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Redwood City Elementary

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At a glance

669^thof 1,530 California districts▲ 56

Better than 56% of California districts

Elementary 9 Middle 3Grades K-8

750 Bradford St.
Redwood City, CA 94063-1727·(650) 482-2200·All California district rankings →

Statewide performance 2017–2026

2026: better than 56.3% of districts

Schools

6,378

Students

5-star school

Top rankedNorth Star Academy4^th of 2,740 California middle schools

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Biggest riser

Taft Elementary up 842 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Roy Cloud Elementary 18.8 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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Summary:

Redwood City Elementary includes 12 schools—nine elementary and three middle schools—serving 6,378 students across elementary and middle grades. Results vary sharply from school to school, and SchoolDigger rates the district 2 stars, at the 48th percentile. The most important finding for families is that the area has no single, consistent achievement level: the gap between the highest- and lowest-scoring schools ranges from 78 to 87 percentage points across the three subjects.

North Star Academy leads all three subjects, with 93% proficiency in ELA, 93% in math, and 92% in science. It is ahead of the next-highest school by 26 points in ELA, 27 in math, and 44 in science. Orion Alternative is second in ELA and math, while Roy Cloud Elementary is second in science. At the lower end, Garfield Elementary has 16% ELA, 20% math, and 4% science proficiency; Hoover Elementary has 18%, 12%, and 10%, respectively. Taft Elementary also has low science proficiency at 8%, and McKinley Institute of Technology is low in math at 11%.

