McKinley Institute of Technology

McKinley Institute of Technology operates as a small junior high in Redwood City, California, run under Redwood City Elementary. Current enrollment sits at 476 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 28% leaner than the state mean of about 659.

Redwood City Elementary comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 6,378 students; McKinley Institute of Technology is among them.

On demographics, McKinley Institute of Technology logs that nearly all students (96%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 2% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 92% of students at McKinley Institute of Technology qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, San Mateo County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, McKinley Institute of Technology tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 24.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 13.9%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for San Mateo County indicate the typical household earns roughly $158,855 per year, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. McKinley Institute of Technology is one of 176 public schools in San Mateo County (combined enrollment of about 82,403 students).

Nearest neighbor: North Star Academy, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), McKinley Institute of Technology ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 49.7%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at McKinley Institute of Technology has expanded 17%, going from 408 students in 2018 to 476 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 91% to 96%.

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