Mill Valley School District Explained

Address:	411 Sycamore Avenue
City:	Mill Valley
State:	California
Zipcode:	94941
Type:	Public
Superintendent:	Dr. Kimberly Berman
Grades:	K–8
Students:	2,640 (2020–2021)
Teachers:	137.54 (FTE)
Staff:	113.65 (FTE)
Ratio:	19.19:1

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.

The district includes almost all of Mill Valley, all of the unincorporated community of Alto, almost all of Strawberry, and portions of the unincorporated communities of Muir Beach and Tamalpais-Homestead Valley.^[1] It also includes the community of Almonte.

Graduates of the middle school usually attend Tamalpais High School, which is part of the Tamalpais Union High School District. The District is within the boundaries of the Marin Community College District.

Schools

Elementary schools

• Park School - http://www.mvschools.org/pk (opened in 1909 as Tamalpais Park School)
• Old Mill School - http://www.mvschools.org/om (opened on November 19, 1921)
• Edna Maguire School - http://mvschools.org/em
• Strawberry Point School - http://www.mvschools.org/sp
• Tamalpais Valley Elementary School - http://www.mvschools.org/tv

Middle school

• Mill Valley Middle School, a four-time winner of the California Distinguished School Award.^[2] - http://www.mvschools.org/site/Default.aspx?PageID=258

Former schools

• Summit School (1892–1939 at Cornelia and Summit; demolished 1941; Mill Valley's first school; also known as "Eastland School," "Mill Valley Grammar School," and "Main")^[3]
• Homestead School (1907–1921 at the corner of Janes and Montford Streets; 1921–1930s, as LaVerne School, and 1948–1983, as Homestead School, at the corner of Melrose and Montford, since 1983 leased by and operated as a private school, Marin Horizon School)^[4]
• Alto School (70 Lomita Drive)
• Marin Terrace School
• Edna Maguire Junior High School (1956–1970 at 80 Lomita Drive)

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Marin County, CA. U.S. Census Bureau. 2023-04-28. - Text list
2. http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/sr/cs/ap/distingcounty.asp?county=21&submit1=Submit California School Recognition Program distinguished school honorees
3. http://www.millvalleyhistoricalsociety.org/history-of-homestead-valley-2005.html#july2005 History of Homestead Valley, "Grammar Schools,"July, 2005
4. http://www.millvalleyhistoricalsociety.org/history-of-homestead-valley-2000-2001.html#may2001 History of Homestead Valley, "Homestead School," May, 2001