Enrollment
288
Elementary
DISTRICT 300 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY·NCES 061887002285
Garden Village Elementary
208 Garden Ln., Colma, CA 94015 · (650) 991-1233 · San Mateo County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL288 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 49% of California public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
24.0:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
173 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 72 | 25% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 57% larger than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
45.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +10.5pp since 2014
Math
41.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +8.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 10 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 19.0% | 26.4% | 19.8% | 34.7% |
| Math | 18.6% | 22.5% | 25.6% | 33.3% |
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 | 45.5% | 41.1% |
| 2023-24 | 40.5% | 34.8% |
| 2022-23 | 42.1% | 36.0% |
| 2021-22 | 36.7% | 30.8% |
| 2020-21 | 27.0% | 30.8% |
| 2018-19 | 35.2% | 42.4% |
| 2017-18 | 29.3% | 29.0% |
| 2016-17 | 31.8% | 27.6% |
| 2015-16 | 43.0% | 31.0% |
| 2014-15 | 35.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Garden Village Elementary
Garden Village Elementary's state test result (40.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garden Village Elementary this school | 288 | 60.1% | 40.5% |
| Westlake Elementary Daly City | 321 | 54.5% | 38.7% |
| Bayshore Daly City | 342 | 63.7% | 30.1% |
| Bowers Elementary Santa Clara | 240 | 59.6% | 46.3% |
| Coolidge Elementary San Gabriel | 232 | 65.1% | 49.3% |
| Clovis Global Academy Clovis | 317 | 64.0% | N/A |
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 Garden Village Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Mateo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.5% | #2,443 of 5,151 | #69 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.1% | #2,216 of 5,172 ▲ 398 | #68 of 96 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #2,411 of 5,172 ▲ 265 | #69 of 96 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.5pp | #672 of 5,116 | #10 of 96 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 288 | #4,860 of 5,915 | #82 of 106 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.0:1 | #3,757 of 5,352 | #80 of 99 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.0% | #1,254 of 5,354 | #47 of 99 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.1% | #3,480 of 5,625 | #28 of 103 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.6% | #3,252 of 3,837 | #67 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
288
+16 (+6%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 409
Student : Teacher
24.0:1
was 19.4:1
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 | 288 | 12 | 24.0:1 | 60% (173) |
| 2023-24 | 274 | 13 | 21.1:1 | 65% (178) |
| 2022-23 | 254 | 11.3 | 22.4:1 | 61% (154) |
| 2020-21 | 272 | 14 | 19.4:1 | 46% (126) |
| 2017-18 | 305 | 13 | 23.5:1 | 67% (203) |
| 2015-16 | 340 | 14 | 24.3:1 | 65% (222) |
| 2010-11 | 379 | N/A | N/A | 59% (225) |
| 2000-01 | 360 | 17 | 21.2:1 | 44% (158) |
| 1990-91 | 409 | 15 | 27.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Garden Village Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (305 to 288); teachers down 8% (13 to 12).
About Garden Village Elementary
Garden Village Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school serving families in Colma, California. It reports enrollment of 288 students in kindergarten through 5. The school is 38% below the average for elementary schools in California.
The 14 schools in Jefferson Elementary enroll 4,942 students altogether, Garden Village Elementary among them.
Hispanic students make up 47% of enrollment at Garden Village Elementary, the largest share of any group. Other reported shares: 34% Asian, 12% White, and 6% multiracial. That compares with about 25% Hispanic among all San Mateo County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 65%.
The school has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 24.0 students per teacher. Elementary schools in California have an average ratio of 22.3:1. The school reported 60% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is higher than the 34% average for public schools in San Mateo County.
Garden Village Elementary earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 49% of California public elementary schools.
Garden Village Elementary's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 40.5% is 3.9 points below the 44.3% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
For San Mateo County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $158,855 a year, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in San Mateo County number 176, with about 82,403 students.
The closest school to Garden Village Elementary is Benjamin Franklin Intermediate, located about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Garden Village Elementary ranks 4th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 40.5% against a local average of 42.0%.
Federal data place Garden Village Elementary in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment rose 6% over 4 years, reaching 288 in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 19.4:1 in 2020-21, and 24.0:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Garden Village Elementary lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Jefferson Elementary
- Fernando Rivera IntermediateMiddle · 588 students
- Thomas R. Pollicita MiddleMiddle · 558 students
- Benjamin Franklin IntermediateMiddle · 497 students
- Susan B. Anthony ElementaryElementary · 407 students
- Westlake ElementaryElementary · 321 students
- Daniel Webster ElementaryElementary · 317 students
Nearby schools
- Benjamin Franklin Intermediate0.3 mi · 497
- Margaret Pauline Brown Elementary0.6 mi · 303
- Jefferson High0.6 mi · 1,072
- Marjorie H. Tobias Elementary0.7 mi · 299
- Westlake Elementary0.8 mi · 321
- Thornton High0.8 mi · 89
Frequently asked questions
About Garden Village ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Garden Village Elementary?
Garden Village Elementary enrolls approximately 288 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Garden Village Elementary serve?
Garden Village Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Garden Village Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Garden Village Elementary is approximately 24.0:1 (12 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Garden Village Elementary?
Student demographics at Garden Village Elementary are roughly 12% White, 47% Hispanic, 2% Black, 34% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Garden Village Elementary?
Garden Village Elementary is overseen by Jefferson Elementary in San Mateo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.