Lagunitas School District

The Lagunitas School District is a public K–8 school district located 18 miles northwest of San Francisco in western-central Marin County, California. The district serves students in the unincorporated San Geronimo Valley.^[2]

Lagunitas School District
Address
One Lagunitas School Road San Geronimo , California, 94963 United States
District information
Type	Public
Grades	K–8[1]
Superintendent	Laura Shain
NCES District ID	0620520 [1]
Students and staff
Students	180 (2021–21)[1]
Teachers	11.0 (FTE) (2021–21)[1]
Staff	16.59 (FTE) (2021–21)[1]
Student–teacher ratio	16.36[1]
Other information
Website	lagunitas.org

The district includes all of Lagunitas Forest Knolls and San Geronimo, as well as almost all of Woodacre.^[3]

Graduates of the middle school usually attend Archie Williams High School (formerly Sir Francis Drake High School),^[4] which is part of the Tamalpais Union High School District. The District is within the boundaries of the Marin Community College District.

Schools

The district operates two schools: Lagunitas Elementary and San Geronimo Valley Elementary.^[5] Both are located at the same address in San Geronimo,^[6] and share the same principal and superintendent Laura Shain.^[7]

Lagunitas Elementary includes a Montessori program serving grades K-5, which is the only public Montessori school in Marin County, and a middle school serving grades 6-8.^[8] San Geronimo Valley Elementary serves grades K-6 with its Open Classroom program.^[9]

There are currently three Open Classroom teachers, three Montessori teachers, five middle school teachers, one RSP special education teacher, and five administrative staff, as well as the principal/superintendent, Jeanelle Ferhart.^[7]