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Enrollment
451
Elementary
DISTRICT 363 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LARKSPUR-CORTE MADERA·NCES 062091002516
Neil Cummins Elementary
58 Mohawk Ave., Corte Madera, CA 94925 · (415) 927-6965 · Marin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL451 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 69% of California public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
19.4:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
37 students
DISTRICT 11% · 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 | 90 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is 23% larger than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
Neil Cummins Elementary→Hall Middle
Based on grade levels within Larkspur-Corte Madera. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
79.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.6pp since 2014
Math
78.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 56.4% | 22.9% | 14.7% | 6.0% |
| Math | 50.0% | 28.0% | 14.7% | 7.3% |
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 | 79.4% | 78.0% |
| 2023-24 | 73.5% | 69.0% |
| 2022-23 | 79.0% | 72.8% |
| 2021-22 | 84.0% | 78.0% |
| 2020-21 | 84.5% | 82.7% |
| 2018-19 | 83.5% | 78.8% |
| 2017-18 | 76.8% | 73.8% |
| 2016-17 | 76.3% | 71.2% |
| 2015-16 | 81.0% | 75.0% |
| 2014-15 | 80.0% | 75.0% |
% 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
75.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 75% 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 Neil Cummins Elementary
Neil Cummins Elementary's state test result (75.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neil Cummins Elementary this school | 451 | 8.2% | 75.1% |
| Loomis Basin Charter Loomis | 505 | 9.3% | 73.8% |
| Franklin Elementary Loomis | 433 | 11.3% | 65.7% |
| Bird Rock Elementary La Jolla | 383 | 10.7% | 79.6% |
| Olivenhain Pioneer Elementary Carlsbad | 520 | 6.5% | 77.8% |
| Roscomare Road Elementary Los Angeles | 438 | 11.0% | 84.7% |
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 Neil Cummins Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Marin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.1% | #429 of 5,151 | #11 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #310 of 5,172 ▲ 348 | #9 of 35 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.4% | #301 of 5,172 ▲ 232 | #8 of 35 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.3pp | #1,125 of 5,116 | #7 of 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 451 | #3,020 of 5,915 | #9 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #658 of 5,352 | #7 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.7% | #2,930 of 5,354 | #21 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.2% | #5,517 of 5,625 | #28 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.2% | #1,174 of 3,837 | #11 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
451
-103 (-19%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 536
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 22.2:1
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 | 451 | 23.3 | 19.4:1 | 8% (37) |
| 2023-24 | 450 | 23 | 19.6:1 | 8% (36) |
| 2022-23 | 471 | 23 | 20.5:1 | 4% (20) |
| 2020-21 | 554 | 25 | 22.2:1 | 8% (43) |
| 2017-18 | 580 | 27.2 | 21.3:1 | 2% (13) |
| 2015-16 | 592 | 25 | 23.7:1 | 7% (42) |
| 2010-11 | 763 | N/A | N/A | 6% (47) |
| 2000-01 | 628 | 36 | 17.4:1 | 3% (17) |
| 1990-91 | 536 | 25 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Neil Cummins Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (580 to 451); teachers down 14% (27.2 to 23.3).
About Neil Cummins Elementary
Neil Cummins Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school. Its address is in Corte Madera, California. The school offers kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 451 students.
Enrollment across the 3 schools in Larkspur-Corte Madera totals 1,166 students.
At Neil Cummins Elementary, 69% of students are White. It is also 17% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Census estimates put Marin County at about 68% White, close to the school's figure. The diversity index for Neil Cummins Elementary is 48%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Neil Cummins Elementary has 23.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 19.4:1. The school's 19.4:1 compares with an average of 22.3:1 for elementary schools in California. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 8%. The gap from the 35% average for public schools in Marin County is 27 points.
Neil Cummins Elementary earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 69% of California public elementary schools.
Neil Cummins Elementary posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 75.1%, compared with a predicted 74.7%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations.
For the population of Marin County, median household income comes to about $149,091, roughly 61% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Marin County's 75 public schools enroll about 29,867 students and include Neil Cummins Elementary.
About 0.5 miles separate Neil Cummins Elementary from the closest public school, San Andreas High (Continuation). The five-mile area around Neil Cummins Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Neil Cummins Elementary's average proficiency of 75.1% compares with 75.5% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 19%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 22.2:1 in 2020-21, and 19.4:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Larkspur-Corte Madera
- Hall MiddleMiddle · 440 students
- CoveElementary · 275 students
Nearby schools
- San Andreas High (Continuation)0.5 mi · 46
- Redwood High0.6 mi · 1,722
- Tamiscal High (Alternative)0.7 mi · 124
- Hall Middle0.8 mi · 440
- Cove1.4 mi · 275
- Edna Maguire Elementary1.4 mi · 399
Frequently asked questions
About Neil Cummins ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Neil Cummins Elementary?
Neil Cummins Elementary enrolls approximately 451 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Neil Cummins Elementary serve?
Neil Cummins Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Neil Cummins Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Neil Cummins Elementary is approximately 19.4:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Neil Cummins Elementary?
At Neil Cummins Elementary, the student body is approximately 69% White, 17% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Neil Cummins Elementary in?
Neil Cummins Elementary is part of Larkspur-Corte Madera.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.