September 1, 2024

Del Mar Middle School Annual Report Card 2023-24

The official document

What the district published

This is the source material — exactly as released by RUSD. The plain English translation below is this site's version, written for community members who shouldn't need a budget degree to understand where their school dollars go.

Original PDF coming soon — check reedschools.org for the source document.

The translation

In plain English

What this document actually says

This is Del Mar Middle School's state-required School Accountability Report Card (SARC) for the 2023-24 school year. Del Mar serves 361 students in grades 6-8 from Tiburon, Belvedere, and East Corte Madera. The school was recognized as a National School to Watch in 2022 and 2023. Average class sizes range from 16-23 students depending on subject. The chronic absenteeism rate was 12.5% overall, with socioeconomically disadvantaged students at 41.7%. The suspension rate was 0.5% with no expulsions. Students take core academic classes plus two electives in areas like fine arts, drama, music, computer science, engineering, robotics, and Spanish. In grade 7 physical fitness testing, 98-100% of students participated in all five fitness components.

What this means for your family

This report shows Del Mar's performance and demographics. Class sizes are small (16-23 students). Your child takes core subjects plus two electives like arts, music, or robotics. The school has low discipline rates (0.5% suspensions, no expulsions). Chronic absenteeism affects 12.5% of students. Programs are funded by state money, parcel taxes, and PTA fundraising, supporting art, music, PE, Spanish, technology, and intervention programs.

Summaries are AI-assisted and based on the original district document shown above. Nothing has been editorialized — interpretations are clearly labeled. This site is maintained by Lina Godfrey's campaign as a community resource.