McKinley Elementary

McKinley Elementary is one of the mid-sized elementary campuss in Burlingame, California, one of the schools within Burlingame Elementary, with 541 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Burlingame Elementary runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 3,376 students. McKinley Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, McKinley Elementary records that 33% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 25% White, 21% multiracial, 20% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 27.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 26% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of San Mateo County's rate of about 34%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), McKinley Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 64.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 67.0%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for San Mateo County put median household earnings sit near $158,855, 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), McKinley Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Burlingame High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts McKinley Elementary at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 71.4%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 551 students in 2018 compared to 541 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 47% to 25% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 32.4:1 in 2018 to 27.1:1 in 2025.

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