San Jose Middle

As a compact middle school in Novato, California, San Jose Middle teaches 559 students from grades 6 through 8, part of Novato Unified.

Novato Unified comprises 14 schools with combined enrollment of 7,199 students; San Jose Middle is among them.

Looking at the student body, San Jose Middle shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 56%. Beyond that, the school reports 28% White, 6% Asian, 6% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 20% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.2:1. The state averages about 20.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 56% of students at San Jose Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Marin County's rate of about 35%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), San Jose Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.3%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Marin County indicate median household income runs about $149,091, about 61% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Marin County's 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,867 students), San Jose Middle is one campus in the mix.

Lynwood 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 San Jose Middle. On composite proficiency, San Jose Middle comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 46.9%.

San Jose Middle operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. San Jose Middle's enrollment has edged down 23% since 2018, when it stood at 726 (now 559). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 41% to 56%.

On allk12, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.