Skyline Elementary

As an intimate elementary-level community in Daly City, California, Skyline Elementary caters to 366 students from grades K through 5, overseen by South San Francisco Unified. That puts it 21% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Within South San Francisco Unified, which oversees 15 schools and 7,644 students, Skyline Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Skyline Elementary logs that 58% of the student body identifies as Asian. Beyond that, the school logs 21% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 6% White, 2% Pacific Islander. The wider county runs roughly 31% Asian, putting the school's mix noticeably more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Skyline Elementary has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.9:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 39% of students at Skyline Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Skyline Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.0%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for San Mateo County put median household earnings sit near $158,855, roughly 54% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across San Mateo County's 176 public schools (combined enrollment of about 82,403 students), Skyline Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Westborough Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Skyline Elementary comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 53.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 14%: 424 students in 2018 compared to 366 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share shrank from 64% to 58%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 24.9:1 in 2018 to 22.9:1 today.

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