Sandpiper Elementary

Sandpiper Elementary is a moderately sized elementary school in Redwood City, California, operated by Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary. The school hosts 534 students in grades K through 8.

Within Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary, which oversees 7 schools and 3,914 students, Sandpiper Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Sandpiper Elementary lists that the most-represented group is Asian (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 22% White, 18% multiracial, 13% Hispanic. By comparison, San Mateo County as a whole is about 31% Asian, so the school skews considerably more Asian than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 10% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of San Mateo County's rate of about 34%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Sandpiper Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 73.4%; this one delivers 73.7%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (San Mateo County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $158,855 per year, roughly 54% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, San Mateo County runs 176 public schools (combined enrollment of about 82,403 students), of which Sandpiper Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Redwood Shores Elementary, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sandpiper Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sandpiper Elementary at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 72.8%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 6%: 569 students in 2018 compared to 534 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 35% to 22% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 27.1:1 in 2018 to 22.9:1 today.

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