MTS @ a Glance

Founded in 1976

Co-educational, non-denominational

Grades K–8

Head of School: Andrew Davis

One section per grade level in grades K-5

Two sections per grade level in grades 6-8

Trimesters with 8 subject-specific classes per day

237 students

20% students of color

26% of students receive financial assistance

24 zip codes represented

Student:teacher ratio = 7:1

23 faculty and staff with advanced degrees

Combined years worked at MTS among faculty and staff: 532

5-acre hilltop campus in Mill Valley

3 light-filled buildings with indoor/outdoor access to 14 classrooms

Summit Hall featuring a full gymnasium and theatre, dance/gymnastics room, piano room, music room, and two instrumental instruction rooms

Large grass athletic field, regulation long jump pit, blacktop area, play structure, and garden

Research-grade astronomical observatory featuring C-11 GPS telescope for deep sky observation, and Coronado H-Alpha telescope for daytime solar observation

1 acre Cypress Grove outdoor learning area adjacent to the school

State of the art STEM lab updated in Summer 2020

Engineering focus for grades K-4

STEM focus for grade 5-6

110 computers available to students, including 80 MacBooks, and 36 iPads

3D modeling and printing

Coding/computational thinking instruction grades 1 and up

7.7 million operating budget

$3.6 million endowment

$1.2 million offered in financial assistance

Accredited by the California Association of Independent Schools (CAIS)

Member of the Independent Schools of the San Francisco Bay Area (ISSFBA)

Member of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)

Member of People of Color in Independent Schools (POCIS)