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Olive Elementary

Q: Is Olive Elementary a good school?

Olive Elementary ranks 2349 th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-5

2349^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 60% of California elementary schools

Summary

Olive Elementary is a K-5 public school serving 364 students in the Novato Unified School District, maintaining a solid mid-range statewide ranking while serving a student body where nearly half qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

Academically, the school performs close to or slightly above state averages, with particular strength in science where 40% of students are proficient. The school has made impressive progress in improving student attendance, with its chronic absenteeism rate now significantly better than the state average. However, performance has been volatile in recent years, and a recent increase in the number of students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds coincides with a slight dip in its statewide ranking. Notable performance gaps exist between different student groups and across grade levels, especially in 3rd-grade mathematics.

When compared to nearby schools, Olive Elementary achieves its academic outcomes while serving a higher-need population than some higher-performing schools in the neighboring Miller Creek Elementary district, like Lucas Valley Elementary and Mary E. Silveira Elementary. It outperforms some schools with similar demographics, such as Lu Sutton Elementary, particularly in science. The school spends more per student than some higher-performing schools like Pleasant Valley Elementary and the Novato Charter, highlighting that spending alone does not determine outcomes.

364

Students ?

21.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$26,655

Per pupil spending ?

49.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

620 Olive Ave.
Novato, CA 94945-2578

(415) 897-2131

District: Novato Unified

Students who attend Olive Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Sinaloa Middle
High:	San Marin High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

42.0%

White:

39.6%

Two or more races:

12.1%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 67th percentile in 2015 → 60th in 2025

Strengths

✓Above the California median (60th percentile)

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped — down 7 percentile points since 2015

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

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school43%

District avg45%

California avg41%

2,349^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Top 40%▼ down 7 pts since 2015

From top 33% (2015) to top 40% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

5^th of 8Elementary Schools in the Novato Unified

592^nd of 1,543Novato Unified 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	54.3	2349 of 5857	59.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	66.4	1762 of 5869	70.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	64.1	1835 of 5859	68.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	76.5	1340 of 5883	77.2%	★★★★☆
2021	66.9	425 of 1417	70.0%	★★★★☆
2019	72.5	1488 of 5789	74.3%	★★★★☆
2018	37.0	3336 of 5662	41.1%	★★☆☆☆
2017	41.4	3016 of 5692	47.0%	★★☆☆☆
2016	54.2	2287 of 5614	59.3%	★★★☆☆
2015	62.3	1841 of 5611	67.2%	★★★☆☆
2013	63.4	1924 of 5530	65.2%	★★★☆☆
2012	64.8	1800 of 5390	66.6%	★★★☆☆
2011	50.8	2553 of 5377	52.5%	★★★☆☆
2010	51.9	2454 of 5314	53.8%	★★★☆☆
2009	38.0	3175 of 5193	38.9%	★★☆☆☆
2008	40.9	2889 of 5113	43.5%	★★☆☆☆
2007	50.5	2309 of 5113	54.8%	★★★☆☆
2006	65.9	1509 of 4818	68.7%	★★★☆☆
2005	59.5	1765 of 4822	63.4%	★★★☆☆
2004	66.5	1426 of 4809	70.3%	★★★★☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	60.6	587 of 2227	73.6%	★★★★☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2021	40.5	302 of 602	49.8%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	65.6	1717 of 5597	69.3%	★★★☆☆
2024	64.7	1728 of 5612	69.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	52.7	2264 of 5609	59.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	65.2	1723 of 5635	69.4%	★★★☆☆
2021	60.0	447 of 1267	64.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	69.1	1545 of 5492	71.9%	★★★★☆
2018	45.1	2775 of 5413	48.7%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	33.3	3510 of 5107	31.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	37.3	3175 of 5107	37.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	35.4	3279 of 5087	35.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	59.7	1655 of 5084	67.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	35.9	3250 of 4963	34.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	20.2	4238 of 4830	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	36.0	3502 of 5460	35.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	51.1	2316 of 5517	58.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	36.6	3344 of 5363	37.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	55.5	1947 of 5264	63.0%	★★★☆☆
2021	32.6	772 of 1110	30.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	34.4	3541 of 5173	31.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	14.1	4784 of 5084	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	42.4	2963 of 5628	47.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	64.8	1755 of 5643	68.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	70.9	1469 of 5638	73.9%	★★★★☆
2022	82.6	982 of 5663	82.7%	★★★★☆
2021	70.9	337 of 1272	73.5%	★★★★☆
2019	73.5	1363 of 5510	75.3%	★★★★☆
2018	33.2	3455 of 5431	36.4%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	50.3	1053 of 2847	63.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	57.2	787 of 2635	70.1%	★★★★☆
2023	64.0	578 of 2420	76.1%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	57.8	1157 of 2598	55.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	64.0	997 of 2651	62.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	57.1	1227 of 2661	53.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	62.2	1071 of 2726	60.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	71.2	769 of 2834	72.9%	★★★★☆
2018	33.0	1998 of 2737	27.0%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

