Park Elementary

Located at 360 East Blithedale Ave., in Mill Valley, California, Park Elementary is a small elementary school that caters to 301 students (grades K through 5), overseen by Mill Valley Elementary. That puts it 35% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Within Mill Valley Elementary, which oversees 6 schools and 2,309 students, Park Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Park Elementary lists that 76% of the student body identifies as White; the rest reads as 15% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 4% Asian. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 68%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 3% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Marin County runs at roughly 35%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Park Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 77.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 83.2%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Marin County put the typical household earns roughly $149,091 per year, 61% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Park Elementary is one of 75 public schools in Marin County (combined enrollment of about 29,867 students).

Nearest neighbor: Mill Valley Middle, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Park Elementary at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 77.2%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Park Elementary has shrank 3%, going from 310 students in 2018 to 301 in 2025.

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