Redwood High School, Larkspur, California -- main entrance

The Tamalpais Union High School District or TUHSD provides

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education to students residing in ten elementary districts in central and southern

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and parts of

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. The headquarters are on the property of Redwood High School in

Larkspur, California Larkspur is a city in Marin County, California, United States. Larkspur is located south of San Rafael, at an elevation of . As of the 2020 Census, the city's population was 13,064. Larkspur's Police Department is shared with that of the ...

Communities served

They are: Bolinas-Stinson Union, Kentfield, Lagunitas, Larkspur-Corte Madera,

Mill Valley Mill Valley is a city in Marin County, California, United States, located about north of San Francisco via the Golden Gate Bridge and from Napa Valley. The population was 14,231 at the 2020 census. Mill Valley is located on the western and ...

Nicasio Nicasio ( ; Spanish for " Nicasius") is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Marin County, California, United States. It is located west-southwest of Novato, at an elevation of . As of the 2020 census the CDP population w ...

, Reed Union, Ross, Ross Valley and Sausalito Marin City school districts. , District enrollment was 3,921 students. The union high school district lies within the

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.Marin County Office of Education, ''Marin Public Schools, 2006 - 2007,'' pages 65 - 68 (pdf)

Schools

The three comprehensive high schools and the communities in their attendance areas (with ZIP Codes) are: *

Tamalpais High School Tamalpais High School (often abbreviated as Tam) is a public secondary school located in Mill Valley, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is named after nearby Mount Tamalpais, which rises almost above Mill Valley. Tamalpais High Scho ...

; opened 1908; serves Bolinas (94924), Mill Valley (94941), Sausalito & Marin City (94965), Stinson Beach (94970) * Archie Williams High School, San Anselmo; opened 1951 as Sir Francis Drake High School; serves Fairfax (94930), Forest Knolls (94933), Lagunitas (94938). Nicasio (94946), San Anselmo (94960), San Geronimo (94963), Woodacre (94973) * Redwood High School, Larkspur; opened 1958; serves Belvedere (94920), Corte Madera (94925), Greenbrae & Kentfield (94904), Larkspur (94939), Ross (94957), Tiburon (94920)Redwood High School
(2016-2017 profile). Tamalpais Union High School District. Retrieved on January 26, 2017. Two

alternative high schools An alternative school is an educational establishment with a curriculum and methods that are nontraditional. Such schools offer a wide range of philosophies and teaching methods; some have strong political, scholarly, or philosophical orientati ...

serve the entire district: * San Andreas High School (

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), Larkspur, California * Tamiscal High School (

independent study Independent study is a form of education offered by many high schools, colleges, and other educational institutions. It is sometimes referred to as ''directed study'', and is an educational activity undertaken by an individual with little to no supe ...

), Larkspur, California Tamalpais, Redwood, and Archie Williams are California Distinguished Schools. San Andreas has been recognized by the State of California as a Model Continuation School.

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* {{Sausalito, California School districts in Marin County, California Corte Madera, California Larkspur, California Mill Valley, California San Anselmo, California Sausalito, California Tiburon, California 1908 establishments in California School districts established in 1908