Marin Schools Help Maintain Our High Property Values

Excellent Marin Schools Attract Home Buyers

The outstanding public schools in Marin continue to attract home buyers who are willing to pay 25-50% more for houses in cities like with outstanding and distinguished schools. For the full story, see Parents pay plenty to get kids into better schools in the San Francisco Chronicle on March 28, 2010

Academic Ratings

The State of California requires annual testing to evaluate achievement levels of students and the improvement of individual schools. These scores give you a good idea of the high quality of our schools.

Read how Marin County public schools and school districts are rated on the California Academic Performance Index (API), an aggregate rating of performance on the following tests:

California English-Language Arts and Mathematics Standards Tests (CSTs in ELA and mathematics)
California Science Standards Test (CST in science)
California Life Science Standards Test (CST in life science)
California History-Social Science Standards Test (CST in history-social science)
California Alternate Performance Assessment (CAPA)
California Achievement Tests, Sixth Edition Survey (CAT/6 Survey)
California High School Exit Examination (CAHSEE)

See the Marin API Reports

API reports were published for the 2009 school year and are available at the California Department of Education web site.

Marin’s Distinguished Schools

Each year, the California Department of Education selects the highest achieving public schools in the state as Distinguished Schools. Schools may apply for this award only every four years. Here are the Marin schools on the list over the last four years (2007-2010):

Distinguished Elementary and Middle Schools

Fairfax/San Anselmo: White Hill Middle
Kentfield: Anthony G. Bacich Elementary
Larkspur-Corte Madera: Henry C. Hall Middle
Mill Valley: Old Mill Elementary
Novato: Lu Sutton Elementary, Rancho Elementary,Sinaloa Middle
Ross: Ross Elementary
San Rafael (Dixie School District): Miller Creek Middle
Sausalito: Willow Creek Academy, Bayside Elementary
Tiburon: Bel Aire Elementary, Reed Elementary, Del Mar Middle
West Marin: West Marin-Inverness Elementary

Distinguished High Schools

The following Distinguished high Schools are in the Tamalpais Union High School District.

Sir Francis Drake High
Tamalpais High
Tamiscal High*
Redwood High

* Independent study/ alternative education

County Office of Education

To read about the inner workings of the Marin school system, you can go to the Marin County Office of Education web site.

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