Henry Ford Elementary

Henry Ford Elementary operates as a reasonably sized elementary school in Redwood City, California, overseen by Redwood City Elementary. Current enrollment sits at 445 students spanning grades K through 5.

Redwood City Elementary comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 6,378 students; Henry Ford Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Henry Ford Elementary reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 66%. The remainder is composed of 21% White, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian, 2% Pacific Islander. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 66% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, San Mateo County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Henry Ford Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.1%; this one delivers 42.5%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for San Mateo County indicate median household income runs about $158,855, about 54% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Henry Ford Elementary is one of 176 public schools in San Mateo County (combined enrollment of about 82,403 students).

Nearest neighbor: John F. Kennedy Middle, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Henry Ford Elementary at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 50.7%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Five-year trend. Henry Ford Elementary's enrollment has grew 18% since 2018, when it stood at 376 (now 445). Hispanic enrollment moved from 56% to 66% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 26.9:1 in 2018 to 19.7:1 in 2025.

On this page, 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.