Terra Linda High

Terra Linda High is a moderately sized 9-12 campus in San Rafael, California, operated by San Rafael City High. The school hosts 1,248 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 838 students per school, that is 49% bigger than typical.

Terra Linda High is one of 3 schools operated by San Rafael City High, a district that hosts 2,676 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Terra Linda High records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 35% White, 6% Asian, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 20% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Terra Linda High records 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. Around 49% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Marin County's rate of about 35%.

After controlling for student poverty, Terra Linda High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.0%, the actual is 54.8%, a residual of +4.8 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Marin County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $149,091 per year, roughly 61% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Marin County runs 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,867 students), of which Terra Linda High is one.

Vallecito Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Terra Linda High comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 68.7%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 1,241 students in 2018 compared to 1,248 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 43% to 35% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 22.5:1 in 2018 to 20.7:1 today.

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