An equity score of 27/100 ranks Burlingame Elementary #1315 of 1526 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,474 per pupil, Burlingame Elementary ranks #1282 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,284
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$15,474
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Burlingame Elementary operates 7 public schools serving 3,284 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 $15,474 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 34.6% local, 62.1% state, and 3.3% 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 27/100, ranked #1315 of 1526 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 671.6:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 9.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 33.3% Asian, 32.0% White, 16.7% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Mckinley Elementary, with a diversity index of 74.1/100.
Its largest campus is Burlingame Intermediate, enrolling 1,115 students (33% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Hoover Elementary, at 227 students, a 5x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Burlingame Intermediate accounts for 33.0% of all Burlingame Elementary student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Burlingame Elementary-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: middle. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Burlingame Elementary school enrollment varies 4.9× across entities
Burlingame Elementary school enrollment ranges from 227 students (lowest) to 1,115 students (highest), a spread of 888 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.
Burlingame Elementary student-counselor ratio is 672:1 — 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.
Burlingame Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 9.0% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.