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Schools in Tomales · Shoreline Unified School District

Tomales’s public schools score below 68% of California districts

The public schools Tomales’s kids attend trail 68% of California’s districts on state tests.

Reading proficiency
43%
▼ 6 pts vs CA 49%
2020–21
Math proficiency
20%
▼ 13 pts vs CA 33%
2020–21
Graduate on time
95%
▲ 7 pts vs CA 88%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$39.1K
▲ 84% vs CA $21.2K
FY2024
Students per teacher
16.0
CA 21.6 · smaller classes
Schools
1
160 students
The School Grade

How Tomales compares

C+ Test scores
California school districts we grade (1,139)Better than 32%
Lower resultsHigher results
Good confidence. Built on 203 tested students; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change it.
How the School Grade works
  • Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on California’s state tests against the state average. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
  • The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested.
  • Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of California only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
  • What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so 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.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Tomales.

The path, start to finish
K–8Tomales ElementaryShoreline Unified School District

The district

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

Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading43%
State average 48.5%
Math20%
State average 33.4%

Every school in Tomales

1 school. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.

Elementary

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What Tomales families are saying about school.

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Within reach

Colleges near Tomales

There’s no college in Tomales, but 5 are within 30 miles. The closest is Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, 14 miles away.

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Straight-line distance from the center of Tomales. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.

School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results, graded within California. Stars are from neighbors.

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