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Shoreline Unified, CA: schools, enrollment and spending
Shoreline Unified runs 5 public schools with 473 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 12.8 students per teacher is 9.1 lower than the California figure of 21.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 473
- Teachers (FTE)
- 37
- Students per teacher
- 12.8
- CA: 21.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 10 John St., Tomales, CA 94971
- Phone
- (707)878-2266
- County
- Marin County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0636670
- State district ID
- CA-2173361
- Total staff (FTE)
- 86
- School counselors (FTE)
- 3.0About 158 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 3.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.8
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 (500), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $18.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.6 million
- State revenue
- $2.4 million
- Local revenue
- $13.7 million
- Total spending
- $23.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $47,332
- Salaries
- $8.6 million36.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $27.7 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 14.1%
- State: 12.8%
- Local: 73.1%
California overall
- Federal: 13.4%
- State: 51.6%
- Local: 35.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$47,332
California$17,799
United States$16,826
Schools in Shoreline Unified
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bodega Bay Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 27 | 27.0 |
| Inverness Elementary | Elementary | K to 1 | 41 | 13.7 |
| Tomales Elementary | Elementary | K to 8 | 160 | 16.0 |
| Tomales High | High | 9 to 12 | 127 | 7.9 |
| West Marin Elementary | Middle | 2 to 8 | 114 | 16.3 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Marin County
- Novato Unified 7,247 students
- 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
- 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.