Archive for the ‘Marin Schools’ Category

Marin Schools Maintain Their Well-Deserved Reputation

Friday, May 27th, 2011

Marin schools have uniformly high scores in the California Academic Performance Index (API). A school with a score of 800 or more is considered excellent. 70% of our schools have scores of 800 or greater and 38% are 900 or greater.

While these do not give the complete picture of the personality of each school, they do paint a picture of how well students are learning and performing. Here is a chart of API scores reported for 69 Marin schools in 2010:

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The Best Marin Schools

Monday, January 4th, 2010

Families move to Marin for the fine schools, and neighborhoods with the best schools appear to maintain higher home values. Marin County schools remain among the best in the Bay area and the state based on several criteria:

Kent Elementary School, Kentfield, CA

Kent Elementary School, Kentfield, CA

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