Burlingame Intermediate

Burlingame Intermediate, an expansive 6-8 campus in Burlingame, California, run under Burlingame Elementary, enrolls 1,115 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so Burlingame Intermediate sits 69% larger than that benchmark.

Within Burlingame Elementary, which oversees 7 schools and 3,376 students, Burlingame Intermediate is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Burlingame Intermediate reports that 34% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 29% Asian, 20% Hispanic, 15% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with San Mateo County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Burlingame Intermediate has 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 25% of students at Burlingame Intermediate qualify 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 below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Burlingame Intermediate performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.5%, the actual is 71.3%, a residual of +6.7 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for San Mateo County indicate the typical household earns roughly $158,855 per year, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Burlingame Intermediate is one of 176 public schools in San Mateo County (combined enrollment of about 82,403 students).

The closest other public school is Franklin Elementary, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Burlingame Intermediate ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 73.7%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Burlingame Intermediate has changed only slightly, going from 1,088 students in 2018 to 1,115 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 50% to 34% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 25.6:1 in 2018 to 21.4:1 in 2025.

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