College Park Elementary

Set in San Mateo, California, College Park Elementary is an average-sized primary school, run under San Mateo-Foster City. It hosts 431 students across grades K through 5.

Across the 22 schools in San Mateo-Foster City (9,906 students total), College Park Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, College Park Elementary reports that the largest single group is Asian, at 71% of enrollment; the rest reads as 20% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 2% White. That is meaningfully more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

On the resource side, College Park Elementary lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.9:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 14% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, San Mateo County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, College Park Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 70.9%; this one delivers 82.6%.

In the surrounding community, San Mateo County reports that median household earnings sit near $158,855, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. College Park Elementary is one of 176 public schools in San Mateo County (combined enrollment of about 82,403 students).

The closest other public school is The Bridge Academy, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around College Park Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), College Park Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 57.4%.

College Park Elementary operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at College Park Elementary has ticked down 4%, going from 450 students in 2018 to 431 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 9% to 2% across the same window.

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