Baywood Elementary

Located at 600 Alameda de Las Pulgas, in San Mateo, California, Baywood Elementary is a moderately sized elementary school that caters to 489 students (grades K through 5), part of San Mateo-Foster City.

Within San Mateo-Foster City, which oversees 22 schools and 9,906 students, Baywood Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Baywood Elementary reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (30%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 29% White, 21% Asian, 17% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Baywood Elementary has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 26% of students at Baywood Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, San Mateo County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Baywood Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 64.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.3%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for San Mateo County put median household earnings sit near $158,855, about 54% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 Baywood Elementary is one.

Aragon High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Baywood Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Baywood Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 50.7%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Baywood Elementary's enrollment has contracted 34% since 2018, when it stood at 737 (now 489). The White share of enrollment fell from 44% to 29% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.