Hoover Elementary

Hoover Elementary, a compact primary school in Burlingame, California, one of the schools within Burlingame Elementary, teaches 227 students, covering grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 51% below the state mean of about 465.

Across the 7 schools in Burlingame Elementary (3,376 students total), Hoover Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hoover Elementary logs that the largest single group is White at 41%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 36% Asian, 18% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. Compared to San Mateo County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Hoover Elementary lists 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 25.2:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 5% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 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 meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Hoover Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 76.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 87.9%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (San Mateo County) shows that median household income runs about $158,855, about 54% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Hoover Elementary is one of 176 public schools in San Mateo County (combined enrollment of about 82,403 students).

Roosevelt Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hoover Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hoover Elementary at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 75.8%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Hoover Elementary's enrollment has edged up 8% since 2018, when it stood at 211 (now 227). White enrollment moved from 61% to 41% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 23.4:1 in 2018 to 25.2:1 today.

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