The average school result rose from 2024–25 to 2025–26 by 1 point in ELA, 4 in math, and 2 in science. But science fell further behind the state: the gap widened by about 2 points, while the math gap narrowed by about 3. SchoolDigger’s 2025–26 rankings also highlight a wide spread, with North Star at the 100th percentile and Hoover at the 2nd; from 2023–24, Roosevelt rose 14 percentile points and McKinley rose 12. For context, the schools report free/reduced lunch eligible figures for 2024–25 ranging from 9% at North Star to 97% at Hoover; these are observations, not explanations for achievement. Student-teacher ratios range from 18.8 at Roy Cloud to 25.9 at North Star, so neither this measure nor enrollment alone tells families what results to expect.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CAST Science (2026)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2026)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)							Vaccination (2024-25)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Vaccination: Kindergartners with all required immunizations	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Clifford Elementary	Public	K-8	225 Clifford Ave.	Redwood City	94062	San Mateo County	Redwood City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 482-2402	698	34	20.7	50.3%	257 (36.8%)	3 (0.4%)	318 (45.6%)	54 (7.7%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.6%)	61 (8.7%)	64.4	1859^th of 5817 public elementary schools	68.0%		69.3	1632^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	72.1%	227	32.3	42.6	37.4	50.0	61.8	43.6	57.6	43.1	57.4	52.5	48.5	59.2	54.8	36.4	36.9	59.0	49.3	98%	0%	$22,869	$2,667	$20,202
Roy Cloud Elementary	Public	K-8	3790 Red Oak Way	Redwood City	94061	San Mateo County	Redwood City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 482-2414	636	34	18.8	14.5%	359 (56.4%)	2 (0.3%)	141 (22.2%)	58 (9.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	76 (11.9%)	78.5	1196^th of 5817 public elementary schools	79.4%		76.6	1305^th of 5857 public elementary schools	77.7%	109	34.5	62.0	47.2	60.3	60.3	64.4	63.0	78.7	70.0	65.7	72.4	66.7	55.2	48.0	63.9	62.0	61.1	≥ 99%		$23,347	$2,460	$20,887
Garfield Elementary	Public	K-5	3600 Middlefield Rd.	Menlo Park	94025	San Mateo County	Redwood City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 482-2405	280	14	20.1	94.6%	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	273 (97.5%)	4 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	11.4	5514^th of 5817 public elementary schools	5.2%		10.9	5576^th of 5857 public elementary schools	4.8%	62	4.4		4.4	9.5	19.5	17.8				15.6	23.8	26.8	11.1				20.3	≥ 95%		$28,343	$3,032	$25,311
Henry Ford Elementary	Public	K-5	2498 Massachusetts Ave.	Redwood City	94061	San Mateo County	Redwood City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 482-2404	445	23	19.6	66.1%	95 (21.3%)	2 (0.4%)	292 (65.6%)	19 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.5%)	26 (5.8%)	60.3	2063^rd of 5817 public elementary schools	64.5%		52	2497^th of 5857 public elementary schools	57.4%	434	31.8		31.8	53.1	45.8	60.3				53.2	59.4	39.0	41.3				46.8	97%	0%	$24,732	$2,753	$21,979
Hoover Elementary	Public	K-8	701 Charter St.	Redwood City	94063	San Mateo County	Redwood City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 482-2408	675	33	20.4	96.7%	11 (1.6%)	1 (0.1%)	646 (95.7%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.5%)	3 (0.4%)	7.5	5716^th of 5817 public elementary schools	1.7%		12.1	5498^th of 5857 public elementary schools	6.1%	218	10.8	10.3	10.5	8.8	8.7	18.8	15.3	24.7	28.2	17.8	17.4	8.7	10.8	5.6	15.6	14.1	12.1	97%	0%	$23,482	$2,675	$20,807
John F. Kennedy Middle	Public	6-8	2521 Goodwin Ave.	Redwood City	93239	San Mateo County	Redwood City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 482-2409	808	41	19.9	67.5%	113 (14.0%)	10 (1.2%)	623 (77.1%)	25 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.7%)	31 (3.8%)	55.6	1044^th of 2740 public middle schools	61.9%		49	1204^th of 2761 public middle schools	56.4%	160		31.7	31.7				45.4	53.3	60.4	52.8				41.4	28.5	38.6	35.9			$23,573	$2,724	$20,849
McKinley Institute of Technology	Public	6-8	400 Duane St.	Redwood City	94062	San Mateo County	Redwood City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 482-2410	476	21	22.2	92.2%	10 (2.1%)	2 (0.4%)	457 (96.0%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	20.4	2203^rd of 2740 public middle schools	19.6%		15	2440^th of 2761 public middle schools	11.6%	237		28.7	28.7				23.2	28.8	35.2	30.1				6.3	10.1	13.9	10.8			$23,530	$2,627	$20,903
Roosevelt Elementary	Public	K-5	2223 Vera Ave.	Redwood City	94061	San Mateo County	Redwood City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 482-2413	382	20	19.1	69.1%	63 (16.5%)	1 (0.3%)	277 (72.5%)	12 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.3%)	24 (6.3%)	27.1	4220^th of 5817 public elementary schools	27.5%		20	4828^th of 5857 public elementary schools	17.6%	608	25.0		25.0	21.3	27.8	37.7				29.6	37.5	34.0	18.6				29.4	≥ 98%		$26,454	$3,094	$23,360
Adelante Selby Spanish Immersion	Public	K-5	170 Selby Ln.	Atherton	94027	San Mateo County	Redwood City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 482-2415	582	23	25.3	60.1%	80 (13.7%)	3 (0.5%)	474 (81.4%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	20 (3.4%)	54.5	2356^th of 5817 public elementary schools	59.5%		53.4	2400^th of 5857 public elementary schools	59.0%	44	36.3		36.3	48.8	47.7	52.5				49.6	46.3	52.8	22.5				41.0	≥ 99%		$22,822	$2,413	$20,409
Taft Elementary	Public	K-5	903 Tenth Ave.	Redwood City	94063	San Mateo County	Redwood City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 482-2416	357	17	21.0	93.8%	5 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	337 (94.4%)	6 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.7%)	3 (0.8%)	22	4639^th of 5817 public elementary schools	20.3%		12.3	5481^st of 5857 public elementary schools	6.4%	842	8.3		8.3	15.1	37.2	18.8				22.9	47.2	31.8	6.4				29.2	96%	0%	$30,864	$3,864	$27,000
North Star Academy	Public	3-8	400 Duane St.	Redwood City	94062	San Mateo County	Redwood City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 482-2411	527	20	25.9	8.7%	261 (49.5%)	0 (0.0%)	70 (13.3%)	108 (20.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	87 (16.5%)	99.7	4^th of 2740 public middle schools	99.9%		99.7	4^th of 2761 public middle schools	99.9%		85.0	98.9	91.7	92.5	90.3	85.0	96.7	95.6	100.0	93.3	98.9	90.3	77.4	96.7	98.9	94.2	92.7			$19,748	$1,875	$17,873
Orion Alternative	Public	K-5	555 Avenue Del Ora	Redwood City	94063	San Mateo County	Redwood City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 482-2412	512	24	21.7	27.7%	117 (22.9%)	8 (1.6%)	147 (28.7%)	112 (21.9%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.8%)	124 (24.2%)	83	1011^th of 5817 public elementary schools	82.6%		84	962^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	83.6%	49	46.0		46.0	66.1	74.4	59.5				66.9	62.7	81.0	51.4				65.2	≥ 99%		$21,668	$2,048	$19,620

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
San Carlos Elementary	0.83 mi	10
Sequoia Union High	1.4 mi	9	382^nd
San Mateo County Office of Education	1.42 mi	6
Rocketship Redwood City District	1.83 mi	1	868^th
San Carlos Charter Learning Center District	2.23 mi	1	73^rd

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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