Summary
Cove is a K–5 elementary school in Corte Madera, serving 275 students in the Larkspur-Corte Madera district. Its clearest strength is science: in 2025–26, 85% of students were proficient, compared with 68% in the district and 36% statewide, and the school led the nearby K–5 comparison group, whose average was 56%.
Cove is also well above the state in ELA and math, but its results vary by subject and grade. Overall ELA proficiency was 74%—25 points above the state and 9 points above the nearby-school average, but 5 points below the district. Math proficiency was 73%, 34 points above the state and 6 points above nearby schools, matching the district. Fourth grade is the clearest weak spot: ELA proficiency was 65%, 11 points below the district and lowest among the nearby K–5 schools; math was 73%, 2 points below the district and above only Laurel Dell Elementary. Fifth grade was stronger: ELA was 88%, 6 points above the district and highest among nearby K–5 schools. Fifth-grade math was 80%, 8 points above the district and second-highest locally, behind Old Mill Elementary.
Recent trends are mixed: from 2022–23 to 2025–26, ELA fell 4 points and math fell 10, while science rose 8 points. Cove remains highly rated by SchoolDigger, at the 91st percentile with five stars in 2025–26, though its percentile eased from 94 in the two prior years. Its 2024–25 student-teacher ratio was 18.7, below the nearby-school average of 20, and 13% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. One older subgroup result stands out: in 2018–19, SchoolDigger ranked the school at the 75th percentile for how well it serves Low Socio Economic Status Students, compared with its overall 92nd percentile that year; the supplied subgroup data do not show whether that difference persists.
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