John Muir Elementary

John Muir Elementary, an average-sized elementary school in San Bruno, California, overseen by San Bruno Park Elementary, instructs 486 students, covering grades K through 6.

Within San Bruno Park Elementary, which oversees 5 schools and 2,001 students, John Muir Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, John Muir Elementary logs that the most-represented group is Asian (36%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 36% multiracial, 26% Hispanic.

On the resource side, The school employs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 28.9:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 30% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, John Muir Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.7%, the actual is 67.5%, a residual of +5.8 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (San Mateo County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $158,855 per year, 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), John Muir Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Parkside Intermediate, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts John Muir Elementary at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 54.5%.

John Muir Elementary operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 48%: 329 students in 2018 compared to 486 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 35% to 1% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 26.5:1 in 2018 to 28.9:1 today.

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