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Kentfield, California - 2 schools
An equity score of 56/100 ranks Kentfield Elementary #615 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $19,279 per pupil, Kentfield Elementary ranks #281 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,056
Total Enrollment
2
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$19,279
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Kentfield Elementary operates 2 public schools serving 1,056 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Marin County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $19,279 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 79.9% local, 18.2% state, and 1.9% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 56/100, ranked #615 of 1517 in California against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 398.6:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 12.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 62.8% White, 17.6% Hispanic or Latino, 4.0% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Anthony G. Bacich Elementary, enrolling 526 students (52% of the district's total enrollment).
Anthony G. Bacich Elementary accounts for 49.8% of all Kentfield Elementary student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Kentfield Elementary a distant remainder — means Kentfield Elementary-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Kentfield Elementary student-counselor ratio is 399:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Kentfield Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 12.0% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.