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Park Elementary

Public Grades K-5

115^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 98% of California elementary schools

Summary

Park Elementary is a public elementary school located in Mill Valley, CA, serving 266 students in grades K-5. It is part of the Mill Valley Elementary School District, which is ranked 22 out of 1,565 districts in California and has a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Park Elementary consistently outperforms the state and district averages in academic assessments, with 95.65% of 4th-grade students proficient or better in English Language Arts and 89.47% of 5th-grade students proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to 84.96% and 82.68% in the district, respectively. The school also excels in science, with 89.47% of 5th-grade students proficient or better in the CAST assessment, compared to 79.22% in the district. Park Elementary has been ranked among the top 115 elementary schools in California for the 2024-2025 school year.

While Park Elementary's academic performance is exceptional, the school's student population is not as diverse as some of the nearby schools, such as Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Academy, which has a higher percentage of students from low-income families. Additionally, Park Elementary has seen a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, from 4.4% in 2022-2023 to 20.4% in 2023-2024, a trend consistent with the nearby schools in the region.

301

Students ?

21.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$24,531

Per pupil spending ?

2.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

360 East Blithedale Ave.
Mill Valley, CA 94941-2140

(415) 389-7735

District: Mill Valley Elementary

Students who attend Park Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Mill Valley Middle
High:	Tamalpais High

Racial breakdown:

White:

76.1%

Two or more races:

14.6%

Hispanic:

5.0%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 95th percentile in 2013 → 98th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the California average (86% vs 41% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 2% of California elementary schools

Worth a look

!Near the bottom of Mill Valley Elementary's ranking

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school86%

District avg80%

California avg41%

115^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Top 2%▲ up 3 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

4^th of 5Elementary Schools in the Mill Valley Elementary

22^nd of 1,543Mill Valley 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	97.5	115 of 5857	98.0%	★★★★★
2024	97.4	129 of 5869	97.8%	★★★★★
2023	98.2	84 of 5859	98.6%	★★★★★
2022	97.4	162 of 5883	97.2%	★★★★★
2019	94.9	298 of 5789	94.9%	★★★★★
2018	97.1	137 of 5662	97.6%	★★★★★
2017	95.2	314 of 5692	94.5%	★★★★★
2016	97.3	122 of 5614	97.8%	★★★★★
2015	96.1	265 of 5611	95.3%	★★★★★
2013	93.1	250 of 5530	95.5%	★★★★★
2012	91.7	318 of 5390	94.1%	★★★★★
2011	92.7	270 of 5377	95.0%	★★★★★
2010	93.4	237 of 5314	95.5%	★★★★★
2009	94.6	185 of 5193	96.4%	★★★★★
2008	92.9	316 of 5113	93.8%	★★★★★
2007	96.8	118 of 5113	97.7%	★★★★★
2006	90.3	460 of 4818	90.5%	★★★★★
2005	93.6	287 of 4822	94.0%	★★★★★
2004	89.5	529 of 4809	89.0%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	97.0	105 of 5597	98.1%	★★★★★
2024	97.3	93 of 5612	98.3%	★★★★★
2023	98.2	50 of 5609	99.1%	★★★★★
2022	95.4	266 of 5635	95.3%	★★★★★
2019	95.2	214 of 5492	96.1%	★★★★★
2018	94.3	266 of 5413	95.1%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	96.9	117 of 5628	97.9%	★★★★★
2024	96.0	191 of 5643	96.6%	★★★★★
2023	97.0	150 of 5638	97.3%	★★★★★
2022	97.5	114 of 5663	98.0%	★★★★★
2019	91.2	506 of 5510	90.8%	★★★★★
2018	97.7	77 of 5431	98.6%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	89.1	104 of 2598	96.0%	★★★★★
2024	87.5	161 of 2651	93.9%	★★★★★
2023	91.2	68 of 2661	97.4%	★★★★★
2022	89.7	120 of 2726	95.6%	★★★★★
2019	83.4	329 of 2834	88.4%	★★★★☆
2018	87.6	170 of 2737	93.8%	★★★★★

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)

Female (2025)98th percentile~ school

Male (2025)98th percentile~ school

White (2025)96th percentile~ school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

