West Hillsborough

As a compact elementary campus in Hillsborough, California, West Hillsborough works with 275 students from grades K through 5, part of Hillsborough City Elementary. That puts it 41% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Across the 4 schools in Hillsborough City Elementary (1,239 students total), West Hillsborough accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, West Hillsborough lists that the largest single group is Asian at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 29% White, 18% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. By comparison, San Mateo County as a whole is about 31% Asian, so the school skews meaningfully more Asian than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, West Hillsborough logs 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 3% of students at West Hillsborough qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below San Mateo County's rate of about 34%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, West Hillsborough sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 78.0%; this one delivers 88.4%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (San Mateo County) records that the typical household earns roughly $158,855 per year, about 54% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across San Mateo County's 176 public schools (combined enrollment of about 82,403 students), West Hillsborough is one campus in the mix.

Crocker Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around West Hillsborough. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts West Hillsborough at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 68.1%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Over the past 7-year window. West Hillsborough's enrollment has decreased 26% since 2018, when it stood at 373 (now 275). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 43% to 29%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 21.9:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

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