Enrollment
160
Elementary
DISTRICT 76 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHORELINE UNIFIED·NCES 063667006216
Tomales Elementary
40 John St., Tomales, CA 94971 · (707) 878-2214 · Marin County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL160 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 9% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
16.0:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
116 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 | 25 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 11 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 10 | 6% |
| Grade 3 | 19 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 18 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 12 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 14 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 22 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 29 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (25) is 14% smaller than its 8th grade class (29).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Tomales Elementary→Tomales High
Based on grade levels within Shoreline Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
27.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -19.6pp since 2014
Math
23.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -9.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 20 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.3% | 16.0% | 37.7% | 34.9% |
| Math | 4.7% | 18.9% | 29.3% | 47.2% |
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 | 27.4% | 23.6% |
| 2023-24 | 24.7% | 14.7% |
| 2022-23 | 33.7% | 18.9% |
| 2021-22 | 32.0% | 24.8% |
| 2020-21 | 41.9% | 18.0% |
| 2018-19 | 39.8% | 21.4% |
| 2017-18 | 41.8% | 30.5% |
| 2016-17 | 43.9% | 34.4% |
| 2015-16 | 44.0% | 28.0% |
| 2014-15 | 47.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
21.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 37% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Tomales Elementary
Tomales Elementary's state test result (21.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tomales Elementary this school | 160 | 72.5% | 21.9% |
| Cottonwood Aguanga | 197 | 73.6% | 27.9% |
| Elverta Elementary Elverta | 159 | 70.4% | 28.9% |
| Shiloh Charter Modesto | 163 | 66.3% | 41.9% |
| Valley Vista Elementary Petaluma | 155 | 66.5% | 23.8% |
| Maxwell Elementary Maxwell | 124 | 75.0% | 40.2% |
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 Tomales Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Marin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.9% | #4,398 of 5,151 | #32 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.6% | #3,928 of 5,172 ▲ 770 | #32 of 35 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #4,232 of 5,172 ▲ 90 | #32 of 35 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.9pp | #995 of 5,116 | #5 of 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 160 | #5,490 of 5,915 | #37 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.5% | #2,813 of 5,625 | #6 of 37 |
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
160
+18 (+13%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 264
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 160 | 10 | 16.0:1 | 73% (116) |
| 2023-24 | 153 | 10 | 15.3:1 | 74% (113) |
| 2022-23 | 144 | 9 | 16.0:1 | 63% (91) |
| 2020-21 | 142 | 12 | 11.8:1 | 53% (75) |
| 2017-18 | 162 | 10.9 | 14.9:1 | 29% (47) |
| 2015-16 | 177 | 10 | 17.7:1 | 56% (100) |
| 2010-11 | 176 | N/A | N/A | 56% (98) |
| 2000-01 | 238 | 14 | 17.0:1 | 39% (94) |
| 1990-91 | 264 | 15 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tomales Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (162 to 160); teachers down 8% (10.9 to 10).
About Tomales Elementary
Tomales Elementary is a very small elementary school in Shoreline Unified, located in Tomales, California. It reports enrollment of 160 students in kindergarten through 8. On average, elementary schools in California enroll around 465, and this school is 66% below that mark.
Shoreline Unified counts 5 schools and 469 students, including Tomales Elementary.
More than half of the students at Tomales Elementary are Hispanic (64%). The remaining shares are 36% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Marin County's population at about 20%. The diversity index for Tomales Elementary is 46%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Tomales Elementary reported 10 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 16.0:1. Elementary schools in California average 22.3:1, 6.3 more students per teacher than here. There are 116 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 73% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in Marin County average 35%.
Tomales Elementary earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 9% of California public elementary schools.
Tomales Elementary is a bottom-10% school in California on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 21.9% against a predicted 37.1%.
American Community Survey estimates for Marin County show that median household income comes to 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%. Marin County counts 75 public schools with about 29,867 students.
Tomales High is about 0.4 miles from Tomales Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. The ten-mile area around Tomales Elementary holds 6 other public schools. The school's 21.9% average proficiency ranks 7th among 7 nearby schools.
Federal data place Tomales Elementary in the Rural: Distant locale, which means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment rose by 13% across 4 years, from 142 in 2020-21 to 160 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 11.8:1 to 16.0:1.
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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 Shoreline Unified
- Tomales HighHigh · 127 students
- West Marin ElementaryMiddle · 114 students
- Inverness ElementaryElementary · 41 students
- Bodega Bay ElementaryElementary · 27 students
Nearby schools
- Tomales High0.4 mi · 127
- Two Rock Elementary6.7 mi · 135
- Dunham Charter9.4 mi · 166
- Dunham Elementary9.4 mi · 9
- Bodega Bay Elementary9.9 mi · 27
- Twin Hills Charter Middle9.9 mi · 207
Frequently asked questions
About Tomales ElementaryHow many students attend Tomales Elementary?
Tomales Elementary enrolls approximately 160 students in grades KG-08.
Is Tomales Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Tomales Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Tomales Elementary have?
Tomales Elementary employs 10 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Tomales Elementary?
Student demographics at Tomales Elementary are roughly 36% White, 64% Hispanic.
What district is Tomales Elementary in?
Tomales Elementary is part of Shoreline Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.