Alvin S. Hatch Elementary

Alvin S. Hatch Elementary is one of the medium-sized elementary-level communitys in Half Moon Bay, California, one of the schools within Cabrillo Unified, with 544 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Alvin S. Hatch Elementary is one of 7 schools operated by Cabrillo Unified, a district that works with 2,548 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Alvin S. Hatch Elementary records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 64%; the rest comes out to 30% White, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

On the resource side, The school employs 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 26.2:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 36% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Alvin S. Hatch Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 57.9%; actual is 28.6%, a gap of -29.3 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for San Mateo County put median household earnings sit near $158,855, roughly 54% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Alvin S. Hatch Elementary is one of 176 public schools in San Mateo County (combined enrollment of about 82,403 students).

Pilarcitos Alternative High (Continuation) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Alvin S. Hatch Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Alvin S. Hatch Elementary at 5th of 5; the average score across the group is 41.7%.

Alvin S. Hatch Elementary operates from a town-based location.

Over the past 7-year window. Alvin S. Hatch Elementary's enrollment has edged down 7% since 2018, when it stood at 587 (now 544). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 39% to 30%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 29.4:1 in 2018 to 26.2:1 in 2025.

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