Is El Granada Elementary a good school?

El Granada Elementary ranks 2815 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend El Granada Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 335 students attended El Granada Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of El Granada Elementary?

Students at El Granada Elementary are 51% Hispanic, 41% White, 5% Two or more races, 3% Asian.

What schools do graduates of El Granada Elementary attend?

Students who attend El Granada Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Manuel F. Cunha Intermediate High : Half Moon Bay High

El Granada Elementary

Summary:

El Granada Elementary is a public elementary school located in Half Moon Bay, California, serving grades K-5 with a total enrollment of 318 students. It is part of the Cabrillo Unified School District, which is ranked 636 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

El Granada Elementary faces challenges in academic performance, particularly in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science, with proficiency rates below the Cabrillo Unified district and the state of California averages across various grade levels and subject areas. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, the percentage of students proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy at the end-of-course level was 44.22% for El Granada, compared to 41.63% for the district and 47.04% for the state. Similarly, in Mathematics, the end-of-course proficiency rate for El Granada was 35.37%, compared to 31.55% for the district and 35.54% for the state. The school's performance in Science, as measured by the CAST assessment, is also below the district and state averages. Additionally, El Granada Elementary has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism rates, from 7.4% in 2018-2019 to 25.8% in 2021-2022, which is notably higher than the nearby Farallone View Elementary (18.3%) and Alvin S. Hatch Elementary (28.7%) within the same district.

Comparisons to nearby schools within the Burlingame Elementary and Hillsborough City Elementary districts, such as Hoover Elementary and North Hillsborough, highlight the need for targeted interventions and support to improve El Granada Elementary's academic outcomes, as these schools significantly outperform El Granada Elementary in academic achievement.

Detail:

Public K-5

400 Santiago St.
Half Moon Bay, CA 94019-5003

(650) 712-7150

District: Cabrillo Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
2815^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $6,512

Students who attend El Granada Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Manuel F. Cunha Intermediate
High:	Half Moon Bay High

Student/teacher ratio: 22.3

Number of students: 335

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

51.0%

White:

40.9%

Two or more races:

5.1%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 35.2%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details El Granada Elementary ranks better than 52% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 2^nd among 3 ranked elementary schools in the Cabrillo Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 45.65. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (51%), White (40.9%), two or more races (5.1%). (See more...)

Compare Details 35.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at El Granada Elementary is 22.3, which is the 2^nd best among 3 elementary schools in the Cabrillo Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare El Granada Elementary employs 15 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at El Granada Elementary is $6,512, which is the 2^nd highest among 3 elementary schools in the Cabrillo Unified School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

El Granada Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks El Granada Elementary 2815^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See El Granada Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Cabrillo Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Cabrillo Unified 636^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for El Granada Elementary

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Rank History for all students at El Granada Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	54.71	1935^th	4809	59.8%
2005	62.18	1651^st	4822	65.8%
2006	59.00	1783^rd	4818	63.0%
2007	55.08	2058^th	5113	59.7%
2008	63.85	1695^th	5113	66.8%
2009	67.29	1577^th	5193	69.6%
2010	48.28	2670^th	5314	49.8%
2011	47.98	2724^th	5377	49.3%
2012	37.72	3413^th	5390	36.7%
2013	45.83	2939^th	5530	46.9%
2015	45.28	2722^nd	5611	51.5%
2016	34.91	3416^th	5614	39.2%
2017	36.25	3351^st	5692	41.1%
2018	53.23	2371^st	5662	58.1%
2019	57.94	2179^th	5789	62.4%
2022	41.83	2968^th	5883	49.5%
2023	43.46	2920^th	5874	50.3%
2024	45.65	2815^th	5862	52.0%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at El Granada Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	43.25	1601^st	3246	50.7%
2019	47.87	1352^nd	3275	58.7%
2022	48.32	1294^th	3311	60.9%
2023	39.76	1842^nd	3250	43.3%
2024	29.65	2575^th	3160	18.5%

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Rank History for Special Education students at El Granada Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	37.30	1306^th	2420	46.0%
2024	27.85	1949^th	2634	26.0%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at El Granada Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	40.96	2950^th	5084	42.0%
2019	47.56	2573^rd	5173	50.3%
2022	32.40	3637^th	5264	30.9%
2023	29.90	3907^th	5374	27.3%
2024	29.36	4006^th	5511	27.3%

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Rank History for Female students at El Granada Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	55.35	2215^th	5413	59.1%
2019	69.94	1498^th	5492	72.7%
2022	41.58	2901^st	5635	48.5%
2023	41.21	2951^st	5617	47.5%
2024	40.74	3002^nd	5605	46.4%

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Rank History for Disabled students at El Granada Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	51.68	930^th	2585	64.0%

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Rank History for Male students at El Granada Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	50.38	2427^th	5431	55.3%
2019	45.62	2696^th	5510	51.1%
2022	43.01	2830^th	5663	50.0%
2023	46.43	2659^th	5650	52.9%
2024	50.08	2455^th	5636	56.4%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at El Granada Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	39.96	2872^nd	4830	40.5%
2019	43.08	2751^st	4963	44.6%
2022	39.22	2956^th	5084	41.9%
2023	31.69	3575^th	5098	29.9%
2024	31.28	3642^nd	5102	28.6%

