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Adaline E. Kent Middle

Public Grades 5-8

111^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 96% of California middle schools

Summary

Adaline E. Kent Middle is a high-performing public school serving 488 students in grades 5-8 within the affluent Marin County community of Kentfield, part of the highly-ranked Kentfield Elementary district.

The school consistently achieves elite academic results, with over 76% of students proficient in math and over 81% in English, significantly outpacing state averages and performing on par with other top local schools like Del Mar Middle and Mill Valley Middle. A key standout is its remarkably low chronic absenteeism rate of 5.3%, which is less than half the rate of similar high-performing schools like Hall Middle and indicates a highly engaged student body and supportive school culture.

Kent Middle excels at supporting all student groups effectively and achieves its top-tier outcomes with efficient use of resources, spending less per student than some nearby schools like Miller Creek Middle while ranking higher. It is part of a notable cluster of excellent middle schools in central Marin, contrasting with more challenged schools just miles away, such as Helms Middle and Richmond Charter Academy, highlighting how district support and community factors contribute to sustained success.

488

Students ?

15.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$21,704

Per pupil spending ?

10.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

800 College Ave.
Kentfield, CA 94904-2549

(415) 458-5970

District: Kentfield Elementary

Feeder schools for Adaline E. Kent Middle:

Elementary:

Anthony G. Bacich Elementary

Racial breakdown:

White:

64.1%

Hispanic:

16.6%

Two or more races:

13.9%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 100th percentile in 2013 → 96th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the California average (76% vs 41% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 4% of California middle schools

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school76%

District avg75%

California avg41%

111^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Top 4%▼ down 2 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

73^rd of 1,543Kentfield Elementary among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	96.2	111 of 2761	96.0%	★★★★★
2024	95.5	137 of 2783	95.1%	★★★★★
2023	95.2	144 of 2781	94.8%	★★★★★
2022	93.9	172 of 2740	93.7%	★★★★★
2019	93.6	183 of 2715	93.3%	★★★★★
2018	94.6	129 of 2480	94.8%	★★★★★
2017	96.1	83 of 2508	96.7%	★★★★★
2016	97.0	38 of 2497	98.5%	★★★★★
2015	97.3	40 of 2477	98.4%	★★★★★
2013	95.2	8 of 2379	99.7%	★★★★★
2012	96.5	2 of 2259	99.9%	★★★★★
2011	95.8	14 of 2236	99.4%	★★★★★
2010	96.1	11 of 2179	99.5%	★★★★★
2009	97.3	9 of 2063	99.6%	★★★★★
2008	95.7	18 of 2005	99.1%	★★★★★
2007	96.8	15 of 1999	99.2%	★★★★★
2006	95.2	36 of 1804	98.0%	★★★★★
2005	93.0	68 of 1777	96.2%	★★★★★
2004	97.1	26 of 1769	98.5%	★★★★★

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	87.9	108 of 1531	92.9%	★★★★★
2019	83.4	149 of 1491	90.0%	★★★★★
2018	79.1	175 of 1369	87.2%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	96.8	63 of 2533	97.5%	★★★★★
2024	93.5	168 of 2551	93.4%	★★★★★
2023	92.1	196 of 2531	92.3%	★★★★★
2022	91.1	211 of 2509	91.6%	★★★★★
2019	90.9	200 of 2380	91.6%	★★★★★
2018	93.4	139 of 2262	93.9%	★★★★★

