 In 2011 Rob Rogers of the "Marin Independent Journal" said that the district continually had, of all of the Marin County school districts, the lowest test scores.That year the University of Southern California's Rossier School of Education named Willow Creek Academy one of the top charter schools in California.On Thursday January 21, 2014, the board voted to make the Marin City school a K-8 and to close Bayside, having its buildings be used by the Willow Creek charter school, which will use the Bayside campus to house three additional classrooms.