Disabled (2022)74th percentile-4 vs school

Female (2025)69th percentile+9 vs school

Special Education (2025)63rd percentile+3 vs school

White (2025)55th percentile-4 vs school

English Language Learner (2021)50th percentile-20 vs school

Male (2025)47th percentile-13 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)36th percentile-24 vs school

Hispanic (2025)31st percentile-29 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy50%~ state avg

Science40%+7 vs state

Mathematics38%~ state avg

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What people are saying

by a parent
Tuesday, June 5, 2018

School is awful! Bullies are not handled appropriately, even after attempting to resolve an issue more than a few times, I’m finding myself reporting the same issues time and time again with no resolution. My son will NOT be returning to Olive! Close Quote

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Olive Elementary	Public	K-5	620 Olive Ave.	Novato	94945	Marin County	Novato Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 897-2131	364	17	21.3	49.5%	144 (39.6%)	10 (2.7%)	153 (42.0%)	10 (2.7%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	44 (12.1%)	54.3	2349^th of 5857 public elementary schools	59.9%		66.4	1762^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	70.0%	587																	40.0		40.0	39.6	54.6	52.5				49.7	31.3	45.5	35.0				37.9			$26,655	$2,844	$23,811
Rancho Elementary	Public	K-5	1430 Johnson St.	Novato	94947	Marin County	Novato Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 897-3101	387	17	22.7	49.1%	153 (39.5%)	5 (1.3%)	178 (46.0%)	17 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	33 (8.5%)	69.5	1621^st of 5857 public elementary schools	72.3%		80.2	1145^th of 5869 public elementary schools	80.5%	476																	38.0		38.0	57.4	56.9	50.0				54.4	66.2	55.2	45.6				55.1			$25,692	$2,902	$22,790
Lynwood Elementary	Public	K-5	1320 Lynwood Dr.	Novato	94947	Marin County	Novato Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 897-4161	260	12	21.6	59.2%	50 (19.2%)	2 (0.8%)	190 (73.1%)	3 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (5.8%)	41.4	3122^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	46.7%		34.6	3555^th of 5869 public elementary schools	39.4%	433	8.6	12.5	5.7	9.1	31.4	22.5	22.9	25.5	14.3	32.5	8.6	19.1	0.0	12.5	2.9	5.5	28.6		28.6	22.9	42.5	42.9				36.4	31.4	47.5	37.1				39.1			$28,690	$2,676	$26,014
Lu Sutton Elementary	Public	K-5	1800 Center Rd.	Novato	94947	Marin County	Novato Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 897-3196	367	17	21.5		83 (22.6%)	7 (1.9%)	251 (68.4%)	6 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.4%)	36	3489^th of 5857 public elementary schools	40.4%		38.9	3239^th of 5869 public elementary schools	44.8%	250																	18.8		18.8	36.1	43.3	43.8				40.9	40.6	32.4	16.7				31.2			$27,732	$3,367	$24,365
San Ramon Elementary	Public	K-5	45 San Ramon Way	Novato	94945	Marin County	Novato Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 897-1196	456	21	22.1	30.5%	241 (52.9%)	11 (2.4%)	114 (25.0%)	27 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	62 (13.6%)	84	964^th of 5857 public elementary schools	83.5%		87	865^th of 5869 public elementary schools	85.3%	99																	53.3		53.3	70.3	67.6	65.8				67.9	62.2	63.4	52.6				59.3			$26,018	$2,171	$23,847
