Miller Creek Middle

Set in San Rafael, California, Miller Creek Middle is a middle-of-the-pack junior high, one of the schools within Miller Creek Elementary. It educates 620 students across grades 6 through 8.

Miller Creek Elementary comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,755 students; Miller Creek Middle is among them.

On demographics, Miller Creek Middle lists that 55% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 28% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 6% Asian. By comparison, Marin County as a whole is about 68% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Miller Creek Middle logs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Miller Creek Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 20% 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 south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Miller Creek Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 67.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.6%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Marin County put median household earnings sit near $149,091, 61% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Miller Creek Middle is one of 75 public schools in Marin County (combined enrollment of about 29,867 students).

Nearest neighbor: Mary E. Silveira Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Miller Creek Middle comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 53.8%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Miller Creek Middle has remained close to its prior level, going from 632 students in 2018 to 620 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 15% to 28% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for Miller Creek Middle typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.