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What's something Manuel F. Cunha Intermediate does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
521
Middle
DISTRICT 364 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CABRILLO UNIFIED·NCES 060678000601
Manuel F. Cunha Intermediate
600 Church St., Half Moon Bay, CA 94019 · (650) 712-7190 · San Mateo County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL521 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% of California public middle schools
- B-Test 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.
- B+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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
21.7:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.9:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
143 students
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 168 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 160 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 190 | 36% |
| Grade 9 | 3 | 1% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Cabrillo Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
41.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -7.7pp since 2014
Math
33.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 12.4% | 28.9% | 25.9% | 32.8% |
| Math | 14.7% | 18.6% | 24.5% | 42.2% |
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 | 41.3% | 33.3% |
| 2023-24 | 40.2% | 25.8% |
| 2022-23 | 38.0% | 25.9% |
| 2021-22 | 42.0% | 24.0% |
| 2018-19 | 44.4% | 30.0% |
| 2017-18 | 49.6% | 35.1% |
| 2016-17 | 47.4% | 32.1% |
| 2015-16 | 48.0% | 32.0% |
| 2014-15 | 49.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
35.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-28.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 63% 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 Manuel F. Cunha Intermediate
Manuel F. Cunha Intermediate's state test result (35.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manuel F. Cunha Intermediate this school | 521 | 27.4% | 35.2% |
| Mesa Verde Middle Moorpark | 574 | 32.1% | 44.5% |
| Redwood Middle Thousand Oaks | 589 | 27.5% | 55.8% |
| Adele Harrison Middle Sonoma | 334 | 29.3% | 32.7% |
| Ranchos Middle Madera | 452 | 36.7% | 55.8% |
| Branciforte Middle Santa Cruz | 409 | 38.1% | 45.6% |
Matched among California middle 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 Manuel F. Cunha Intermediate ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Mateo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.2% | #626 of 1,224 | #21 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #530 of 1,227 ▲ 114 | #18 of 26 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #677 of 1,227 ▼ 26 | #21 of 26 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.3pp | #366 of 1,214 | #6 of 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 521 | #891 of 1,377 | #15 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.7:1 | #743 of 1,279 | #20 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.5% | #509 of 1,278 | #20 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.4% | #1,165 of 1,329 | #12 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.2% | #71 of 930 | #3 of 20 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
521
-154 (-23%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 654
Student : Teacher
21.7:1
was 24.1:1
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 | 521 | 24.1 | 21.7:1 | 27% (143) |
| 2023-24 | 542 | 26.6 | 20.4:1 | 45% (246) |
| 2022-23 | 584 | 28.4 | 20.5:1 | 41% (237) |
| 2020-21 | 675 | 28 | 24.1:1 | 41% (275) |
| 2017-18 | 792 | 33.9 | 23.3:1 | 41% (321) |
| 2015-16 | 776 | 31 | 25.0:1 | 45% (351) |
| 2010-11 | 769 | N/A | N/A | 46% (350) |
| 2000-01 | 898 | 37 | 24.3:1 | 19% (174) |
| 1990-91 | 654 | 30 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Manuel F. Cunha Intermediate.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (792 to 521); teachers down 29% (33.9 to 24.1).
About Manuel F. Cunha Intermediate
Manuel F. Cunha Intermediate is a low-enrollment middle-grades school for students in Half Moon Bay, California. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 521 students in grades 6 through 8. Against the 659-student average for middle schools in California, enrollment here is 21% lower.
Within Cabrillo Unified, Manuel F. Cunha Intermediate is one of 7 schools. The district enrolls 2,548 students.
Hispanic students account for 52% of enrollment at Manuel F. Cunha Intermediate. Smaller groups are 40% White and 6% multiracial. For comparison, the population of San Mateo County is roughly 25% Hispanic. Manuel F. Cunha Intermediate has a diversity index of 57%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Manuel F. Cunha Intermediate operates with 24.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 21.7:1. For comparison, middle schools in California average 20.7:1. About 27% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits.
allk12 grades Manuel F. Cunha Intermediate a C. The grade compares the school only with California public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests, 35.2%, is 28.2 points below the 63.5% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the bottom 10% of California schools.
Census Bureau estimates for San Mateo County show that median household income is about $158,855, roughly 54% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Manuel F. Cunha Intermediate is one of 176 public schools in San Mateo County, which together enroll about 82,403 students.
Alvin S. Hatch Elementary is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. Manuel F. Cunha Intermediate is one of several public schools in the area, with 4 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 48.4% proficiency; Manuel F. Cunha Intermediate posts 35.2%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Fringe: in a town close to an urbanized area.
Enrollment was 675 in 2020-21 and 521 in 2024-25, a decrease of 154 students. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 24.1:1 in 2020-21 to 21.7:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Cabrillo Unified
- Half Moon Bay HighHigh · 911 students
- Alvin S. Hatch ElementaryElementary · 544 students
- El Granada ElementaryElementary · 324 students
- Farallone View ElementaryElementary · 177 students
- Kings Mountain ElementaryElementary · 46 students
- Pilarcitos Alternative High (Continuation)High · 25 students
Other schools in Half Moon Bay
- Half Moon Bay HighHigh · 911 students
- Alvin S. Hatch ElementaryElementary · 544 students
- El Granada ElementaryElementary · 324 students
- Pilarcitos Alternative High (Continuation)High · 25 students
Nearby schools
- Alvin S. Hatch Elementary0.2 mi · 544
- Pilarcitos Alternative High (Continuation)0.2 mi · 25
- Half Moon Bay High0.8 mi · 911
- El Granada Elementary3.1 mi · 324
- Highlands Elementary6.2 mi · 379
- Hillcrest at Youth Services Center6.3 mi · 16
Frequently asked questions
About Manuel F. Cunha IntermediateHow large is Manuel F. Cunha Intermediate?
Manuel F. Cunha Intermediate enrolls approximately 521 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Manuel F. Cunha Intermediate serve?
Manuel F. Cunha Intermediate serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Manuel F. Cunha Intermediate?
Approximately 21.7:1 students per teacher at Manuel F. Cunha Intermediate.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Manuel F. Cunha Intermediate?
At Manuel F. Cunha Intermediate, the student body is approximately 40% White, 52% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Manuel F. Cunha Intermediate public or private?
Manuel F. Cunha Intermediate is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cabrillo Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.