Enrollment
303
Elementary
DISTRICT 300 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY·NCES 061887002288
Margaret Pauline Brown Elementary
305 Eastmoor Ave., Daly City, CA 94015 · (650) 991-1243 · San Mateo County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL303 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 43% of California public elementary schools
- BTest 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.
- C+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
21.8:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
146 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 | 75 | 25% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 108% larger than its 5th grade class (36).
Student demographics
66%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
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CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
44.6%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.4pp since 2014
Math
41.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.5pp 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 42 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 20.0% | 24.6% | 22.3% | 33.1% |
| Math | 17.7% | 23.9% | 28.5% | 30.0% |
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 | 44.6% | 41.5% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 42.1% |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 42.5% |
| 2021-22 | 43.5% | 40.0% |
| 2020-21 | 39.7% | 39.0% |
| 2018-19 | 45.5% | 41.8% |
| 2017-18 | 48.6% | 35.2% |
| 2016-17 | 47.8% | 35.0% |
| 2015-16 | 58.0% | 42.0% |
| 2014-15 | 47.0% | 41.0% |
% 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
45.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Margaret Pauline Brown Elementary
Margaret Pauline Brown Elementary's state test result (45.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret Pauline Brown Elementary this school | 303 | 48.2% | 45.0% |
| Franklin Delano Roosevelt Elementary Daly City | 294 | 42.2% | 36.3% |
| Westlake Elementary Daly City | 321 | 54.5% | 38.7% |
| William Land Elementary Sacramento | 367 | 49.3% | 69.5% |
| Chester W. Nimitz Elementary Sunnyvale | 350 | 50.6% | 60.0% |
| Manuel De Vargas Elementary San Jose | 379 | 44.9% | 64.6% |
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 Margaret Pauline Brown Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Mateo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #2,062 of 5,151 | #61 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #2,183 of 5,172 ▼ 150 | #67 of 96 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #2,492 of 5,172 ▼ 654 | #70 of 96 ▼ 14 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.3pp | #2,905 of 5,116 | #43 of 96 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 303 | #4,740 of 5,915 | #77 of 106 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.8:1 | #2,042 of 5,352 | #45 of 99 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.6% | #1,181 of 5,354 | #45 of 99 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.2% | #3,993 of 5,625 | #36 of 103 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.6% | #3,581 of 3,837 | #74 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
303
+25 (+9%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 387
Student : Teacher
21.8:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 303 | 13.9 | 21.8:1 | 48% (146) |
| 2023-24 | 267 | 14 | 19.1:1 | 58% (154) |
| 2022-23 | 229 | 11.5 | 19.9:1 | 55% (126) |
| 2020-21 | 278 | 16 | 17.4:1 | 48% (133) |
| 2017-18 | 311 | 15 | 20.7:1 | 61% (191) |
| 2015-16 | 342 | 15 | 22.8:1 | 62% (211) |
| 2010-11 | 343 | N/A | N/A | 62% (213) |
| 2000-01 | 395 | 19 | 20.8:1 | 42% (164) |
| 1990-91 | 387 | 19 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Margaret Pauline Brown Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (311 to 303); teachers down 7% (15 to 13.9).
About Margaret Pauline Brown Elementary
Margaret Pauline Brown Elementary is a small elementary school in Daly City, California, (ZIP code 94015). Its grade span covers kindergarten through 5, with 303 students on the rolls. On average, elementary schools in California enroll around 465, and this school is 35% below that mark.
Jefferson Elementary has 4,942 students in 14 schools, and Margaret Pauline Brown Elementary is one of those schools.
The biggest share of students at Margaret Pauline Brown Elementary, 44%, is Asian. The next largest groups are 37% Hispanic, 11% White, and 6% multiracial. In San Mateo County overall, about 31% of residents are Asian. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Margaret Pauline Brown Elementary scores 66%.
Based on 13.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, Margaret Pauline Brown Elementary has a ratio of 21.8:1. That is in line with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 48%. That is 14 points above the 34% average for public schools in San Mateo County.
Margaret Pauline Brown Elementary earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 43% of California public elementary schools.
Margaret Pauline Brown Elementary's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (45.0%) and its predicted rate (51.3%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of California schools.
The county, San Mateo County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $158,855, about 54% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. The county's public schools total 176, with about 82,403 students.
Westmoor High, about 0.4 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Margaret Pauline Brown Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 45.7%; Margaret Pauline Brown Elementary's is 45.0%, ranking 5th of 8.
For locale, NCES codes Margaret Pauline Brown Elementary as Suburb: Large.
The school's student count rose 9% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Students per teacher increased from 17.4 in 2020-21 to 21.8 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
Other schools in Daly City
- Westmoor HighHigh · 1,278 students
- Jefferson HighHigh · 1,072 students
- Fernando Rivera IntermediateMiddle · 588 students
- Thomas R. Pollicita MiddleMiddle · 558 students
- Summit Public School: ShastaHigh · 458 students
- Susan B. Anthony ElementaryElementary · 407 students
Nearby schools
- Westmoor High0.4 mi · 1,278
- Daniel Webster Elementary0.5 mi · 317
- Garden Village Elementary0.6 mi · 288
- Fernando Rivera Intermediate0.7 mi · 588
- Thomas Edison Elementary0.8 mi · 294
- Benjamin Franklin Intermediate0.8 mi · 497
Frequently asked questions
About Margaret Pauline Brown ElementaryHow many students attend Margaret Pauline Brown Elementary?
Margaret Pauline Brown Elementary enrolls approximately 303 students in grades KG-05.
Is Margaret Pauline Brown Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Margaret Pauline Brown Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Margaret Pauline Brown Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Margaret Pauline Brown Elementary is approximately 21.8:1 (14 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Margaret Pauline Brown Elementary?
At Margaret Pauline Brown Elementary, the student body is approximately 11% White, 37% Hispanic, 1% Black, 44% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Margaret Pauline Brown Elementary in?
Margaret Pauline Brown Elementary is part of Jefferson Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.