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Enrollment
584
Elementary
DISTRICT 389 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED·NCES 063753006341
Buri Buri Elementary
325 Del Monte Ave., South San Francisco, CA 94080 · (650) 877-8776 · San Mateo County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL584 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 78% 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.
- A-Three-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
22.5:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
165 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 118 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 105 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (118) is 12% larger than its 5th grade class (105).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
65.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.0pp since 2014
Math
68.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +9.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 35.4% | 29.6% | 20.0% | 15.0% |
| Math | 39.6% | 28.6% | 16.6% | 15.2% |
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 | 65.0% | 68.2% |
| 2023-24 | 63.5% | 60.2% |
| 2022-23 | 66.0% | 64.5% |
| 2021-22 | 62.5% | 55.3% |
| 2020-21 | 58.9% | 48.4% |
| 2018-19 | 60.4% | 57.4% |
| 2017-18 | 64.1% | 61.0% |
| 2016-17 | 62.2% | 62.2% |
| 2015-16 | 64.0% | 60.0% |
| 2014-15 | 60.0% | 59.0% |
% 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
64.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Buri Buri Elementary
Buri Buri Elementary's state test result (64.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buri Buri Elementary this school | 584 | 28.3% | 64.2% |
| Ponderosa Elementary Sunnyvale | 524 | 28.4% | 62.6% |
| Santa Teresa Elementary San Jose | 542 | 29.0% | 64.2% |
| Taylor (Bertha) Elementary San Jose | 497 | 24.1% | 55.5% |
| Falcon Academy of Science and Technology Brea | 544 | 35.3% | 70.8% |
| Ellis Elementary Sunnyvale | 768 | 24.6% | 53.9% |
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 Buri Buri Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Mateo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.2% | #915 of 5,151 | #43 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.2% | #678 of 5,172 ▲ 331 | #37 of 96 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #1,022 of 5,172 ▲ 34 | #38 of 96 ▲ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.7pp | #983 of 5,116 | #15 of 96 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 584 | #1,536 of 5,915 | #10 of 106 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.5:1 | #2,563 of 5,352 | #58 of 99 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.2% | #728 of 5,354 | #24 of 99 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.3% | #4,825 of 5,625 | #53 of 103 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.7% | #3,573 of 3,837 | #73 of 79 |
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
584
-23 (-4%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 580
Student : Teacher
22.5:1
was 25.3:1
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 | 584 | 26 | 22.5:1 | 28% (165) |
| 2023-24 | 555 | 25 | 22.2:1 | 25% (139) |
| 2022-23 | 574 | 25 | 23.0:1 | 24% (139) |
| 2020-21 | 607 | 24 | 25.3:1 | 23% (141) |
| 2017-18 | 600 | 24.7 | 24.3:1 | 26% (154) |
| 2015-16 | 619 | 25 | 24.8:1 | 25% (152) |
| 2010-11 | 627 | N/A | N/A | 37% (232) |
| 2000-01 | 659 | 32 | 20.6:1 | 15% (101) |
| 1990-91 | 580 | 25 | 23.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Buri Buri Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (600 to 584); teachers up 5% (24.7 to 26).
About Buri Buri Elementary
A mid-sized elementary school in South San Francisco, California, Buri Buri Elementary is part of South San Francisco Unified. The school counted 584 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 5. It has 26% more students than the average for elementary schools in California (about 465).
Buri Buri Elementary is part of South San Francisco Unified, where 15 schools serve 7,644 students.
The largest group at Buri Buri Elementary is Hispanic students, at 38%. It is also 37% Asian, 13% White, and 11% multiracial. For comparison, the population of San Mateo County is roughly 25% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Buri Buri Elementary scores 69%.
Its ratio of 22.5:1 is based on 26 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in California is about 22.3:1. In all, 28% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Buri Buri Elementary lands at A-, ahead of 78% of California public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Buri Buri Elementary is 1.2 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 64.2% actual, 63.0% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.
In San Mateo County, the median household earns about $158,855 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 54%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. San Mateo County has 176 public schools with about 82,403 students, including Buri Buri Elementary.
A public school about 0.4 miles away, Alta Loma Middle, is the closest to Buri Buri Elementary. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Buri Buri Elementary ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Small).
From 607 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 584 by 2024-25. Students per teacher dropped from 25.3 in 2020-21 to 22.5 in 2024-25.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 South San Francisco Unified
- South San Francisco HighHigh · 1,239 students
- El Camino HighHigh · 1,053 students
- Alta Loma MiddleMiddle · 652 students
- Parkway Heights MiddleMiddle · 573 students
- Monte Verde ElementaryElementary · 517 students
- Westborough MiddleMiddle · 498 students
Other schools in South San Francisco
- South San Francisco HighHigh · 1,239 students
- El Camino HighHigh · 1,053 students
- Alta Loma MiddleMiddle · 652 students
- Parkway Heights MiddleMiddle · 573 students
- Westborough MiddleMiddle · 498 students
- Spruce ElementaryElementary · 384 students
Nearby schools
- Alta Loma Middle0.4 mi · 652
- El Camino High0.6 mi · 1,053
- Baden High (Continuation)0.7 mi · 130
- Sunshine Gardens Elementary0.8 mi · 329
- Ponderosa Elementary1.0 mi · 359
- Parkway Heights Middle1.1 mi · 573
Frequently asked questions
About Buri Buri ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Buri Buri Elementary?
Buri Buri Elementary enrolls approximately 584 students in grades KG-05.
Is Buri Buri Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Buri Buri Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Buri Buri Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Buri Buri Elementary is approximately 22.5:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Buri Buri Elementary?
At Buri Buri Elementary, the student body is approximately 13% White, 38% Hispanic, 0% Black, 37% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Buri Buri Elementary public or private?
Buri Buri Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by South San Francisco Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.