Summary:
Borel Middle is a public middle school located in San Mateo, California, serving grades 6-8 with a student population of 926. It is part of the San Mateo-Foster City School District, which is ranked 452 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Borel Middle's academic performance, as measured by Smarter Balanced Assessments, is generally lower than the district and state averages across various subjects and grade levels. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, the percentage of students proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy ranged from 40.93% (6th grade) to 56.79% (8th grade), compared to the district's 55.03% to 58.96% and the state's 45.82% to 47.04%. Similarly, in Mathematics, Borel Middle's proficiency rates ranged from 28.14% (6th grade) to 44.94% (8th grade), while the district and state had higher rates. Borel Middle's performance in Science, as measured by the CAST assessment, was also lower than the district and state averages. Additionally, the school has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 4.9% in 2017-2018 to 20.3% in 2022-2023, which is notably higher than the district's average of 11.7%.
Borel Middle's performance varies significantly across different student subgroups. Asian students at Borel Middle generally perform well, with rankings in the top 25% of California middle schools in recent years. In contrast, Hispanic and English Language Learner students at Borel Middle perform significantly below the state average, with rankings in the bottom 40% of California middle schools. The performance of other subgroups, such as White, Multi-racial, and Special Education students, falls somewhere in the middle, with rankings in the 40th to 60th percentile range. These disparities are not as pronounced in the higher-performing nearby schools, such as Central Middle, Bowditch Middle, and Ralston Intermediate, which consistently rank in the top 10-20% of California middle schools.
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Detail:
Public 6-8
District:
San Mateo-Foster City
SchoolDigger Rank:
752nd of 2,777 California Middle Schools
Per Pupil Expenditures: $7,232
Feeder schools for Borel Middle:
Student/teacher ratio: 18.3
Number of students: 926
Racial breakdown:
Hispanic:
47.6%
White:
23.3%
Asian:
15.9%
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Two or more races:
11.7%
Pacific Islander:
1.0%
African American:
0.5%
Free/discounted lunch recipients: 30.9%
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