Summary:
San Rafael City Elementary serves students from kindergarten through eighth grade across nine schools: eight elementary schools and one middle school. The 2025–26 results show an uneven picture: the unweighted school averages are 41% in ELA, 41% in math, and 32% in science, compared with state results of 49%, 38%, and 36%. The most important finding is the wide school-to-school gap: the strongest and weakest schools differ by about 58 to 65 percentage points across the three subjects.
Sun Valley Elementary leads all three all-grades subjects, with 77% proficiency in ELA, 74% in math, and 73% in science; Glenwood Elementary is also strong, at 61% in both ELA and math and 51% in science. At the other end, San Pedro Elementary has the lowest results in all three subjects: 12% in ELA, 16% in math, and 8% in science. Sun Valley’s lead over San Pedro is 65 points in ELA, 58 in math, and 65 in science. In the grade-8 comparison, James B. Davidson Middle also scores higher than Venetia Valley K-8 in ELA, math, and science.
Average results improved by 1 point in math and 4 in science from 2024–25 to 2025–26, while ELA declined by 1 point; math rose at seven of the eight schools with results, while science gains were more mixed. SchoolDigger statewide ranking percentiles rose for Coleman Elementary (58th to 65th) and Venetia Valley K-8 (17th to 22nd) from 2023–24 to 2025–26, but fell for Glenwood (85th to 77th). As context, 2024–25 free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 30% at Sun Valley, 61% at Coleman, and 94% at Laurel Dell Elementary; Bahia Vista Elementary and San Pedro instead reported 75% and 76% directly certified for free meals that year, a different measure. Short Elementary, which serves kindergarten only, has no test scores in the supplied data and stands out for chronic absenteeism: 26% in 2025–26, versus 9% districtwide and 18% statewide. Results combine different grade spans, so grade-matched comparisons are most useful where available.
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