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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at Sandpiper Elementary?
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Enrollment
534
Elementary
DISTRICT 472 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELMONT-REDWOOD SHORES ELEMENTARY·NCES 060453007417
Sandpiper Elementary
801 Redwood Shores Pkwy., Redwood City, CA 94065 · (650) 631-5510 · San Mateo County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL534 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% of California public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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
22.9:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
55 students
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 103 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 31 | 6% |
| Grade 7 | 53 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 49 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (103) is 110% larger than its 8th grade class (49).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
75.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -4.6pp since 2014
Math
75.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -4.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 48.0% | 27.4% | 14.5% | 10.1% |
| Math | 52.2% | 23.6% | 16.0% | 8.2% |
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 | 75.4% | 75.8% |
| 2023-24 | 73.2% | 75.1% |
| 2022-23 | 70.1% | 68.3% |
| 2021-22 | 75.5% | 73.5% |
| 2020-21 | 79.6% | 78.9% |
| 2018-19 | 85.0% | 85.0% |
| 2017-18 | 81.0% | 86.8% |
| 2016-17 | 84.0% | 87.4% |
| 2015-16 | 83.0% | 84.0% |
| 2014-15 | 80.0% | 80.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
74.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Sandpiper Elementary
Sandpiper Elementary's state test result (74.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandpiper Elementary this school | 534 | 10.3% | 74.1% |
| Walt Disney Elementary San Ramon | 523 | 9.0% | 69.7% |
| Tassajara Hills Elementary Danville | 506 | 8.1% | 80.1% |
| Adobe Bluffs Elementary San Diego | 586 | 13.8% | 83.1% |
| Ohlone Elementary Palo Alto | 464 | 8.4% | 86.0% |
| Laurelwood Elementary Santa Clara | 571 | 11.2% | 80.5% |
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 Sandpiper Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Mateo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.1% | #460 of 5,151 | #29 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.8% | #388 of 5,172 ▲ 17 | #26 of 96 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.4% | #480 of 5,172 ▲ 67 | #23 of 96 ▲ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.1pp | #2,959 of 5,116 | #45 of 96 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 534 | #2,037 of 5,915 | #16 of 106 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.9:1 | #2,886 of 5,352 | #67 of 99 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.8% | #784 of 5,354 | #27 of 99 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.3% | #5,463 of 5,625 | #86 of 103 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.2% | #3,168 of 3,837 | #66 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
534
-58 (-10%) vs 2020
+22% since 2000-01, when it was 439
Student : Teacher
22.9:1
was 23.7:1
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 | 534 | 23.3 | 22.9:1 | 10% (55) |
| 2023-24 | 533 | 23 | 23.2:1 | 9% (50) |
| 2022-23 | 529 | 23 | 23.0:1 | 8% (44) |
| 2020-21 | 592 | 25 | 23.7:1 | 7% (41) |
| 2017-18 | 569 | 21 | 27.1:1 | 4% (24) |
| 2015-16 | 502 | 20 | 25.1:1 | 5% (23) |
| 2010-11 | 497 | N/A | N/A | 4% (20) |
| 2000-01 | 439 | 22 | 19.9:1 | 1% (3) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sandpiper Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (569 to 534); teachers up 11% (21 to 23.3).
About Sandpiper Elementary
Sandpiper Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary, located in Redwood City, California. Students in kindergarten through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 534 students.
Enrollment across the 7 schools in Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary totals 3,914 students.
Enrollment at Sandpiper Elementary is mixed, with Asian students the largest group at 46%. Beyond that, enrollment is 22% White, 18% multiracial, and 13% Hispanic. In San Mateo County overall, about 31% of residents are Asian. By the diversity index, Sandpiper Elementary comes in at 69%.
Federal data list 23.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at Sandpiper Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 22.9:1. Elementary schools in California average about 22.3:1, a similar figure. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 10%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in San Mateo County is 34%.
Sandpiper Elementary is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 74% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Sandpiper Elementary is within a point of its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (74.1% versus 73.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in California.
According to the American Community Survey, in 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 share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Sandpiper Elementary is one of 176 public schools in San Mateo County, which together enroll about 82,403 students.
The closest public school, Redwood Shores Elementary, is about 0.7 miles from Sandpiper Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 72.2%; Sandpiper Elementary's is 74.1%, ranking 4th of 7.
Locale data from NCES put Sandpiper Elementary inside a principal city with a population under 100,000 (City: Small).
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 10%, from 592 to 534.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Sandpiper Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary
- Ralston IntermediateMiddle · 1,082 students
- Nesbit ElementaryElementary · 566 students
- Cipriani ElementaryElementary · 471 students
- Central ElementaryElementary · 437 students
- Fox ElementaryElementary · 420 students
- Redwood Shores ElementaryElementary · 404 students
Other schools in Redwood City
- Sequoia HighHigh · 1,854 students
- John F. Kennedy MiddleMiddle · 808 students
- KIPP Excelencia Community PreparatoryElementary · 711 students
- Clifford ElementaryElementary · 698 students
- Hoover ElementaryElementary · 675 students
- Roy Cloud ElementaryElementary · 636 students
Other Sandpiper Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Sandpiper Elementary. Sandpiper Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- SANDPIPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSUNRISE, FL · 574 students
- Sandpiper Elementary SchoolSCOTTSDALE, AZ · 429 students
Nearby schools
- Redwood Shores Elementary0.7 mi · 404
- Design Tech High1.6 mi · 567
- Bowditch Middle1.6 mi · 929
- San Mateo County Special Education1.7 mi · 44
- Beach Park Elementary1.8 mi · 347
- Brewer Island Elementary2.1 mi · 306
Frequently asked questions
About Sandpiper ElementaryHow large is Sandpiper Elementary?
Sandpiper Elementary enrolls approximately 534 students in grades KG-08.
Is Sandpiper Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sandpiper Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sandpiper Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sandpiper Elementary is approximately 22.9:1 (23 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Sandpiper Elementary?
Sandpiper Elementary reports a student body of 22% White, 13% Hispanic, 1% Black, 46% Asian, 18% Two or more.
Is Sandpiper Elementary public or private?
Sandpiper Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.