Summary:
Kentfield, California, has two public schools serving kindergarten through grade 8: Anthony G. Bacich Elementary serves K–4 and enrolls 526 students, while Adaline E. Kent Middle serves grades 5–8 and enrolls 488. In 2025–2026, both schools’ reported English language arts (ELA) and math proficiency rates were above state results, and Kent Middle also exceeded the state in science. The most important area-wide finding is that both schools outperform the state, with the two-school average advantage notably larger in math than in ELA: 40 points versus 26.
The schools lead in different subjects: Adaline E. Kent Middle led ELA at 82%, compared with 69% at Anthony G. Bacich Elementary—a 13-point difference. Bacich led math, 80% to 77%, a 3-point gap. Both were well above state rates: in ELA, Kent was 32 points above the state and Bacich 20; in math, Bacich was 42 points above and Kent 39. Kent’s science proficiency was 69%, 33 points above the state; there is no second local science result for comparison. Because the schools serve nonoverlapping grades, their all-grades rates are not a same-grade comparison.
Recent trends are mixed: Bacich’s ELA rate fell 4 points from the prior year, while its math rate rose 3; Kent’s ELA was essentially unchanged, while its math rose 1 point and science 6. SchoolDigger gives both schools five stars; its rankings improved over the three listed years, from 581 to 508 for Bacich and from 137 to 75 for Kent. Bacich’s student-teacher ratio was 18.9, compared with 15.4 at Kent, in 2024–2025. That year, 15% of Bacich students and 11% of Kent students were free/reduced lunch eligible. These are differences to consider alongside the schools’ distinct subject strengths, not explanations for their results.
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