North Star Academy

North Star Academy is one of the tight-knit middle schools in Redwood City, California, one of the schools within Redwood City Elementary, with 527 students on its rolls from grades 3 through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so North Star Academy sits 20% below that benchmark.

Within Redwood City Elementary, which oversees 12 schools and 6,378 students, North Star Academy is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, North Star Academy shows that the most-represented group is White (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 20% Asian, 17% multiracial, 13% Hispanic. By comparison, San Mateo County as a whole is about 38% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, North Star Academy has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 25.9:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 9% of students at North Star Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, San Mateo County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, North Star Academy sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 74.3%; actual is 95.2%, +20.9 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, the surrounding county (San Mateo County) logs that median household earnings sit near $158,855, about 54% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. North Star Academy is one of 176 public schools in San Mateo County (combined enrollment of about 82,403 students).

Nearest neighbor: McKinley Institute of Technology, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around North Star Academy. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), North Star Academy ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 33.4%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 7-year window. North Star Academy's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 536 (now 527). Hispanic enrollment moved from 19% to 13% across the same window.

On this page, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.