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	84.0	250 of 2395	89.6%	★★★★☆
2024	86.2	193 of 2388	91.9%	★★★★★
2023	81.0	294 of 2374	87.6%	★★★★☆
2022	66.6	572 of 2359	75.8%	★★★★☆
2019	66.3	562 of 2213	74.6%	★★★★☆
2018	78.2	306 of 2072	85.2%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	89.3	184 of 2542	92.8%	★★★★★
2024	81.5	318 of 2579	87.7%	★★★★☆
2023	86.7	221 of 2531	91.3%	★★★★★
2022	61.7	698 of 2458	71.6%	★★★★☆
2019	61.9	679 of 2369	71.3%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	93.5	172 of 2534	93.2%	★★★★★
2024	95.7	119 of 2552	95.3%	★★★★★
2023	96.3	93 of 2538	96.3%	★★★★★
2022	93.6	161 of 2527	93.6%	★★★★★
2019	94.3	149 of 2407	93.8%	★★★★★
2018	94.6	122 of 2273	94.6%	★★★★★

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	74.5	176 of 726	75.8%	★★★★☆
2024	87.0	57 of 701	91.9%	★★★★★
2023	80.3	110 of 677	83.8%	★★★★☆
2022	90.2	27 of 665	95.9%	★★★★★
2019	90.1	20 of 554	96.4%	★★★★★
2018	87.5	27 of 462	94.2%	★★★★★

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	94.9	54 of 1566	96.6%	★★★★★
2024	83.0	155 of 1552	90.0%	★★★★★
2023	97.7	31 of 1531	98.0%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	93.2	30 of 1520	98.0%	★★★★★
2024	86.8	123 of 1537	92.0%	★★★★★
2023	88.4	99 of 1543	93.6%	★★★★★
2022	86.8	120 of 1555	92.3%	★★★★★
2019	85.8	153 of 1602	90.4%	★★★★★
2018	86.7	124 of 1496	91.7%	★★★★★

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

White (2025)98th percentile~ school

Female (2025)98th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)97th percentile~ school

Male (2025)93rd percentile-3 vs school

Disabled (2022)93rd percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)93rd percentile-3 vs school

Hispanic (2025)90th percentile-6 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)76th percentile-20 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy81%+33 vs state

