Bolinas-Stinson Union School District is a

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Marin County, California Marin County is a County (United States), county located in the northwestern part of the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 262,231. Its county seat and ...

, with offices in

Bolinas, California Bolinas is an unincorporated coastal community and census-designated place in Marin County, California, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 1,483. It is located on the California coast, approximately (straight line dist ...

, USA. As of the 2017–18 school year, the District had 91 students at its Bolinas campus.

History

Bolinas School has been in continuous operation since 1858. The original wooden school-house was burned down in 1978 by an arsonist, but was rebuilt as a virtually exact replica of the original building. Until the fire, it was said to be the oldest standing school building in California.

Staff

The District had 10.0 full-time-equivalent classroom teachers. The other 15 staff included 8 instructional aides or coordinators, 1 administrator, and 6 support staff. There were no guidance counselors or library staff.

Fiscal

The District budget as of 2004-05 was $2,092,000, or $15,969 per student. Revenue sources were 8% federal, 81% local, and 11% state.

Community demographics

In 2000, the attendance area had a total population under age 18 of 477, of which 52 (8.0%) were Hispanic.NCES Census information
from the

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The racial composition was * White alone: 401 * Black or African American alone: 15 * American Indian or Alaska Native alone: 0 * Asian alone: 13 * Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander alone: 4 * Some other race alone: 23 * Population of two or more races: 21

Student demographics

The majority of the students are white. Students identified themselves by race or ethnicity and by gender as follows in 2017-18: * Asian: 1 * Black: 4 * Hispanic: 18 * White: 58 There were no students identified as American Indian/Alaskan, Filipino, or Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander. Bolinas-Stinson is a

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school with a School-Wide Program.

Bolinas Stinson School

Bolinas Campus

Bolinas School had an enrollment of 91 students in third through eighth grade in 2004–05. With 6.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, Bolinas had a student-teacher ratio of 15.1. The campus is located approximately one mile east of the town of

, in an area known as Gospel Flats. Bolinas is neither a charter or magnet school.

Stinson Beach Campus

Stinson Beach School is located on State Route 1, one mile north of the town of

Stinson Beach, California Stinson Beach is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Marin County, California, on the west coast of the United States. Stinson Beach is located east-southeast of Bolinas, at an elevation of . The population of the Sti ...

. In 2004–05, it had an enrollment of 31 students in kindergarten through second grade, with 3.0 full-time-equivalent teachers.

Notes

External links

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School Accountability Report Card (SARC)

Marin County Office of Education, ''Marin County Public Schools,'' Bolinas-Stinson Union School District, pp 14-15 (pdf)Marin County Office of Education, Map of Bolinas-Stinson Union School District boundaries (pdf)

District Information
at the

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