Farallone View Elementary

Farallone View Elementary is a micro-enrollment K-5 school in Montara, California, one of the schools within Cabrillo Unified. The school enrolls 177 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 62% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

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

Looking at the student body, Farallone View Elementary reports that the largest single group is White, at 68% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 19% Hispanic, 13% multiracial. By comparison, San Mateo County as a whole is about 38% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 25.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Farallone View Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 6% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below San Mateo County's rate of about 34%.

After controlling for student poverty, Farallone View Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 75.8%, the actual is 66.3%, a residual of -9.5 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for San Mateo County put median household income runs about $158,855, roughly 54% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across San Mateo County's 176 public schools (combined enrollment of about 82,403 students), Farallone View Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Pacifica Independent Home Study, roughly 3.4 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Farallone View Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 56.8%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 44%: 317 students in 2018 compared to 177 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 42% to 19% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.