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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Brittan Acres Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
411
Elementary
DISTRICT 330 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN CARLOS ELEMENTARY·NCES 063429005401
Brittan Acres Elementary
2000 Belle Ave., San Carlos, CA 94070 · (650) 508-7307 · San Mateo County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL411 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of California public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
22.2:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
49 students
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 65%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 156 | 38% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 21% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
76.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +10.5pp since 2014
Math
83.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +18.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 19 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 54.1% | 22.4% | 11.8% | 11.8% |
| Math | 54.1% | 29.4% | 9.4% | 7.1% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.5% | 83.5% |
| 2023-24 | 79.1% | 83.7% |
| 2022-23 | 71.4% | 83.1% |
| 2021-22 | 84.7% | 86.1% |
| 2020-21 | 72.5% | 71.7% |
| 2018-19 | 74.3% | 63.0% |
| 2017-18 | 78.5% | 81.0% |
| 2016-17 | 74.7% | 73.8% |
| 2015-16 | 69.0% | 65.0% |
| 2014-15 | 66.0% | 65.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
80.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Brittan Acres Elementary
Brittan Acres Elementary's state test result (80.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brittan Acres Elementary this school | 411 | 11.9% | 80.7% |
| Kensington Elementary Kensington | 473 | 14.2% | 78.0% |
| Donald L. Rheem Elementary Moraga | 441 | 8.4% | 84.2% |
| Meadows Avenue Elementary Manhattan Beach | 407 | 6.4% | 85.7% |
| Valley View Elementary Rocklin | 414 | 15.2% | 77.7% |
| Austin Creek Elementary Santa Rosa | 366 | 16.4% | 78.0% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Brittan Acres Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Mateo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.7% | #195 of 5,151 | #16 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.5% | #131 of 5,172 ▼ 12 | #14 of 96 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.5% | #418 of 5,172 ▼ 130 | #22 of 96 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.4pp | #503 of 5,116 | #20 of 96 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 411 | #3,549 of 5,915 | #35 of 106 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.2:1 | #2,355 of 5,352 | #53 of 99 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.8% | #1,018 of 5,354 | #40 of 99 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.9% | #5,423 of 5,625 | #83 of 103 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.5% | #380 of 1,139 | #8 of 13 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
411
+48 (+13%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 396
Student : Teacher
22.2:1
was 21.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 411 | 18.5 | 22.2:1 | 12% (49) |
| 2023-24 | 372 | 17 | 21.9:1 | 11% (41) |
| 2022-23 | 336 | 17 | 19.8:1 | 10% (34) |
| 2020-21 | 363 | 17 | 21.4:1 | 6% (21) |
| 2017-18 | 359 | 18 | 19.9:1 | 7% (26) |
| 2015-16 | 417 | 20 | 20.9:1 | 6% (24) |
| 2010-11 | 458 | N/A | N/A | 5% (22) |
| 2000-01 | 367 | 20 | 18.4:1 | 2% (8) |
| 1990-91 | 396 | 16 | 24.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brittan Acres Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (359 to 411); teachers up 3% (18 to 18.5).
About Brittan Acres Elementary
Brittan Acres Elementary is a public elementary school in San Carlos, California. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 411 students in kindergarten through 3.
San Carlos Elementary has a total of 8 schools and 2,875 students, Brittan Acres Elementary among them.
White students make up a majority at Brittan Acres Elementary, at 50%. Other students are 18% multiracial, 17% Asian, and 13% Hispanic. That is higher than the 38% White share among all San Mateo County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 67% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school has about 22.2 students per teacher and 18.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That matches the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California fairly closely. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 12%. That is lower than the 34% average for public schools in San Mateo County.
Brittan Acres Elementary is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 83% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school with Brittan Acres Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 72.5%. Brittan Acres Elementary scores 80.7%, 8.2 points above that line.
Among San Mateo County residents, the median household income is $158,855, roughly 54% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Brittan Acres Elementary is one of 176 public schools in the county.
The school nearest to Brittan Acres Elementary is Arroyo, at a distance of about 0.4 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 75.6%; Brittan Acres Elementary's is 80.7%, ranking 3rd of 8.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 411 students in 2024-25, 48 more than the 363 it had in 2020-21.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Brittan Acres Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
San Mateo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
742,340
Census ACS
Median income
$158,855
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
54%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
176
82,403 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in San Carlos Elementary
- Tierra Linda MiddleMiddle · 451 students
- Central MiddleMiddle · 443 students
- Arundel ElementaryElementary · 388 students
- MariposaElementary · 322 students
- Heather ElementaryElementary · 320 students
- ArroyoElementary · 290 students
Other schools in San Carlos
- Tierra Linda MiddleMiddle · 451 students
- Central MiddleMiddle · 443 students
- Arundel ElementaryElementary · 388 students
- San Carlos Charter Learning CenterElementary · 377 students
- MariposaElementary · 322 students
- Heather ElementaryElementary · 320 students
Nearby schools
- Arroyo0.4 mi · 290
- Central Middle0.4 mi · 443
- Heather Elementary0.6 mi · 320
- White Oaks Elementary0.7 mi · 250
- Arundel Elementary0.7 mi · 388
- Clifford Elementary1.0 mi · 698
Frequently asked questions
About Brittan Acres ElementaryHow large is Brittan Acres Elementary?
Brittan Acres Elementary enrolls approximately 411 students in grades KG-03.
What age range does Brittan Acres Elementary serve?
Brittan Acres Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 03.
How many students per teacher at Brittan Acres Elementary?
Approximately 22.2:1 students per teacher at Brittan Acres Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Brittan Acres Elementary?
Student demographics at Brittan Acres Elementary are roughly 50% White, 13% Hispanic, 0% Black, 17% Asian, 18% Two or more.
Who oversees Brittan Acres Elementary?
Brittan Acres Elementary is overseen by San Carlos Elementary in San Mateo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.