Enrollment
370
Elementary
DISTRICT 389 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED·NCES 063753009197
Martin Elementary
35 School St., South San Francisco, CA 94080 · (650) 877-3955 · San Mateo County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL370 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 3% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
22.4:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
258 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 44 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
17.6%
CA avg 49.1% . -7.4pp since 2014
Math
16.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -12.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 7 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 5.2% | 12.4% | 23.3% | 59.1% |
| Math | 2.6% | 14.0% | 22.8% | 60.6% |
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 | 17.6% | 16.6% |
| 2023-24 | 30.4% | 21.7% |
| 2022-23 | 34.1% | 23.2% |
| 2021-22 | 32.1% | 22.1% |
| 2020-21 | 22.2% | 13.4% |
| 2018-19 | 31.3% | 33.5% |
| 2017-18 | 25.6% | 26.9% |
| 2016-17 | 29.0% | 34.5% |
| 2015-16 | 28.0% | 38.0% |
| 2014-15 | 25.0% | 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
21.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 39% 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 Martin Elementary
Martin Elementary's state test result (21.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Elementary this school | 370 | 69.7% | 21.4% |
| Bayside STEAM Academy Imperial Beach | 362 | 70.7% | 27.8% |
| Los Altos Elementary Hacienda Heights | 391 | 67.0% | 47.5% |
| Finney (Myrtle S.) Elementary San Diego | 396 | 72.5% | 31.8% |
| Buena Vista Arts-Integrated Montclair | 369 | 68.8% | 59.3% |
| Grant Elementary San Jose | 383 | 69.7% | 11.6% |
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 Martin Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Mateo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.4% | #4,445 of 5,151 | #84 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.6% | #4,607 of 5,172 ▼ 616 | #86 of 96 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.6% | #4,964 of 5,172 ▼ 1,222 | #90 of 96 ▼ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -10.0pp | #137 of 5,116 | #7 of 96 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 370 | #4,057 of 5,915 | #50 of 106 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.4:1 | #2,537 of 5,352 | #56 of 99 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.6% | #3,969 of 5,354 | #89 of 99 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.7% | #2,972 of 5,625 | #15 of 103 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.7% | #2,474 of 3,837 | #52 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
370
-15 (-4%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 448
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
was 21.4:1
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 | 370 | 16.5 | 22.4:1 | 70% (258) |
| 2023-24 | 382 | 19 | 20.1:1 | 72% (275) |
| 2022-23 | 383 | 18 | 21.3:1 | 56% (216) |
| 2020-21 | 385 | 18 | 21.4:1 | 63% (242) |
| 2017-18 | 419 | 18.6 | 22.5:1 | 80% (334) |
| 2015-16 | 436 | 19 | 22.9:1 | 77% (334) |
| 2010-11 | 398 | N/A | N/A | 85% (339) |
| 2000-01 | 430 | 23 | 18.7:1 | 58% (249) |
| 1990-91 | 448 | 16 | 28.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Martin Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (419 to 370); teachers down 11% (18.6 to 16.5).
About Martin Elementary
Martin Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school. Its address is in South San Francisco, California. The student body numbers 370 students, from kindergarten through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in California) has about 465 students.
South San Francisco Unified enrolls 7,644 students, and its 15 schools include Martin Elementary.
Most students at Martin Elementary are Hispanic: 84% of enrollment. Other groups make up 6% Asian, 4% multiracial, 3% Native American, and 2% White. San Mateo County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Martin Elementary has a diversity index of 30%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal data list 16.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Martin Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 22.4:1. Elementary schools in California have a similar average ratio of 22.3:1. The lunch program counts 70% of students at Martin Elementary as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is higher than the 34% average for public schools in San Mateo County.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Martin Elementary receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Martin Elementary falls short of its prediction by 17.3 points. The model expects 38.7% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in California; the school's rate is 21.4%.
Within San Mateo County, median household income is about $158,855, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 54% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Federal data list 176 public schools in San Mateo County, with a combined enrollment of about 82,403.
Spruce Elementary is the public school closest to Martin Elementary, about 0.5 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Martin Elementary is 7th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Small.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 385 to 370. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 21.4:1; by 2024-25 it was 22.4:1.
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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 South San Francisco Unified
- South San Francisco HighHigh · 1,239 students
- El Camino HighHigh · 1,053 students
- Alta Loma MiddleMiddle · 652 students
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- Parkway Heights MiddleMiddle · 573 students
- Monte Verde ElementaryElementary · 517 students
Other schools in South San Francisco
- South San Francisco HighHigh · 1,239 students
- El Camino HighHigh · 1,053 students
- Alta Loma MiddleMiddle · 652 students
- Buri Buri ElementaryElementary · 584 students
- Parkway Heights MiddleMiddle · 573 students
- Westborough MiddleMiddle · 498 students
Other Martin Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 7 states are named Martin Elementary. Martin Elementary is the 10th largest of the 12.
- Martin ElementarySanta Ana, CA · 443 students
- Martin Elementary SchoolLake in the Hills, IL · 776 students
- Martin Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 654 students
- Martin Elementary SchoolFlowery Branch, GA · 628 students
- Martin Elementary SchoolWEATHERFORD, TX · 547 students
Nearby schools
- Spruce Elementary0.5 mi · 384
- Parkway Heights Middle0.9 mi · 573
- Los Cerritos Elementary1.3 mi · 304
- Brisbane Elementary1.3 mi · 207
- South San Francisco High1.4 mi · 1,239
- Sunshine Gardens Elementary1.5 mi · 329
Frequently asked questions
About Martin ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Martin Elementary?
Martin Elementary enrolls approximately 370 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Martin Elementary serve?
Martin Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Martin Elementary?
Approximately 22.4:1 students per teacher at Martin Elementary.
How diverse is Martin Elementary?
Martin Elementary reports a student body of 2% White, 84% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Martin Elementary in?
Martin Elementary is part of South San Francisco Unified.
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