Enrollment
126
Elementary
DISTRICT 96 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LA HONDA-PESCADERO UNIFIED·NCES 062022002422
Pescadero Elementary and Middle
620 North St., Pescadero, CA 94060 · (650) 879-0332 · San Mateo County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL126 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 28% of California public elementary schools
- B-Test 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.
- BThree-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
13.1:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
53 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 | 23 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 14 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 9 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 13 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 6 | 5% |
| Grade 5 | 9 | 7% |
| Grade 6 | 9 | 7% |
| Grade 7 | 25 | 20% |
| Grade 8 | 18 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (23) is 28% larger than its 8th grade class (18).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Pescadero Elementary and Middle→Pescadero High
Based on grade levels within La Honda-Pescadero Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
50.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +23.0pp since 2014
Math
28.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 23 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 7.7% | 42.3% | 25.6% | 24.4% |
| Math | 10.3% | 17.9% | 39.7% | 32.0% |
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 | 50.0% | 28.2% |
| 2023-24 | 41.1% | 21.9% |
| 2022-23 | 26.8% | 17.1% |
| 2021-22 | 42.0% | 26.3% |
| 2018-19 | 31.9% | 18.1% |
| 2017-18 | 36.7% | 16.7% |
| 2016-17 | 39.5% | 22.6% |
| 2015-16 | 41.0% | 29.0% |
| 2014-15 | 27.0% | 26.0% |
% 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
36.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 55% 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 Pescadero Elementary and Middle
Pescadero Elementary and Middle's state test result (36.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pescadero Elementary and Middle this school | 126 | 42.1% | 36.2% |
| Mission Elementary Soledad | 130 | 36.9% | 43.2% |
| Empower Language Academy San Diego | 153 | 50.3% | N/A |
| Outside Creek Elementary Visalia | 125 | 54.4% | 44.9% |
| Buena Vista Elementary Tulare | 180 | 52.2% | 41.1% |
| Fairsite Elementary Galt | 160 | 46.9% | N/A |
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 Pescadero Elementary and Middle ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Mateo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.2% | #2,847 of 5,151 | #75 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.2% | #3,399 of 5,172 ▲ 559 | #80 of 96 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #2,031 of 5,172 ▲ 590 | #60 of 96 ▲ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.0pp | #1,654 of 5,116 | #23 of 96 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 126 | #5,576 of 5,915 | #102 of 106 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.1% | #4,253 of 5,625 | #40 of 103 |
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
126
-1 (-1%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 163
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 126 | 9.7 | 13.1:1 | 42% (53) |
| 2023-24 | 119 | 9.2 | 12.9:1 | 50% (59) |
| 2022-23 | 123 | 8.5 | 14.4:1 | 42% (52) |
| 2020-21 | 127 | 10 | 12.7:1 | 51% (65) |
| 2017-18 | 157 | 11.6 | 13.6:1 | 59% (92) |
| 2015-16 | 168 | 12 | 14.0:1 | 58% (97) |
| 2010-11 | 81 | N/A | N/A | 96% (78) |
| 2000-01 | 200 | 13 | 15.4:1 | 58% (116) |
| 1990-91 | 163 | 8 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pescadero Elementary and Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (157 to 126); teachers down 17% (11.6 to 9.7).
About Pescadero Elementary and Middle
Pescadero Elementary and Middle is a public elementary school run by La Honda-Pescadero Unified in Pescadero, California. Students in kindergarten through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 126 students. Elementary schools in California average about 465 students, which makes this school 73% below average.
Pescadero Elementary and Middle is a school in La Honda-Pescadero Unified. The district has 3 schools and 272 students.
The share of Hispanic students at Pescadero Elementary and Middle is 79%, a majority. The remaining students are 18% White. Census figures show San Mateo County is about 25% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 34, compared with 70 nationally.
Pescadero Elementary and Middle reported 9.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 13.1:1. Elementary schools in California average 22.3:1, 9.2 more students per teacher than here. There are 53 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 42% of enrollment.
On the allk12 Grade, Pescadero Elementary and Middle lands at C, ahead of 28% of California public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Pescadero Elementary and Middle posts 36.2% against a 54.9% prediction, a bottom-10% result in California.
For San Mateo County, Census Bureau data show 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 has 176 public schools and about 82,403 students.
Among nearby public schools, Pescadero High is closest at about 1.0 miles. Pescadero Elementary and Middle is one of several public schools in the area, with 2 others within ten miles. The school's 36.2% average proficiency ranks 7th among 9 nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Distant, meaning it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment went from 127 in 2020-21 to 126 in 2024-25, a change of 1 student.
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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 La Honda-Pescadero Unified
- Pescadero HighHigh · 81 students
- La Honda ElementaryElementary · 65 students
Nearby schools
- Pescadero High1.0 mi · 81
- La Honda Elementary7.2 mi · 65
- Kings Mountain Elementary11.7 mi · 46
- Corte Madera12.0 mi · 252
- Ormondale Elementary12.3 mi · 243
- Woodside Elementary13.5 mi · 385
Frequently asked questions
About Pescadero Elementary and MiddleHow large is Pescadero Elementary and Middle?
Pescadero Elementary and Middle enrolls approximately 126 students in grades KG-08.
Is Pescadero Elementary and Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pescadero Elementary and Middle is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at Pescadero Elementary and Middle?
Approximately 13.1:1 students per teacher at Pescadero Elementary and Middle.
How diverse is Pescadero Elementary and Middle?
Pescadero Elementary and Middle reports a student body of 18% White, 79% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Pescadero Elementary and Middle?
Pescadero Elementary and Middle is overseen by La Honda-Pescadero Unified in San Mateo County.
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