Lynwood Elementary

Located at 1320 Lynwood Dr., in Novato, California, Lynwood Elementary is a cozy K-5 school that instructs 260 students (grades K through 5), run under Novato Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Lynwood Elementary sits 44% smaller than that benchmark.

Lynwood Elementary is one of 14 schools operated by Novato Unified, a district that enrolls 7,199 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Lynwood Elementary lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 73%. Beyond that, the school records 19% White, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 20% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 59% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Marin County (around 35%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lynwood Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.2%, the actual is 32.7%, a residual of -11.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Marin County indicate the typical household earns roughly $149,091 per year, roughly 61% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Marin County runs 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,867 students), of which Lynwood Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Novato High, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lynwood Elementary. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lynwood Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 48.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 23%: 336 students in 2018 compared to 260 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 59% to 73%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.