Mathematics76%+39 vs state

Science63%+30 vs state

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Adaline E. Kent Middle	Public	5-8	800 College Ave.	Kentfield	94904	Marin County	Kentfield Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 458-5970	488	32	15.4	10.7%	313 (64.1%)	3 (0.6%)	81 (16.6%)	20 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	68 (13.9%)	96.2	111^th of 2761 public middle schools	96.0%		95.5	137^th of 2783 public middle schools	95.1%	26					67.0	59.7	62.8	84.9	86.2	83.7	72.7	81.5	76.5	82.4	77.6	68.9	76.1	$21,704	$223	$21,481
Hall Middle	Public	6-8	200 Doherty Dr.	Larkspur	94939	Marin County	Larkspur-Corte Madera	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 927-6978	440	22	19.6	10.7%	306 (69.5%)	3 (0.7%)	68 (15.5%)	25 (5.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	36 (8.2%)	96.1	114^th of 2761 public middle schools	95.9%		96.2	117^th of 2783 public middle schools	95.8%	3						65.8	65.8		76.4	82.7	76.8	78.6		68.1	81.3	71.7	73.6	$20,913	$1,064	$19,849
James B. Davidson Middle	Public	6-8	280 Woodland Ave.	San Rafael	94901	Marin County	San Rafael City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 485-2400	1,052	61	17.1	69.9%	218 (20.7%)	9 (0.9%)	765 (72.7%)	19 (1.8%)	6 (0.6%)	3 (0.3%)	31 (2.9%)	46.5	1282^nd of 2761 public middle schools	53.6%		44.5	1327^th of 2783 public middle schools	52.3%	45						28.5	28.5		43.1	46.1	45.2	44.8		26.6	34.9	31.4	31.0	$18,878	$1,344	$17,534
Mill Valley Middle	Public	6-8	425 Sycamore Ave.	Mill Valley	94941	Marin County	Mill Valley Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 389-7711	721	46	15.6	6.2%	522 (72.4%)	5 (0.7%)	72 (10.0%)	42 (5.8%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	77 (10.7%)	97	83^rd of 2761 public middle schools	97.0%		97.9	57^th of 2783 public middle schools	98.0%	26						70.9	70.9		79.0	84.9	80.8	81.7		66.8	78.3	78.3	74.8	$23,545	$221	$23,324
White Hill Middle	Public	6-8	101 Glen Dr.	Fairfax	94930	Marin County	Ross Valley Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 454-8390	601	35	17.3	12.0%	419 (69.7%)	6 (1.0%)	92 (15.3%)	19 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	64 (10.6%)	93.7	186^th of 2761 public middle schools	93.3%		94.6	169^th of 2783 public middle schools	93.9%	17						68.4	68.4		71.4	83.7	74.9	76.9		66.5	61.8	61.2	63.1	$15,883	$1,008	$14,875
Miller Creek Middle	Public	6-8	2255 Las Gallinas Ave.	San Rafael	94903	Marin County	Miller Creek Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 492-3760	620	35	17.6	20.3%	344 (55.5%)	12 (1.9%)	171 (27.6%)	36 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (9.2%)	86.5	343^rd of 2761 public middle schools	87.6%		82.5	428^th of 2783 public middle schools	84.6%	85						47.6	47.6		72.9	67.0	63.8	68.1		61.7	59.8	51.3	57.8	$31,766	$1,221	$30,545
Del Mar Middle	Public	6-8	105 Avenida Miraflores	Tiburon	94920	Marin County	Reed Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 435-1468	359	31	11.6	4.7%	252 (70.2%)	3 (0.8%)	32 (8.9%)	25 (7.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (12.3%)	98	52^nd of 2761 public middle schools	98.1%		96.8	98^th of 2783 public middle schools	96.5%	46						71.9	71.9		78.2	90.2	83.5	83.8		78.2	85.7	80.2	81.3	$27,688	$271	$27,417
San Jose Middle	Public	6-8	1000 Sunset Pkwy.	Novato	94949	Marin County	Novato Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 883-7831	559	26	21.2	55.8%	157 (28.1%)	16 (2.9%)	311 (55.6%)	36 (6.4%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	36 (6.4%)	54.4	1060^th of 2761 public middle schools	61.6%		56.8	966^th of 2783 public middle schools	65.3%	94	8.3	16.7	25.0	8.3		32.6	32.6		46.5	41.2	50.0	45.9		48.8	41.6	25.5	38.2	$26,387	$2,299	$24,088
Sinaloa Middle	Public	6-8	2045 Vineyard Rd.	Novato	94947	Marin County	Novato Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 897-2111	693	34	20.4	42.1%	343 (49.5%)	13 (1.9%)	239 (34.5%)	40 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	56 (8.1%)	74.7	589^th of 2761 public middle schools	78.7%		77.4	541^st of 2783 public middle schools	80.6%	48						43.1	43.1		67.0	55.6	59.7	60.4		48.8	40.2	51.1	46.5	$24,859	$1,983	$22,876
Richmond Charter Academy	Public, Charter	6-8	1450 Marina Way South	Richmond	94804	Contra Costa County	Richmond Charter Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 235-2465	296	8	36.7	82.1%	7 (2.4%)	12 (4.1%)	270 (91.2%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.4%)	34.1	1674^th of 2761 public middle schools	39.4%		43.1	1370^th of 2783 public middle schools	50.8%	304						13.8	13.8		41.9	51.6	45.3	46.3		20.4	19.4	14.7	18.2	$26,984	$1,709	$25,275

Frequently Asked Questions about Adaline E. Kent Middle

What district is Adaline E. Kent Middle in?

Kentfield Elementary

How many students attend Adaline E. Kent Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 488 students attended Adaline E. Kent Middle.

What is the racial makeup of Adaline E. Kent Middle?

Students at Adaline E. Kent Middle are 64% White, 17% Hispanic, 14% Two or more races, 4% Asian.

Is Adaline E. Kent Middle a good school?

Yes! Adaline E. Kent Middle is one of the best middle schools in the state. It ranks 111^th of 2761 California middle schools.

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