Venetia Valley K-8

Venetia Valley K-8, a sizable K-5 school in San Rafael, California, overseen by San Rafael City Elementary, teaches 748 students, covering grades K through 8. That puts it 61% larger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Venetia Valley K-8 is one of 9 schools operated by San Rafael City Elementary, a district that educates 4,415 students overall.

Demographically, Venetia Valley K-8 records that nearly all students (87%) are Hispanic. The remainder is composed of 8% White, 2% Asian, 2% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Venetia Valley K-8 has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 88% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Marin County's rate of about 35%.

With demographic context factored in, Venetia Valley K-8 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 27.3%; this one delivers 20.2%.

In the area at large, census data for Marin County shows median household earnings sit near $149,091, roughly 61% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Marin County's 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,867 students), Venetia Valley K-8 is one campus in the mix.

Vallecito Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Venetia Valley K-8. On composite proficiency, Venetia Valley K-8 comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 54.8%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 5%: 711 students in 2018 compared to 748 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.