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Marin City, California - 1 schools
An equity score of 75/100 ranks Sausalito Marin City #168 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $31,439 per pupil, Sausalito Marin City ranks #52 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Sausalito Marin City operates 1 public schools serving 318 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 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 $31,439 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 187 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 71.3% local, 13.9% state, and 14.8% 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 75/100, ranked #168 of 1517 in California against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
and 49.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 28.4% White, 28.0% African American, 23.4% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy accounts for 82.4% of all Sausalito Marin City student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Sausalito Marin City a distant remainder — means Sausalito Marin City-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.
Sausalito Marin City chronic absenteeism rate is 49.2% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Sausalito Marin City has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 318 students.
How much does Sausalito Marin City spend per student?
Sausalito Marin City spends $31,439 per student. The district has an equity score of 75/100, ranking #168 in California.
What is the demographic composition of Sausalito Marin City?
Sausalito Marin City students are 28.4% White, 28.0% African American, 23.4% Hispanic or Latino, 8.0% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Sausalito Marin City?
Sausalito Marin City has an equity score of 75/100, ranking #168 out of 1517 districts in California.