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Enrollment
418
Elementary
DISTRICT 387 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN MATEO-FOSTER CITY·NCES 063492002791
Fiesta Gardens International Elementary
1001 Bermuda Dr., San Mateo, CA 94403 · (650) 312-7737 · San Mateo County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL418 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 9% of California public elementary schools
- CTest 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.
- FThree-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
22.0:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
234 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 65%
Community
5
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 | 90 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 11 | 3% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is 718% larger than its 6th grade class (11).
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
23.5%
CA avg 49.1% . -8.5pp since 2014
Math
26.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -9.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.2% | 12.2% | 21.4% | 55.1% |
| Math | 11.9% | 14.9% | 24.2% | 49.0% |
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 | 23.5% | 26.8% |
| 2023-24 | 32.3% | 33.2% |
| 2022-23 | 32.2% | 35.1% |
| 2021-22 | 35.5% | 33.8% |
| 2020-21 | 38.2% | 23.6% |
| 2018-19 | 38.5% | 32.4% |
| 2017-18 | 38.5% | 38.1% |
| 2016-17 | 37.0% | 32.5% |
| 2015-16 | 35.0% | 33.0% |
| 2014-15 | 32.0% | 36.0% |
% 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
28.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 47% 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 Fiesta Gardens International Elementary
Fiesta Gardens International Elementary's state test result (28.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiesta Gardens International Elementary this school | 418 | 56.0% | 28.6% |
| Centerville Elementary Sanger | 409 | 57.9% | 37.6% |
| Flory Academy of Sciences and Technology Moorpark | 411 | 60.1% | 44.2% |
| Laurel Wood Elementary Salinas | 417 | 60.2% | 23.6% |
| Valley Vista Elementary Bonita | 513 | 53.6% | 39.6% |
| Halecrest Elementary Chula Vista | 415 | 50.4% | 52.6% |
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 Fiesta Gardens International Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Mateo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #3,676 of 5,151 | #80 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.8% | #3,562 of 5,172 ▼ 794 | #81 of 96 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.5% | #4,608 of 5,172 ▼ 1,089 | #84 of 96 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -9.5pp | #154 of 5,116 | #8 of 96 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 418 | #3,460 of 5,915 | #32 of 106 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.0:1 | #2,195 of 5,352 | #51 of 99 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.6% | #3,915 of 5,354 | #88 of 99 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.0% | #3,647 of 5,625 | #30 of 103 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.9% | #1,211 of 3,837 | #26 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
418
-47 (-10%) vs 2020
-4% since 2000-01, when it was 435
Student : Teacher
22.0:1
was 24.5:1
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 | 418 | 19 | 22.0:1 | 56% (234) |
| 2023-24 | 412 | 19 | 21.7:1 | 50% (208) |
| 2022-23 | 396 | 19.6 | 20.2:1 | 43% (172) |
| 2020-21 | 465 | 19 | 24.5:1 | 49% (229) |
| 2017-18 | 535 | 22 | 24.3:1 | 57% (307) |
| 2015-16 | 544 | 22 | 24.7:1 | 44% (240) |
| 2010-11 | 467 | N/A | N/A | 52% (241) |
| 2000-01 | 435 | 23 | 18.9:1 | 40% (175) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fiesta Gardens International Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (535 to 418); teachers down 14% (22 to 19).
About Fiesta Gardens International Elementary
Fiesta Gardens International Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school located in San Mateo, California. School enrollment was 418 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 5.
San Mateo-Foster City has 22 schools; together they serve 9,906 students.
At Fiesta Gardens International Elementary, Hispanic students make up 82% of the student body. It is also 12% White and 4% multiracial. San Mateo County's residents are about 25% Hispanic, 57 points below the school's share. By the diversity index, Fiesta Gardens International Elementary comes in at 31%.
With 19 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Fiesta Gardens International Elementary was 22.0:1. Elementary schools in California average about 22.3:1, a similar figure. Fiesta Gardens International Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 56%. That rate is above the 34% average among public schools in San Mateo County.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Fiesta Gardens International Elementary receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Fiesta Gardens International Elementary trails its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 18.1 points (28.6% versus 46.7%), a bottom-10% result in California on BeatsExpectations.
Fiesta Gardens International Elementary is located in San Mateo County, where median household income is about $158,855, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 54% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Fiesta Gardens International Elementary is one of 176 public schools in San Mateo County, which together enroll about 82,403 students.
The school nearest to Fiesta Gardens International Elementary is Parkside Montessori, at a distance of about 0.7 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Fiesta Gardens International Elementary is 7th among 9 schools close by.
Its location is classified as City: Mid-size by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The number of students dropped from 465 to 418 over 4 years. The number of students per teacher fell from 24.5 to 22.0 over 4 years.
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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 San Mateo-Foster City
- Bowditch MiddleMiddle · 929 students
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- Baywood ElementaryElementary · 489 students
Other schools in San Mateo
- Aragon HighHigh · 1,658 students
- Hillsdale HighHigh · 1,585 students
- San Mateo HighHigh · 1,557 students
- Borel MiddleMiddle · 903 students
- Bayside AcademyElementary · 840 students
- Abbott MiddleMiddle · 721 students
Nearby schools
- Parkside Montessori0.7 mi · 418
- Sunnybrae Elementary1.0 mi · 346
- Bayside Academy1.0 mi · 840
- Beresford Elementary1.0 mi · 218
- George Hall Elementary1.1 mi · 370
- Borel Middle1.2 mi · 903
Frequently asked questions
About Fiesta Gardens International ElementaryHow many students attend Fiesta Gardens International Elementary?
Fiesta Gardens International Elementary enrolls approximately 418 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Fiesta Gardens International Elementary serve?
Fiesta Gardens International Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Fiesta Gardens International Elementary have?
Fiesta Gardens International Elementary employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Fiesta Gardens International Elementary?
At Fiesta Gardens International Elementary, the student body is approximately 12% White, 82% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Fiesta Gardens International Elementary?
Fiesta Gardens International Elementary is overseen by San Mateo-Foster City in San Mateo County.
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