Loma Verde Elementary	Public	K-5	399 Alameda de La Loma	Novato	94949	Marin County	Novato Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 883-4681	426	19	22.4	53.1%	134 (31.5%)	12 (2.8%)	208 (48.8%)	21 (4.9%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	47 (11.0%)	54.4	2344^th of 5857 public elementary schools	60.0%		66.9	1734^th of 5869 public elementary schools	70.5%	610																	31.3		31.3	37.9	52.1	48.8				47.0	48.3	44.4	41.7				44.4			$26,165	$2,636	$23,529
Pleasant Valley Elementary	Public	K-5	755 Sutro Ave.	Novato	94947	Marin County	Novato Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 897-5104	464	20	23.2	20.5%	288 (62.1%)	1 (0.2%)	105 (22.6%)	9 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	60 (12.9%)	87.8	786^th of 5857 public elementary schools	86.6%		78.6	1217^th of 5869 public elementary schools	79.3%	431																	51.3		51.3	72.1	62.7	79.0				71.8	73.5	58.2	67.5				66.5	96.5		$25,003	$2,215	$22,788
Hamilton Tk-8	Public	K-8	5530 Nave Dr.	Novato	94949	Marin County	Novato Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 883-4691	544	26	21.1	82.0%	54 (9.9%)	22 (4.0%)	412 (75.7%)	24 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	31 (5.7%)	22.4	4637^th of 5857 public elementary schools	20.8%		26.5	4250^th of 5869 public elementary schools	27.6%	387																	20.3	29.6	24.8	30.9	26.9	29.8	31.3	42.4	33.3	32.6	33.9	20.8	15.3	16.7	27.1	22.2	22.8			$26,063	$2,425	$23,638
Novato Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	940 C St.	Novato	94949	Marin County	Novato Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 883-4254	269	14	19.7	16.0%	176 (65.4%)	2 (0.7%)	39 (14.5%)	15 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	36 (13.4%)	75.7	1346^th of 5857 public elementary schools	77.0%		69.6	1611^th of 5869 public elementary schools	72.6%	265																	57.1	47.8	52.9	46.2	67.9	82.1	59.3	74.1	73.9	67.3	53.9	46.4	46.4	51.9	70.4	65.2	55.4	89.8	93.9	$13,855	$173	$13,682
Mary E. Silveira Elementary	Public	K-5	375 Blackstone Dr.	San Rafael	94903	Marin County	Miller Creek Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 492-3741	412	17	24.2	26.0%	182 (44.2%)	4 (1.0%)	147 (35.7%)	22 (5.3%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	54 (13.1%)	71.9	1518^th of 5857 public elementary schools	74.1%		70.5	1572^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	73.2%	54																	50.0		50.0	64.6	44.6	63.8				57.8	61.2	45.5	47.1				51.2			$28,461	$1,195	$27,266

Frequently Asked Questions about Olive Elementary

Is Olive Elementary a good school?

Olive Elementary ranks 2349^th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

What schools do graduates of Olive Elementary attend?

Students who attend Olive Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Sinaloa Middle
High : San Marin High

How many students attend Olive Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 364 students attended Olive Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Olive Elementary?

Students at Olive Elementary are 42% Hispanic, 40% White, 12% Two or more races, 3% African American, 3% Asian.

What district is Olive Elementary in?

Novato Unified

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