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Belmont, California - 7 schools
An equity score of 32/100 ranks Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary #1198 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,913 per pupil, Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary ranks #1225 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,945
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$13,913
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary operates 7 public schools serving 3,945 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 6 elementary, 1 middle schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in San Mateo County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,913 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 26.2% local, 69.2% state, and 4.6% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 32/100, ranked #1198 of 1517 in California against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 703.5:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 42.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 40.3% Asian, 26.0% White, 13.5% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Nesbit Elementary, with a diversity index of 75.9/100.
Its largest campus is Ralston Intermediate, enrolling 1,082 students (28% of the district's total enrollment).
Ralston Intermediate accounts for 27.4% of all Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: middle. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary school enrollment varies 2.7× across entities
Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary school enrollment ranges from 404 students (lowest) to 1,082 students (highest), a spread of 678 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary student-counselor ratio is 704:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 42.1% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Comparisons are relative to Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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