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Enrollment
471
Elementary
DISTRICT 472 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELMONT-REDWOOD SHORES ELEMENTARY·NCES 060453004019
Cipriani Elementary
2525 Buena Vista, Belmont, CA 94002 · (650) 637-4840 · San Mateo County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL471 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of California public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
26.9:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
42 students
DISTRICT 10% · 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 | 86 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Cipriani Elementary→Ralston Intermediate
Based on grade levels within Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
77.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +8.1pp since 2014
Math
77.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +10.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 50.6% | 26.5% | 13.9% | 9.0% |
| Math | 56.1% | 21.1% | 14.6% | 8.1% |
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 | 77.1% | 77.2% |
| 2023-24 | 78.2% | 82.3% |
| 2022-23 | 75.2% | 80.3% |
| 2021-22 | 76.1% | 79.4% |
| 2020-21 | 77.0% | 71.6% |
| 2018-19 | 71.8% | 75.0% |
| 2017-18 | 78.4% | 78.4% |
| 2016-17 | 79.1% | 79.7% |
| 2015-16 | 74.0% | 75.0% |
| 2014-15 | 69.0% | 67.0% |
% 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
78.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 Cipriani Elementary
Cipriani Elementary's state test result (78.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cipriani Elementary this school | 471 | 8.9% | 78.7% |
| Marshall Lane Elementary Saratoga | 427 | 11.7% | 83.4% |
| Simonds Elementary San Jose | 480 | 9.2% | 75.9% |
| Russell Ranch Elementary Folsom | 503 | 9.9% | 79.6% |
| Lincoln Elementary Burlingame | 415 | 13.5% | 78.9% |
| Shoal Creek Elementary San Diego | 500 | 13.8% | 68.0% |
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 Cipriani Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Mateo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.7% | #285 of 5,151 | #22 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.2% | #333 of 5,172 ▼ 176 | #24 of 96 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.1% | #391 of 5,172 ▼ 59 | #20 of 96 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.6pp | #1,593 of 5,116 | #46 of 96 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 471 | #2,777 of 5,915 | #25 of 106 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.9:1 | #5,098 of 5,352 | #95 of 99 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.2% | #497 of 5,354 | #19 of 99 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.9% | #5,497 of 5,625 | #89 of 103 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.3% | #382 of 1,139 | #9 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
471
0 (0%) vs 2020
+69% since 2000-01, when it was 278
Student : Teacher
26.9:1
was 24.8:1
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 | 471 | 17.5 | 26.9:1 | 9% (42) |
| 2023-24 | 479 | 18.5 | 25.9:1 | 9% (42) |
| 2022-23 | 471 | 18.5 | 25.5:1 | 6% (29) |
| 2020-21 | 471 | 19 | 24.8:1 | 2% (11) |
| 2017-18 | 412 | 16 | 25.8:1 | 4% (15) |
| 2015-16 | 365 | 15 | 24.3:1 | 3% (10) |
| 2010-11 | 379 | N/A | N/A | 3% (11) |
| 2000-01 | 278 | 13 | 21.4:1 | 0% (1) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cipriani Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (412 to 471); teachers up 9% (16 to 17.5).
About Cipriani Elementary
Cipriani Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school. Its address is in Belmont, California. It teaches 471 students in kindergarten through 5.
Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary counts 7 schools and 3,914 students, including Cipriani Elementary.
No group is above 50% at Cipriani Elementary; the largest is Asian, at 35%. The rest of enrollment is 33% White, 22% multiracial, and 10% Hispanic. Among San Mateo County residents, the Asian share is about 31%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 71%.
For every teacher at Cipriani Elementary, there are about 26.9 students; the school has 17.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, so this school has more students per teacher. There are 42 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 9% of enrollment. On average, public schools in San Mateo County report 34%.
Cipriani Elementary earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 81% of California public elementary schools.
The model predicts 74.3% for a school in California with Cipriani Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Cipriani Elementary posts 78.7%.
The county, San Mateo County, is where the school is located. 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. Counting Cipriani Elementary, San Mateo County has 176 public schools.
Cipriani Elementary is about 0.4 miles from Ralston Intermediate, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 78.7% is above the 63.2% average for nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 471 to 471, a small change. By 2024-25, the school had 26.9 students per teacher, compared with 24.8 in 2020-21.
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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 Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary
- Ralston IntermediateMiddle · 1,082 students
- Nesbit ElementaryElementary · 566 students
- Sandpiper ElementaryElementary · 534 students
- Central ElementaryElementary · 437 students
- Fox ElementaryElementary · 420 students
- Redwood Shores ElementaryElementary · 404 students
Other schools in Belmont
- Carlmont HighHigh · 2,360 students
- Ralston IntermediateMiddle · 1,082 students
- Nesbit ElementaryElementary · 566 students
- Central ElementaryElementary · 437 students
- Fox ElementaryElementary · 420 students
Nearby schools
- Ralston Intermediate0.4 mi · 1,082
- Abbott Middle1.0 mi · 721
- Fox Elementary1.0 mi · 420
- Laurel Elementary1.1 mi · 469
- Hillsdale High1.2 mi · 1,585
- Mariposa1.2 mi · 322
Frequently asked questions
About Cipriani ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Cipriani Elementary?
Cipriani Elementary enrolls approximately 471 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Cipriani Elementary serve?
Cipriani Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cipriani Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cipriani Elementary is approximately 26.9:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Cipriani Elementary?
Student demographics at Cipriani Elementary are roughly 33% White, 10% Hispanic, 0% Black, 35% Asian, 22% Two or more.
Is Cipriani Elementary public or private?
Cipriani Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.