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Lagunitas-Forest Knolls, CA schools

Lagunitas-Forest Knolls’s public schools score well above California’s averages: 78% of students are proficient in reading against 48.5% statewide, and 96% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.6%. Kids attend San Geronimo Valley Elementary or Lagunitas Elementary through grade 8, then Lagunitas Elementary and Redwood High or Tamalpais High or Archie Williams High.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

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Lagunitas-Forest Knolls’s School Grade: A

The public schools Lagunitas-Forest Knolls’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 91% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

ATest scoresAGraduation
California school districts we grade (1,139)Better than 91%
Lower resultsHigher results
California towns with similar household incomes (407)Better than 95%
High confidence. Built on 1,120 tested students and a graduating class of 1,226; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
  • Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on California’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
  • The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
  • Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of California only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
  • Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in California with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
  • What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
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Where Lagunitas-Forest Knolls kids go to school

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading (grades 9–12, Tamalpais Union High)78%
State average 48.5%
Reading (grades K–8, Lagunitas Elementary)62%
State average 48.5%
Math (grades 9–12, Tamalpais Union High)62%
State average 33.4%
Math (grades K–8, Lagunitas Elementary)42%
State average 33.4%
Graduation · class of 2020

96% graduate on time

Graduation rate
96%
CA: 87.6%
Graduating class
1,226
students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

Two districts serve Lagunitas-Forest Knolls

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near Lagunitas-Forest Knolls

There’s no college in Lagunitas-Forest Knolls, but 38 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Presidio Graduate School in San Anselmo, 7.6 miles away.

College of MarinCommunity college · Public · Kentfield9 mi4,093 studentsDominican University of CaliforniaUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · San Rafael10.1 mi1,699 studentsContra Costa CollegeCommunity college · Public · San Pablo19.6 mi3,192 studentsUniversity of San FranciscoUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · San Francisco21.2 mi8,633 studentsSan Francisco Conservatory of MusicUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · San Francisco22.3 mi403 students

28 more within 30 miles.

Straight-line distance from the center of Lagunitas-Forest Knolls. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

Every school

All 2 schools in Lagunitas-Forest Knolls

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School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.

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Schools Lagunitas-Forest Knolls kids attend in other towns

Public schools in Lagunitas-Forest Knolls’s district that are located in Larkspur, Mill Valley and San Anselmo. Which one depends on your address.

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