Enrollment
324
Elementary
DISTRICT 273 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CABRILLO UNIFIED·NCES 060678000597
El Granada Elementary
400 Santiago St., Half Moon Bay, CA 94019 · (650) 712-7150 · San Mateo County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL324 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 41% of California public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
23.1:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
82 students
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 81 | 25% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 72% larger than its 5th grade class (47).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
El Granada Elementary→Manuel F. Cunha Intermediate
Based on grade levels within Cabrillo Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
57.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +19.7pp since 2014
Math
41.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +9.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 20 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 | 31.4% | 26.3% | 16.8% | 25.6% |
| Math | 17.5% | 24.1% | 26.3% | 32.1% |
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 | 57.7% | 41.6% |
| 2023-24 | 44.2% | 35.4% |
| 2022-23 | 40.8% | 35.6% |
| 2021-22 | 38.2% | 32.2% |
| 2018-19 | 52.3% | 43.3% |
| 2017-18 | 52.6% | 40.3% |
| 2016-17 | 39.1% | 28.1% |
| 2015-16 | 38.0% | 27.0% |
| 2014-15 | 38.0% | 32.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
44.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 65% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 El Granada Elementary
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Granada Elementary this school | 324 | 25.3% | 44.4% |
| Delta Elementary Charter Clarksburg | 325 | 25.8% | N/A |
| El Rio Community Los Angeles | 316 | 24.1% | N/A |
| Kellogg Elementary Goleta | 369 | 24.9% | 60.6% |
| Winter Gardens Elementary Lakeside | 269 | 30.1% | N/A |
| Hillside Elementary Madera | 310 | 31.3% | 40.7% |
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 El Granada Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Mateo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #2,111 of 5,151 | #63 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.6% | #2,179 of 5,172 ▲ 384 | #66 of 96 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.7% | #1,489 of 5,172 ▲ 839 | #54 of 96 ▲ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +14.4pp | #203 of 5,116 | #1 of 96 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 324 | #4,529 of 5,915 | #67 of 106 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.1:1 | #3,098 of 5,352 | #72 of 99 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.7% | #1,862 of 5,354 | #60 of 99 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.3% | #4,957 of 5,625 | #60 of 103 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.8% | #1,448 of 3,837 | #29 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
324
-14 (-4%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 417
Student : Teacher
23.1:1
was 24.1:1
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 | 324 | 14 | 23.1:1 | 25% (82) |
| 2023-24 | 335 | 15 | 22.3:1 | 35% (118) |
| 2022-23 | 318 | 17.5 | 18.2:1 | 37% (119) |
| 2020-21 | 338 | 14 | 24.1:1 | 46% (157) |
| 2017-18 | 404 | 18 | 22.4:1 | 49% (197) |
| 2015-16 | 459 | 22 | 20.9:1 | 53% (245) |
| 2010-11 | 488 | N/A | N/A | 63% (309) |
| 2000-01 | 513 | 27 | 19.0:1 | 28% (145) |
| 1990-91 | 417 | 17 | 24.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for El Granada Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (404 to 324); teachers down 22% (18 to 14).
About El Granada Elementary
El Granada Elementary is a small elementary school in Cabrillo Unified, located in Half Moon Bay, California. The grade span is kindergarten through 5, and enrollment is 324 students. Average enrollment for elementary schools in California is about 465, so this school runs 30% smaller than that.
Cabrillo Unified enrolls 2,548 students, and its 7 schools include El Granada Elementary.
El Granada Elementary's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 48%. The remaining students are 41% White, 8% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Among people living in San Mateo County, the Hispanic share is about 25%. By the diversity index, El Granada Elementary comes in at 60%.
Teachers at the school number 14 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 23.1:1. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is lower than this school's figure. Roughly 25% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in San Mateo County average 34%.
Measured against California public elementary schools, El Granada Elementary receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, El Granada Elementary scores 20.3 points lower than predicted. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 44.4%; the prediction is 64.7%.
San Mateo County has these Census figures: median household income is about $158,855, roughly 54% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. The public schools of San Mateo County number 176 and enroll about 82,403.
The nearest public school is Half Moon Bay High, at about 2.7 miles. There are 5 other public schools within five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, El Granada Elementary is 4th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Fringe. That means it sits in rural territory close to an urban area.
El Granada Elementary had 338 students in 2020-21 and 324 in 2024-25, a 4% decrease. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 24.1:1 to 23.1:1.
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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 Cabrillo Unified
- Half Moon Bay HighHigh · 911 students
- Alvin S. Hatch ElementaryElementary · 544 students
- Manuel F. Cunha IntermediateMiddle · 521 students
- Farallone View ElementaryElementary · 177 students
- Kings Mountain ElementaryElementary · 46 students
- Pilarcitos Alternative High (Continuation)High · 25 students
Other schools in Half Moon Bay
- Half Moon Bay HighHigh · 911 students
- Alvin S. Hatch ElementaryElementary · 544 students
- Manuel F. Cunha IntermediateMiddle · 521 students
- Pilarcitos Alternative High (Continuation)High · 25 students
Nearby schools
- Half Moon Bay High2.7 mi · 911
- Pilarcitos Alternative High (Continuation)2.9 mi · 25
- Alvin S. Hatch Elementary3.0 mi · 544
- Manuel F. Cunha Intermediate3.1 mi · 521
- Farallone View Elementary3.9 mi · 177
- Ortega Elementary6.2 mi · 404
Frequently asked questions
About El Granada ElementaryHow large is El Granada Elementary?
El Granada Elementary enrolls approximately 324 students in grades KG-05.
Is El Granada Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
El Granada Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does El Granada Elementary have?
El Granada Elementary employs 14 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.1:1.
What is the student diversity at El Granada Elementary?
Student demographics at El Granada Elementary are roughly 41% White, 48% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees El Granada Elementary?
El Granada Elementary is overseen by Cabrillo Unified in San Mateo County.
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