Short Elementary

As a minimally staffed primary school in San Rafael, California, Short Elementary works with 91 students from grade K, one of the schools within San Rafael City Elementary. That puts it 80% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

San Rafael City Elementary comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 4,415 students; Short Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Short Elementary records that nearly all students (90%) are Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 5% White, 3% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

On the income-and-resources front, Short Elementary records 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Short Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 84% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Marin County runs at roughly 35%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Marin County) records that median household income runs about $149,091, roughly 61% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Marin County's 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,867 students), Short Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is James B. Davidson Middle, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Short Elementary operates from an inner-city location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 55%: 200 students in 2018 compared to 91 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share grew from 1% to 5%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 28.6:1 in 2018 to 20.2:1 today.

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