Abbott Middle

Abbott Middle operates as a medium-sized middle school in San Mateo, California, overseen by San Mateo-Foster City. Current enrollment sits at 721 students spanning grades 6 through 8.

San Mateo-Foster City comprises 22 schools with combined enrollment of 9,906 students; Abbott Middle is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Abbott Middle records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 62% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 15% White, 11% Asian, 10% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. About 61% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above San Mateo County's rate of about 34%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Abbott Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.1%, the actual is 35.9%, a residual of -7.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for San Mateo County shows the typical household earns roughly $158,855 per year, roughly 54% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, San Mateo County runs 176 public schools (combined enrollment of about 82,403 students), of which Abbott Middle is one.

The closest other public school is Hillsdale High, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Abbott Middle at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 54.8%.

Abbott Middle operates from a high-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 15%: 851 students in 2018 compared to 721 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 22% to 15%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 21.5:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 in 2025.

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