Enrollment
364
Elementary
DISTRICT 409 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NOVATO UNIFIED·NCES 062772004192
Olive Elementary
620 Olive Ave., Novato, CA 94945 · (415) 897-2131 · Marin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL364 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 39% of California public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
21.4:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
180 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 74 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 21% larger than its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
65%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
49.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +4.7pp since 2014
Math
37.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -3.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 28.9% | 20.8% | 19.6% | 30.6% |
| Math | 18.4% | 19.5% | 24.7% | 37.4% |
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 | 49.7% | 37.9% |
| 2023-24 | 55.8% | 45.2% |
| 2022-23 | 48.9% | 44.3% |
| 2021-22 | 59.2% | 53.3% |
| 2020-21 | 52.2% | 45.1% |
| 2018-19 | 57.8% | 55.1% |
| 2017-18 | 39.4% | 35.5% |
| 2016-17 | 33.9% | 38.8% |
| 2015-16 | 49.0% | 38.0% |
| 2014-15 | 45.0% | 41.0% |
% 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
46.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% 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 Olive Elementary
Olive Elementary's state test result (46.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olive Elementary this school | 364 | 49.5% | 46.8% |
| Village Elementary Charter Santa Rosa | 384 | 50.8% | 50.8% |
| Rancho Elementary Novato | 387 | 49.1% | 58.0% |
| Crown Point Elementary San Diego | 313 | 49.5% | 52.5% |
| Las Juntas Elementary Martinez | 353 | 49.3% | 29.7% |
| Jefferson Elementary San Diego | 400 | 51.5% | 61.3% |
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 Olive Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Marin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.8% | #1,946 of 5,151 | #25 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.9% | #2,447 of 5,172 ▼ 636 | #29 of 35 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.7% | #2,056 of 5,172 ▼ 548 | #24 of 35 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -12.4pp | #60 of 5,116 | #1 of 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 364 | #4,140 of 5,915 | #18 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.4:1 | #1,766 of 5,352 | #17 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.1% | #1,248 of 5,354 | #3 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.5% | #3,931 of 5,625 | #11 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.7% | #314 of 1,139 | #2 of 8 |
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
364
+24 (+7%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 439
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
was 21.3:1
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 | 364 | 17 | 21.4:1 | 49% (180) |
| 2023-24 | 362 | 16.6 | 21.8:1 | 40% (143) |
| 2022-23 | 353 | 16.4 | 21.5:1 | 35% (123) |
| 2020-21 | 340 | 16 | 21.3:1 | 39% (131) |
| 2017-18 | 312 | 14 | 22.3:1 | 46% (143) |
| 2015-16 | 342 | 15 | 22.8:1 | 46% (158) |
| 2010-11 | 389 | N/A | N/A | 37% (143) |
| 2000-01 | 400 | 20 | 20.0:1 | 19% (77) |
| 1990-91 | 439 | 19 | 23.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Olive Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 17% (312 to 364); teachers up 22% (14 to 17).
About Olive Elementary
Olive Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school in Novato, California, under Novato Unified. A federal count lists 364 students at the school, in kindergarten through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in California is about 465, so this school runs 22% smaller than that.
Olive Elementary is one school in a 14-school district, Novato Unified, which enrolls 7,199 students.
Hispanic students are the largest group at Olive Elementary, with 42% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 40% White, 12% multiracial, 3% Black, and 3% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 23 points above the 20% share among Marin County residents. Olive Elementary has a diversity index of 65%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 21.4:1 comes from the school's 17 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is higher than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 49% of students at Olive Elementary as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 35% average for public schools in Marin County is 14 points.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Olive Elementary receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Olive Elementary falls in the middle 80% of California schools: 46.8% actual against 50.6% predicted.
Census Bureau estimates for Marin County show that median household income is about $149,091, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 61% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Olive Elementary is one of 75 public schools in Marin County, which together enroll about 29,867 students.
The school nearest to Olive Elementary is Rancho Elementary, at a distance of about 1.2 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 6 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Olive Elementary is 3rd on average proficiency.
Olive Elementary is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Federal counts put enrollment at 340 in 2020-21 and 364 in 2024-25, a 7% gain.
The Olive Elementary community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- Novato HighHigh · 1,287 students
- San Marin HighHigh · 1,250 students
- Sinaloa MiddleMiddle · 693 students
- San Jose MiddleMiddle · 559 students
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Other schools in Novato
- Novato HighHigh · 1,287 students
- 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
Other Olive Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Olive Elementary. Olive Elementary is the largest of the 3.
- Olive ElementaryOrange, CA · 319 students
- Olive Elementary SchoolDrumright, OK · 125 students
Nearby schools
- Rancho Elementary1.2 mi · 387
- Nova Education Center1.3 mi · 73
- Marin Oaks High1.3 mi · 69
- Lynwood Elementary1.6 mi · 260
- Novato High1.6 mi · 1,287
- Lu Sutton Elementary1.6 mi · 367
Frequently asked questions
About Olive ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Olive Elementary?
Olive Elementary enrolls approximately 364 students in grades KG-05.
Is Olive Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Olive Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Olive Elementary have?
Olive Elementary employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.4:1.
How diverse is Olive Elementary?
Olive Elementary reports a student body of 40% White, 42% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Olive Elementary public or private?
Olive Elementary 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.