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Rank History for White students at El Granada Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	57.52	1279^th	2737	53.3%
2019	62.87	1102^nd	2834	61.1%
2022	41.99	1677^th	2726	38.5%
2023	56.29	1251^st	2662	53.0%
2024	48.62	1451^st	2647	45.2%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for El Granada Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	331	1	8	6	2	n/a	n/a	0	348
1989	354	1	14	13	0	n/a	n/a	0	382
1990	359	0	11	31	0	n/a	n/a	0	401
1991	366	0	12	39	0	n/a	n/a	0	417
1992	386	4	18	112	9	n/a	n/a	0	529
1993	380	3	19	131	8	n/a	n/a	0	541
1994	408	6	15	131	7	n/a	n/a	0	567
1995	400	4	24	145	6	n/a	n/a	0	579
1996	400	4	24	145	6	n/a	n/a	0	579
1997	400	4	17	161	5	n/a	n/a	0	587
1998	352	3	17	164	3	n/a	n/a	0	539
1999	348	3	19	178	3	n/a	n/a	0	551
2000	314	1	17	198	2	n/a	n/a	6	538
2001	290	0	13	206	1	n/a	n/a	3	513
2002	201	1	22	211	0	n/a	n/a	16	451
2003	201	1	22	211	0	n/a	n/a	16	451
2004	196	0	19	214	5	n/a	n/a	18	452
2005	195	2	15	270	0	n/a	n/a	23	505
2006	204	4	18	299	0	n/a	n/a	4	529
2007	169	5	16	303	1	n/a	n/a	7	501
2008	164	8	18	305	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	495
2009	174	10	14	301	0	2	6	0	507
2010	203	8	13	273	0	2	1	0	500
2011	160	7	15	299	1	2	4	0	488
2012	169	5	12	320	1	1	7	0	515
2013	160	4	11	319	2	2	14	0	512
2014	145	2	13	313	2	2	22	0	499
2015	146	2	11	305	1	1	24	0	490
2016	131	1	9	289	0	1	28	0	459
2017	130	1	11	265	0	3	20	0	430
2018	127	1	10	250	0	2	14	0	404
2019	150	1	6	233	0	2	17	0	409
2020	128	0	3	224	0	1	15	0	371
2021	110	0	2	211	0	1	14	0	338
2022	107	0	2	185	0	1	13	0	308
2023	111	0	5	182	0	1	19	0	318
2024	137	0	10	171	0	0	17	0	335

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at El Granada Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	348	15.0	23.2	n/a
1989	382	16.0	23.8	n/a
1990	401	17.0	23.5	n/a
1991	417	17.0	24.5	n/a
1992	529	17.3	30.5	20.2
1993	541	19.1	28.3	19.2
1994	567	20.3	27.9	24
1995	579	22.4	25.8	24.9
1996	579	22.4	25.8	24.9
1997	587	28.5	20.6	26.1
1998	539	30.0	18.0	27.5
1999	551	27.8	19.8	25
2000	538	28.3	19.0	24.2
2001	513	27.2	18.9	28.4
2002	451	26.0	17.3	36.1
2003	451	26.0	17.3	36.1
2004	452	23.0	19.7	38.5
2005	505	26.6	19.0	43.8
2006	529	28.0	18.9	47
2007	501	27.0	18.6	51.2
2008	495	29.0	17.1	55.8
2009	507	28.0	17.5	54
2010	500	27.0	18.5	57.2
2011	488	n/a	n/a	63.3
2012	515	21.0	24.5	n/a
2013	512	21.5	23.8	55.5
2014	499	21.0	23.7	47.9
2015	490	22.0	22.2	49.4
2016	459	22.0	20.8	53.4
2017	430	18.5	23.2	52.1
2018	404	18.0	22.4	48.8
2019	409	17.0	24.0	41.1
2020	371	n/a	n/a	48.5
2021	338	14.1	23.8	46.4
2022	308	15.1	20.3	43.8
2023	318	17.5	18.1	37.4
2024	335	15.0	22.3	35.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio El Granada Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	348	15.0	23.2	n/a
1989	382	16.0	23.8	n/a
1990	401	17.0	23.5	n/a
1991	417	17.0	24.5	n/a
1992	529	17.3	30.5	20.2
1993	541	19.1	28.3	19.2
1994	567	20.3	27.9	24
1995	579	22.4	25.8	24.9
1996	579	22.4	25.8	24.9
1997	587	28.5	20.6	26.1
1998	539	30.0	18.0	27.5
1999	551	27.8	19.8	25
2000	538	28.3	19.0	24.2
2001	513	27.2	18.9	28.4
2002	451	26.0	17.3	36.1
2003	451	26.0	17.3	36.1
2004	452	23.0	19.7	38.5
2005	505	26.6	19.0	43.8
2006	529	28.0	18.9	47
2007	501	27.0	18.6	51.2
2008	495	29.0	17.1	55.8
2009	507	28.0	17.5	54
2010	500	27.0	18.5	57.2
2011	488	n/a	n/a	63.3
2012	515	21.0	24.5	n/a
2013	512	21.5	23.8	55.5
2014	499	21.0	23.7	47.9
2015	490	22.0	22.2	49.4
2016	459	22.0	20.8	53.4
2017	430	18.5	23.2	52.1
2018	404	18.0	22.4	48.8
2019	409	17.0	24.0	41.1
2020	371	n/a	n/a	48.5
2021	338	14.1	23.8	46.4
2022	308	15.1	20.3	43.8
2023	318	17.5	18.1	37.4
2024	335	15.0	22.3	35.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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