unified.
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