Ross Valley Elementary School District | |
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Address | |
100 Shaw Drive [1] , Marin, California , 94960United States | |
District information | |
Type | Public TK-8 School District |
Motto | CLIMB: Collaborate, Learn, Inspire, Mentor and Believe |
Grades | TK–8 |
Superintendent | Marci Trahan |
Asst. superintendent(s) | Julia Wolcott |
Business administrator | Chris Carson |
Chair of the board | Shelley Hamilton |
Schools | 5 (4 elementary, 1 middle) |
Budget | $27,728,432 (2021-22) [2] |
Students and staff | |
Enrollment | 1,748 (2021-22) [3] |
Teachers | 82.75 (FTE) [3] |
Student–teacher ratio | 21.12 |
Other information | |
Website | www |
Ross Valley School District (RVSD) is a public TK-8 school district located 13 miles north of San Francisco, on the north side of Mount Tamalpais, in Marin County, California. [4]
The district serves students in San Anselmo and Fairfax. It also includes Sleepy Hollow and a small portion of Woodacre. [5]
Graduates of White Hill Middle School typically attend Archie Williams High School (formerly Sir Francis Drake High School), [6] which is part of the Tamalpais Union High School District. RVSD is within the boundaries of the Marin Community College District.
The district operates four elementary schools: Brookside, Hidden Valley, Manor, and Wade Thomas; and one middle school: White Hill. [7]
San Anselmo is an incorporated town in Marin County, California, United States. San Anselmo is located 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of San Rafael, at an elevation of 46 feet. It is located about 20 miles (32 km) north of San Francisco. The town is bordered by San Rafael to the east, Fairfax to the west, and Ross to the south. Mount Tamalpais dominates the view to the south. The population was 12,830 at the 2020 census.
Kentfield is a census-designated place (CDP) in Marin County, California, United States, just north of San Francisco. Kentfield is located 2 miles (3 km) southwest of downtown San Rafael, at an elevation of 115 feet. The population was 6,808 at the 2020 census. The ZIP codes are 94904 for street addresses, and 94914 for PO boxes, and are shared with the neighboring community of Greenbrae.
Larkspur is a city in Marin County, California, United States. Larkspur is located 3 miles (4.8 km) south of San Rafael, at an elevation of 43 feet (13 m). As of the 2020 Census, the city's population was 13,064. Larkspur's Police Department is shared with that of the neighboring Corte Madera and town of San Anselmo as the Central Marin Police Authority. Intersecting Larkspur's downtown is Madrone Canyon, a residential area amidst a redwood grove.
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Muir Beach is a census designated place (CDP), unincorporated community, and beach on the Pacific Ocean. The community is located 16.5 miles (26.6 km) northwest of San Francisco in western Marin County, California, United States. Unlike many other entities in the area, it is not named directly in honor of conservationist John Muir; instead, it was named after Muir Woods National Monument to capitalize on the latter's popularity. The population was 304 at the 2020 census. The community itself flanks the northwest side of the beach.
Strawberry is a census-designated place (CDP) and an unincorporated district of Marin County, California, United States. It shares a ZIP code (94941) with Mill Valley and falls within its school districts; however, it is considered within the sphere of influence of the town of Tiburon. It is separated from Mill Valley by U.S. Route 101. Its population was 5,447 at the 2020 census.
Tamalpais-Homestead Valley is a census-designated place (CDP) in Marin County, California, United States. The population was 11,492 at the 2020 census.
Mount Tamalpais, known locally as Mount Tam, is a peak in Marin County, California, United States, often considered symbolic of Marin County. Much of Mount Tamalpais is protected within public lands such as Mount Tamalpais State Park, the Marin Municipal Water District watershed, and National Park Service land, such as Muir Woods.
Archie Williams High School is a public secondary school located in San Anselmo, California. It is named after a former math and computing teacher Archie Williams, who was also a gold medalist in the 1936 Summer Olympics, a flight instructor with the Tuskegee Airmen, and one of the first African-American meteorologists. It was originally named Sir Francis Drake High School, after Francis Drake. It changed its name in 2021, after the George Floyd protests spurred a worldwide reexamination of place names and monuments connected to racism.
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The Mill Valley School District is located 13 miles north of San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge in Marin County, California. The district has 5 elementary schools and 1 middle school with an enrollment of approximately 3,200 students in grades K through 8. Four of the schools are located within the City of Mill Valley, while two are located in the adjacent unincorporated areas of Strawberry and Tamalpais Valley.
Sausalito Marin City School District (SMCSD) is a public school district serving Sausalito and the unincorporated area of Marin City in Marin County, California. The school's administrative offices are in the Martin Luther King Jr. Academy facility in Marin City. Previously the administrative offices were in Bayside Elementary School in Sausalito.
Marin County, California contains many public and private schools and a few higher education institutions.
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