Middle · California

Borel Middle

Free meals for all

Borel Middle, a public middle school in San Mateo, California: grades 6–8, 903 students, 19.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of San Mateo-Foster City.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 903
Teachers (FTE): 47.1
Students per teacher: 19.2
Grades: 6–8; Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 70% of middle schools in California

Median 21.0 · 1,371 schools compared

More students per teacher than 84% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Larger than 78% of middle schools in California

Median 644 · 1,373 schools compared

Larger than 86% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on California's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

California: 47%

48%proficient

−2.6 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 59% of middle schools in California

Median 43% · 1,351 middle schools compared

869 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

California: 38%

38%proficient

Unchanged from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 66% of middle schools in California

Median 29% · 1,351 middle schools compared

880 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades: Middle · Grades 6–8
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Midsize city
Run by: San Mateo-Foster City

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with San Mateo-Foster City.

Location

Address: 425 Barneson Ave., San Mateo, CA 94402
Phone: (650)312-7670
City or town: San Mateo
County: San Mateo County

Website Quality of life in San Mateo Schools in San Mateo

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Abbott MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	721	17.9	41%	29%	1.5 mi
Crocker Middle	6–8	446	13.8	82%	81%	2.6 mi
Ralston Intermediate	6–8	1,082	20.1	88%	85%	2.7 mi
Tierra Linda Middle	6–8	451	20.2	87%	78%	3.5 mi
Bowditch MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	929	21.2	75%	73%	4.1 mi
Burlingame Intermediate	6–8	1,115	21.4	74%	68%	4.4 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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