Science89%+57 vs state

Mathematics87%+49 vs state

English Language Arts/Literacy85%+36 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)							% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Varicella KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Park Elementary	Public	K-5	360 East Blithedale Ave.	Mill Valley	94941	Marin County	Mill Valley Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 389-7735	301	14	21.5	2.7%	229 (76.1%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (5.0%)	12 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (14.6%)	97.5	115^th of 5857 public elementary schools	98.0%		97.4	129^th of 5869 public elementary schools	97.8%	14	89.5		89.5	70.5	95.7	89.5				85.2	86.4	84.8	89.5				86.7			$24,531	$433	$24,098
Edna Maguire Elementary	Public	K-5	80 Lomita Dr.	Mill Valley	94941	Marin County	Mill Valley Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 389-7733	399	20	20.3	7.0%	266 (66.7%)	3 (0.8%)	41 (10.3%)	37 (9.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (12.5%)	95.9	247^th of 5857 public elementary schools	95.8%		93.6	465^th of 5869 public elementary schools	92.1%	218	77.5		77.5	70.2	77.1	82.5				77.3	79.0	82.0	78.8				79.8			$24,405	$773	$23,632
Old Mill Elementary	Public	K-5	352 Throckmorton Ave.	Mill Valley	94941	Marin County	Mill Valley Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 389-7727	261	12	21.7	3.8%	183 (70.1%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (5.7%)	7 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (21.5%)	97.9	76^th of 5857 public elementary schools	98.7%		97.2	143^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	97.6%	67	80.0		80.0	82.9	91.1	92.5				88.9	79.5	86.7	80.0				82.3			$22,202	$336	$21,866
Strawberry Point Elementary	Public	K-5	117 East Strawberry Dr.	Mill Valley	94941	Marin County	Mill Valley Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 389-7660	259	13	19.9	5.0%	158 (61.0%)	3 (1.2%)	41 (15.8%)	18 (6.9%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (14.3%)	97.7	103^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	98.2%		95	349^th of 5869 public elementary schools	94.1%	246	74.4		74.4	83.3	81.1	87.2				83.9	86.5	83.8	84.6				85.0			$26,665	$586	$26,079
Neil Cummins Elementary	Public	K-5	58 Mohawk Ave.	Corte Madera	94925	Marin County	Larkspur-Corte Madera	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 927-6965	451	23	19.3	8.2%	313 (69.4%)	3 (0.7%)	78 (17.3%)	11 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (10.2%)	95	334^th of 5857 public elementary schools	94.3%		91.5	604^th of 5869 public elementary schools	89.7%	270	61.6		61.6	85.1	78.2	75.3				79.4	83.6	82.1	68.5				78.0			$21,490	$975	$20,515
Tamalpais Valley Elementary	Public	K-5	350 Bell Ln.	Mill Valley	94941	Marin County	Mill Valley Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 389-7731	368	18	20.4	5.4%	270 (73.4%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (8.4%)	12 (3.3%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (14.1%)	98	69^th of 5857 public elementary schools	98.8%		98.2	65^th of 5869 public elementary schools	98.9%	4	77.2		77.2	84.2	83.9	89.5				85.9	84.5	87.5	84.2				85.4			$25,797	$770	$25,027
Bel Aire Elementary	Public	3-5	277 Karen Way	Tiburon	94920	Marin County	Reed Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 388-7100	322	18	17.7	8.1%	222 (68.9%)	6 (1.9%)	33 (10.2%)	25 (7.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (10.9%)	94.8	350^th of 5857 public elementary schools	94.0%		92.8	512^th of 5869 public elementary schools	91.3%	162	63.7		63.7	75.5	74.6	83.0				77.8	81.4	75.5	72.6				76.3			$25,639	$438	$25,201
Cove	Public	K-5	330 Golden Hind Passage	Corte Madera	94925	Marin County	Larkspur-Corte Madera	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 945-9046	275	15	18.7	12.7%	175 (63.6%)	2 (0.7%)	40 (14.5%)	26 (9.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (11.6%)	94.8	354^th of 5857 public elementary schools	94.0%		95	345^th of 5869 public elementary schools	94.1%	9	75.0		75.0	58.5	81.0	84.6				75.6	81.0	86.1	80.8				82.5	93.8		$23,310	$1,045	$22,265
Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Academy	Public	K-8	200 Phillips Dr.	Sausalito	94965	Marin County	Sausalito Marin City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 332-1024	262	19	14.1	53.4%	74 (28.2%)	73 (27.9%)	61 (23.3%)	21 (8.0%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (11.5%)	65.4	1823^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	68.9%		64.7	1840^th of 5869 public elementary schools	68.6%	17	37.5	17.4	29.1	50.0	40.6	63.6	63.6	42.1	20.8	48.5	45.8	43.8	62.5	40.6	21.1	13.0	40.1	91.5	91.5	$51,216	$6,495	$44,721
Anthony G. Bacich Elementary	Public	K-4	699 Sir Francis Drake Blvd.	Kentfield	94904	Marin County	Kentfield Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 925-2220	526	28	18.9	14.8%	322 (61.2%)	15 (2.9%)	98 (18.6%)	21 (4.0%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	67 (12.7%)	91.9	552^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	90.6%		91.9	581^st of 5869 public elementary schools	90.1%	29				62.2	82.1					73.3	71.1	82.1					77.2	95.3		$20,399	$522	$19,877

Frequently Asked Questions about Park Elementary

How many students attend Park Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 301 students attended Park Elementary.

What district is Park Elementary in?

Mill Valley Elementary

Is Park Elementary a good school?

Yes! Park Elementary is one of the best elementary schools in the state. It ranks 115^th of 5857 California elementary schools.

What is the racial makeup of Park Elementary?

Students at Park Elementary are 76% White, 15% Two or more races, 5% Hispanic, 4% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Park Elementary attend?

Students who attend Park Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Mill Valley Middle
High : Tamalpais High

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