Belle Haven Elementary

Belle Haven Elementary, a small elementary campus in Menlo Park, California, operated by Ravenswood City Elementary, enrolls 312 students, covering grades K through 5. That puts it 33% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Across the 4 schools in Ravenswood City Elementary (1,445 students total), Belle Haven Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Belle Haven Elementary lists that 85% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 6% Black, 4% Pacific Islander. By comparison, San Mateo County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Belle Haven Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, San Mateo County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Belle Haven Elementary is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 27.4%; Belle Haven Elementary posts 8.6%, -18.7 points below that line.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for San Mateo County indicate median household earnings sit near $158,855, about 54% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across San Mateo County's 176 public schools (combined enrollment of about 82,403 students), Belle Haven Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Tide Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Belle Haven Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Belle Haven Elementary at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 49.4%.

Belle Haven Elementary operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. Belle Haven Elementary's enrollment has edged down 32% since 2018, when it stood at 457 (now 312).

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