El Granada Elementary

El Granada Elementary, a compact K-5 school in Half Moon Bay, California, one of the schools within Cabrillo Unified, caters to 324 students, covering grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 30% leaner than typical.

Cabrillo Unified runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 2,548 students. El Granada Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, El Granada Elementary records that 48% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 41% White, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

On the income-and-resources front, El Granada Elementary lists 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 25% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than San Mateo County's rate of about 34%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, El Granada Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 64.4%; actual is 39.5%, a gap of -24.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for San Mateo County indicate median household earnings sit near $158,855, roughly 54% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across San Mateo County's 176 public schools (combined enrollment of about 82,403 students), El Granada Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Half Moon Bay High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around El Granada Elementary. On composite proficiency, El Granada Elementary comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 50.8%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 20%: 404 students in 2018 compared to 324 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked down from 62% to 48%.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.