Old Mill Elementary

Set in Mill Valley, California, Old Mill Elementary is a compact elementary campus, part of Mill Valley Elementary. It teaches 261 students across grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 44% below the state mean of about 465.

Across the 6 schools in Mill Valley Elementary (2,309 students total), Old Mill Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Old Mill Elementary shows that White students make up the majority at 70%. Other groups include 21% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 3% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Old Mill Elementary shows 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 4% of students at Old Mill Elementary qualify 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.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Old Mill Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 77.2%; this one delivers 85.3%.

Around the school, census data for Marin County shows median household income runs about $149,091, about 61% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Old Mill Elementary is one of 75 public schools in Marin County (combined enrollment of about 29,867 students).

Park Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Old Mill Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Old Mill Elementary at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 74.6%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Old Mill Elementary's enrollment has edged down 12% since 2018, when it stood at 298 (now 261). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 84% to 70%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 22.9:1 in 2018 to 21.8:1 today.

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