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Enrollment
412
Elementary
DISTRICT 378 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILLER CREEK ELEMENTARY·NCES 061122010255
Mary E. Silveira Elementary
375 Blackstone Dr., San Rafael, CA 94903 · (415) 492-3741 · Marin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL412 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% of California public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-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
24.2:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
107 students
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 74 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Mary E. Silveira Elementary→Miller Creek Middle
Based on grade levels within Miller Creek Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
57.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -12.2pp since 2014
Math
51.2%
CA avg 37.7% . -15.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 12 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 27.1% | 30.6% | 17.6% | 24.6% |
| Math | 27.1% | 24.1% | 29.6% | 19.2% |
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 | 57.8% | 51.2% |
| 2023-24 | 53.9% | 51.0% |
| 2022-23 | 60.8% | 53.3% |
| 2021-22 | 60.5% | 54.8% |
| 2018-19 | 77.1% | 68.8% |
| 2017-18 | 73.8% | 63.7% |
| 2016-17 | 70.8% | 66.5% |
| 2015-16 | 73.0% | 71.0% |
| 2014-15 | 70.0% | 67.0% |
% 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
53.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Mary E. Silveira Elementary
Mary E. Silveira Elementary's state test result (53.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary E. Silveira Elementary this school | 412 | 26.0% | 53.4% |
| Weston Elementary Ripon | 464 | 26.1% | 58.6% |
| Kellogg Elementary Goleta | 369 | 24.9% | 60.6% |
| Peach Hill Academy Moorpark | 420 | 26.2% | 62.3% |
| Dixon Montessori Charter Dixon | 471 | 25.7% | N/A |
| North Park Elementary Valencia | 441 | 25.4% | 68.5% |
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 Mary E. Silveira Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Marin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.4% | #1,491 of 5,151 | #23 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.2% | #1,504 of 5,172 ▼ 49 | #22 of 35 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #1,481 of 5,172 ▲ 144 | #22 of 35 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.1pp | #931 of 5,116 | #4 of 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 412 | #3,532 of 5,915 | #11 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.2:1 | #3,917 of 5,352 | #33 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.7% | #1,160 of 5,354 | #2 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.0% | #4,928 of 5,625 | #16 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.8% | #3,349 of 3,837 | #22 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
412
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
+2% since 2000-01, when it was 402
Student : Teacher
24.2:1
was 20.9:1
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 | 412 | 17 | 24.2:1 | 26% (107) |
| 2023-24 | 437 | 18 | 24.3:1 | 31% (134) |
| 2022-23 | 433 | 18 | 24.1:1 | 25% (108) |
| 2020-21 | 418 | 20 | 20.9:1 | 23% (97) |
| 2017-18 | 433 | 20 | 21.6:1 | 21% (93) |
| 2015-16 | 436 | 20 | 21.8:1 | 17% (75) |
| 2010-11 | 395 | N/A | N/A | 14% (57) |
| 2000-01 | 402 | 21 | 19.1:1 | 5% (19) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mary E. Silveira Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (433 to 412); teachers down 15% (20 to 17).
About Mary E. Silveira Elementary
Mary E. Silveira Elementary runs as a medium-sized elementary school in San Rafael, California. Enrollment is 412 students in 2024-25, and the school serves kindergarten through 5.
Miller Creek Elementary enrolls 1,755 students in 4 schools, including Mary E. Silveira Elementary.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Mary E. Silveira Elementary. The largest is White students, at 44%. Smaller groups are 36% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, and 5% Asian. For comparison, the population of Marin County is roughly 68% White. The school's diversity index is 66%, meaning two students picked at random have a 66% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its 17 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 24.2:1. This ratio sits 1.9 above the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 26%. That rate is below the 35% average among public schools in Marin County.
Mary E. Silveira Elementary is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 40% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
In California, Mary E. Silveira Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 53.4% actual against a predicted 64.3%.
Mary E. Silveira Elementary is located in Marin County, where the median household income is $149,091, roughly 61% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Mary E. Silveira Elementary is one of 75 public schools in the county.
The closest public school to Mary E. Silveira Elementary is Miller Creek Middle, about 0.5 miles away. Mary E. Silveira Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 52.4% proficiency; Mary E. Silveira Elementary posts 53.4%.
NCES describes the area around Mary E. Silveira Elementary as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (418) to 2024-25 (412). The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 20.9:1 in 2020-21 to 24.2:1 in 2024-25.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Miller Creek Elementary
- Miller Creek MiddleMiddle · 620 students
- Vallecito ElementaryElementary · 408 students
- Lucas Valley ElementaryElementary · 315 students
Other schools in San Rafael
- San Rafael HighHigh · 1,332 students
- Terra Linda HighHigh · 1,248 students
- James B. Davidson MiddleMiddle · 1,052 students
- Venetia Valley K-8Elementary · 748 students
- Miller Creek MiddleMiddle · 620 students
- Bahia Vista ElementaryElementary · 552 students
Nearby schools
- Miller Creek Middle0.5 mi · 620
- Marin County Juvenile Court1.4 mi · 3
- Hamilton TK-81.4 mi · 544
- Novato Charter1.6 mi · 269
- Marin's Community1.7 mi · 64
- Phoenix Academy1.7 mi · 3
Frequently asked questions
About Mary E. Silveira ElementaryHow large is Mary E. Silveira Elementary?
Mary E. Silveira Elementary enrolls approximately 412 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Mary E. Silveira Elementary serve?
Mary E. Silveira Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Mary E. Silveira Elementary?
Approximately 24.2:1 students per teacher at Mary E. Silveira Elementary.
How diverse is Mary E. Silveira Elementary?
Mary E. Silveira Elementary reports a student body of 44% White, 36% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees Mary E. Silveira Elementary?
Mary E. Silveira Elementary is overseen by Miller Creek Elementary in Marin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.