The school district’s 7,600 students are very important to the family-oriented community of Novato. In November of 2001, local voters approved $107 million in bond money for schools. As of May 2005 about $30 million of the bond money has been spent. The summer of 2005 will see another $6.8 million spent on Novato school repairs and upgrades. A recent bond measure for more school funds was passed last November, also.

Novato schools are set up to serve their neighborhoods, with the exception of Rancho Elementary School, which serves the entire district and enrolls per a lottery system. Access the Novato Unified School District at http://www.nusd.marin.k12.ca.us to use the grid code finder to locate your neighborhood school or to learn how the Rancho Elementary School lottery works. 

Novato is proud to have several schools named as California Distinguished Schools in honor of student academic achievement. (Note the “CA” on the following list followed by the year of distinction).