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Redwood City, California - 5 schools
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District-Level NCES Analysis
San Mateo County Office of Education operates 5 public schools serving 89 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 combined 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.
The funding mix is 69.7% local, 19.6% state, and 10.7% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
a 105:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 38.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 70.3% Hispanic or Latino, 11.8% Asian, 6.3% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is San Mateo County Special Education, with a diversity index of 63.1/100.
Its largest campus is San Mateo County Special Education, enrolling 44 students (51% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Margaret J. Kemp, at 7 students, a 6x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
San Mateo County Special Education accounts for 49.4% of all San Mateo County Office of Education student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of San Mateo County Office of Education a distant remainder — means San Mateo County Office of Education-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
San Mateo County Office of Education school enrollment varies 6.3× across entities
San Mateo County Office of Education school enrollment ranges from 7 students (lowest) to 44 students (highest), a spread of 37 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.
San Mateo County Office of Education student-counselor ratio is 105:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 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.
San Mateo County Office of Education chronic absenteeism rate is 38.9% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Comparisons are relative to San Mateo County Office of Education's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in San Mateo County Office of Education?
San Mateo County Office of Education has 5 schools, including 5 combined. Total enrollment is 89 students.
What is the demographic composition of San Mateo County Office of Education?
San Mateo County Office of Education students are 70.3% Hispanic or Latino, 11.8% Asian, 6.3% African American, 5.1% White, averaged across 5 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.