Park Elementary

Park Elementary serves 266 students in kindergarten through fifth grade in Mill Valley, California. The school earns a composite score of 9.0 out of 10 — an Exceptional rating — and outperforms 98% of California's public schools. That puts it at #231 out of 9,533 schools statewide and second among seven public schools in Mill Valley.

Academic and growth scores track closely here. Park earns a 9.3 in academics and a 9.1 in growth, both near the ceiling of the statewide scale. Among California's 5,817 elementary schools specifically, it ranks #187 — a position that holds even within the more focused elementary comparison pool.

The growth score deserves attention on its own: 9.1 measures gains students make during the year, not just their starting point. Park runs a student-teacher ratio of 20.5 to 1 across a 266-student enrollment. That footprint keeps the school manageable.

For parents sorting through Mill Valley's elementary options, the combination of a 9.3 academic score and a 9.1 growth score, backed by statewide rankings in the top 2%, makes Park one of California's clearest high-performing elementary choices.

The student-teacher ratio at Park Elementary is 20.5:1, which is higher than the national average. This may mean larger class sizes, so parents should ask about classroom support, teaching assistants, and how the school differentiates instruction for students who need extra help.