Novato Charter

The public elementary school Novato Charter is located in Novato, California. School enrollment was 269 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 8. For comparison, elementary schools in California average about 465 students.

Novato Charter District operates Novato Charter.

Roughly 65% of students at Novato Charter are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 15% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, and 6% Asian. That is close to the 68% White share among all Marin County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 53% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

Staffing totals 13.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 19.7:1. On average, elementary schools in California have 22.3:1, compared with 19.7:1 here. Novato Charter reports 16% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 35% average for public schools in Marin County is 19 points higher.

Among Marin County residents, the median household income is $149,091, about 61% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Besides Novato Charter, Marin County has 74 other public schools.

The shortest distance from Novato Charter to another public school is about 0.3 miles, to Hamilton TK-8. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

Novato Charter has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.

Novato Charter had 270 students in 2020-21 and 269 in 2024-25, nearly the same. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 27.0:1 to 19.7:1.

Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Novato Charter. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.