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Novato Unified, CA: schools, enrollment and spending
Novato Unified runs 15 public schools with 7,247 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 21.1 students per teacher is about the same as the California figure of 21.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 15
- Students
- 7,247
- Teachers (FTE)
- 344
- Students per teacher
- 21.1
- CA: 21.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1015 Seventh St., Novato, CA 94945
- Phone
- (415)897-4201
- County
- Marin County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0627720
- State district ID
- CA-2165417
- Total staff (FTE)
- 689
- School counselors (FTE)
- 10.0About 725 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 21.0
Students per teacher compared
This district21.1
California21.9
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (7,206), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $128.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $12.0 million
- State revenue
- $53.4 million
- Local revenue
- $63.5 million
- Total spending
- $137.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $19,126
- Salaries
- $54.2 million39.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $240.2 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 9.3%
- State: 41.4%
- Local: 49.2%
California overall
- Federal: 13.4%
- State: 51.6%
- Local: 35.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$19,126
California$17,799
United States$16,826
Schools in Novato Unified
By level: 3 high, 2 middle, 8 elementary, 2 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Hamilton TK-8CEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 544 | 21.8 |
| Loma Verde ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 426 | 22.4 |
| Lu Sutton ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 367 | 21.6 |
| Lynwood ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 260 | 21.7 |
| Marin Oaks HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 69 | 9.9 |
| Nova Education Center | Other | K to 12 | 73 | 18.2 |
| Novato Early Intervention | ||||
| Novato HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,287 | 19.8 |
| Olive ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 364 | 21.4 |
| Pleasant Valley ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 464 | 23.2 |
| Rancho ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 387 | 22.8 |
| San Jose MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 559 | 21.5 |
| San Marin HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,250 | 22.3 |
| San Ramon ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 456 | 22.8 |
| Sinaloa MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 693 | 21.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Marin County
- Tamalpais Union High 4,542 students
- San Rafael City Elementary School District 4,439 students
- San Rafael City High School District 2,706 students
- Mill Valley Elementary School District 2,313 students
- Miller Creek Elementary School District 1,755 students
- Ross Valley Elementary School District 1,694 students
- Larkspur-Corte Madera School District 1,169 students
- Reed Union Elementary 1,043 students
- Kentfield Elementary School District 1,019 students
- Shoreline Unified 473 students
- Ross Elementary School District 340 students
- Marin County Office of Education 292 students
- Novato Charter District 269 students
- Sausalito Marin City School District 265 students
- Ross Valley Charter District 198 students
More in California
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.