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What's the biggest difference between Novato High and what you expected?
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Enrollment
1,287
High
DISTRICT 869 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NOVATO UNIFIED·NCES 062772004191
Novato High
625 Arthur St., Novato, CA 94947 · (415) 898-2125 · Marin County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,287 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 32% of California public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
65 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
622 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 289 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 303 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 345 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 350 | 27% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
55.7%
CA avg 49.1% . -19.3pp since 2014
Math
35.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -16.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 19 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 22.6% | 33.1% | 20.0% | 24.3% |
| Math | 13.3% | 22.2% | 26.5% | 38.1% |
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 | 55.7% | 35.4% |
| 2023-24 | 55.9% | 24.2% |
| 2022-23 | 60.2% | 29.5% |
| 2021-22 | 70.2% | 34.6% |
| 2020-21 | 63.0% | 30.9% |
| 2018-19 | 65.9% | 35.8% |
| 2017-18 | 68.7% | 37.4% |
| 2016-17 | 77.2% | 43.1% |
| 2015-16 | 83.0% | 52.0% |
| 2014-15 | 75.0% | 52.0% |
% 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
42.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Novato High
Novato High's state test result (42.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Novato High this school | 1,287 | 48.3% | 42.8% |
| Terra Linda High San Rafael | 1,248 | 49.4% | 57.1% |
| Cabrillo High Lompoc | 1,060 | 48.3% | 35.5% |
| Montgomery High Santa Rosa | 1,253 | 49.6% | 31.7% |
| Rancho Cotate High Rohnert Park | 1,755 | 47.1% | 29.9% |
| Aptos High Aptos | 1,274 | 47.6% | 41.2% |
Matched among California high 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 Novato High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Marin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.8% | #461 of 1,052 | #6 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.4% | #333 of 1,056 ▲ 158 | #6 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.7% | #562 of 1,056 ▼ 48 | #6 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.8pp | #84 of 1,044 | #5 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,287 | #643 of 2,093 | #4 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.7:1 | #508 of 1,352 | #4 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.6% | #361 of 1,351 | #2 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.3% | #1,184 of 1,575 | #4 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.7% | #432 of 802 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,287
-146 (-10%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 1,096
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
was 21.7:1
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 | 1,287 | 65.3 | 19.7:1 | 48% (622) |
| 2023-24 | 1,393 | 64.7 | 21.5:1 | 37% (519) |
| 2022-23 | 1,458 | 62.1 | 23.5:1 | 33% (488) |
| 2020-21 | 1,433 | 66 | 21.7:1 | 34% (494) |
| 2017-18 | 1,442 | 69.8 | 20.7:1 | 37% (539) |
| 2015-16 | 1,296 | 65 | 19.9:1 | 32% (417) |
| 2010-11 | 1,347 | N/A | N/A | 20% (269) |
| 2000-01 | 1,136 | 50 | 22.7:1 | 12% (131) |
| 1990-91 | 1,096 | 51 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Novato High.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (1,442 to 1,287); teachers down 6% (69.8 to 65.3).
About Novato High
Novato High is a high-enrollment high school in Novato, California. The school runs grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 1,287 students. By comparison, high schools in California enroll about 838 students on average.
The 14 schools of Novato Unified, including Novato High, enroll 7,199 students.
Hispanic students make up 49% of enrollment at Novato High, the largest share of any group. The rest of enrollment is 35% White, 6% Asian, 5% multiracial, and 2% Black. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Marin County's population at about 20%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 62, compared with 70 nationally.
There are about 19.7 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Novato High, which has 65.3. High schools in California average 18.2:1, 1.5 fewer students per teacher than here. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Novato High is about 48%. On average, public schools in Marin County report 35%.
Novato High earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 32% of California public high schools.
Test results at Novato High are 8.4 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (42.8% actual, 51.2% predicted).
The county, Marin County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $149,091 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 61%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Counting Novato High, Marin County has 75 public schools.
A public school about 0.4 miles away, Rancho Elementary, is the closest to Novato High. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 42.8% is below the 46.8% average for nearby schools.
Novato High falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 1,287, from 1,433 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 19.7 students per teacher, compared with 21.7 in 2020-21.
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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 Novato Unified
- San Marin HighHigh · 1,250 students
- Sinaloa MiddleMiddle · 693 students
- San Jose MiddleMiddle · 559 students
- Hamilton TK-8Elementary · 544 students
- Pleasant Valley ElementaryElementary · 464 students
- San Ramon ElementaryElementary · 456 students
Other schools in Novato
- San Marin HighHigh · 1,250 students
- Sinaloa MiddleMiddle · 693 students
- San Jose MiddleMiddle · 559 students
- Hamilton TK-8Elementary · 544 students
- Pleasant Valley ElementaryElementary · 464 students
- San Ramon ElementaryElementary · 456 students
Nearby schools
- Rancho Elementary0.4 mi · 387
- Lynwood Elementary0.6 mi · 260
- Marin Oaks High0.6 mi · 69
- Nova Education Center0.6 mi · 73
- San Jose Middle1.0 mi · 559
- Lu Sutton Elementary1.3 mi · 367
Frequently asked questions
About Novato HighHow large is Novato High?
Novato High enrolls approximately 1,287 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Novato High serve?
Novato High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Novato High?
Approximately 19.7:1 students per teacher at Novato High.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Novato High?
At Novato High, the student body is approximately 35% White, 49% Hispanic, 2% Black, 6% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Novato High public or private?
Novato High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Novato Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.