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Abbott Middle

Q: Is Abbott Middle a good school?

Abbott Middle ranks 1470 th of 2761 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 6-8

1470^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 47% of California middle schools

Summary

Abbott Middle is a public school serving 721 students in grades 6-8 within the San Mateo-Foster City School District, located in an area surrounded by some of the highest-performing schools in California.

Academic performance at Abbott Middle has been declining and currently lags significantly behind other schools in the region. For example, in English and Math, proficiency rates are 30-50 percentage points lower than at nearby schools like Bowditch Middle in the same district and Ralston Intermediate. The school has a 2-star rating, and a major challenge is chronic absenteeism, with over 20% of students missing significant school, which is much higher than top-performing neighbors like Crocker Middle.

Notably, Abbott Middle spends more per student than several higher-achieving schools but serves a student population with a much higher rate of economic need, which has increased rapidly in recent years. The school shows a wide variation in results for different student groups, indicating it is effective for some but struggling to support others. This performance gap is especially striking compared to North Star Academy, a local charter school with exceptional results, highlighting differences in school models and outcomes within the same geographic area.

721

Students ?

17.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$25,193

Per pupil spending ?

61%

Free/discounted lunch ?

600 36th Ave.
San Mateo, CA 94403-4101

(650) 312-7600

District: San Mateo-Foster City

Students who attend Abbott Middle usually attend:

High:

Hillsdale High

Feeder schools for Abbott Middle:

Elementary:	Beresford Elementary
	George Hall Elementary
	Laurel Elementary
	Meadow Heights Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

62.1%

White:

14.7%

Asian:

10.5%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 68th percentile in 2015 → 47th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (31% vs 41% meeting standards)

!Ranking has slipped — down 21 percentile points since 2015

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school31%

District avg47%

California avg41%

1,470^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 47%▼ down 21 pts since 2015

From top 32% (2015) to bottom 47% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 3Middle Schools in the San Mateo-Foster City

476^th of 1,543San Mateo-Foster City among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	40.9	1470 of 2761	46.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	48.5	1204 of 2783	56.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	37.2	1551 of 2781	44.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	43.8	1345 of 2740	50.9%	★★★☆☆
2021	46.2	431 of 894	51.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	51.1	1123 of 2715	58.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	47.3	1156 of 2480	53.4%	★★★☆☆
2017	51.3	1067 of 2508	57.5%	★★★☆☆
2016	60.4	866 of 2497	65.3%	★★★☆☆
2015	62.6	805 of 2477	67.5%	★★★☆☆
2013	50.6	1133 of 2379	52.4%	★★★☆☆
2012	50.3	1092 of 2259	51.7%	★★★☆☆
2011	46.0	1204 of 2236	46.2%	★★☆☆☆
2010	65.8	647 of 2179	70.3%	★★★★☆
2009	61.8	705 of 2063	65.8%	★★★☆☆
2008	59.8	709 of 2005	64.6%	★★★☆☆
2007	61.9	641 of 1999	67.9%	★★★☆☆
2006	64.1	559 of 1804	69.0%	★★★☆☆
2005	59.3	623 of 1777	64.9%	★★★☆☆
2004	66.1	501 of 1769	71.7%	★★★★☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	53.9	401 of 739	45.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	56.0	385 of 743	48.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	59.9	333 of 715	53.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	51.9	407 of 733	44.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	50.2	425 of 745	43.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	53.2	393 of 700	43.9%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	48.1	591 of 1531	61.4%	★★★☆☆
2021	45.3	143 of 354	59.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	54.9	471 of 1491	68.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	48.2	516 of 1369	62.3%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	34.6	968 of 1478	34.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	30.1	1212 of 1521	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	42.6	670 of 1540	56.5%	★★★☆☆
2021	34.6	255 of 363	29.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	33.9	918 of 1442	36.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	30.7	967 of 1364	29.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	42.9	1287 of 2533	49.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	50.2	1053 of 2551	58.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	41.6	1291 of 2531	49.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	46.9	1148 of 2509	54.2%	★★★☆☆
2021	43.8	377 of 738	48.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	45.6	1169 of 2380	50.9%	★★★☆☆
2018	46.2	1115 of 2262	50.7%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	18.1	2076 of 2395	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.9	1764 of 2388	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.8	1903 of 2374	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	26.3	1768 of 2359	25.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.8	1622 of 2213	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	27.5	1542 of 2072	25.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	14.7	459 of 477	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	19.8	356 of 394	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	14.2	315 of 320	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	13.2	324 of 336	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	17.2	2239 of 2542	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.6	2039 of 2579	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.4	2229 of 2531	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.8	2002 of 2458	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	24.0	599 of 721	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.2	1986 of 2369	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	27.2	1688 of 2230	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	37.6	1451 of 2534	42.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	45.9	1193 of 2552	53.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	33.3	1543 of 2538	39.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	41.3	1299 of 2527	48.6%	★★☆☆☆
2021	48.8	346 of 763	54.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	54.3	933 of 2407	61.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	46.1	1093 of 2273	51.9%	★★★☆☆

Military Connected

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	24.5	146 of 194	24.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.9	162 of 192	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.4	170 of 197	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	13.7	174 of 193	9.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	56.0	328 of 726	54.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	62.4	264 of 701	62.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	47.1	367 of 677	45.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	54.1	310 of 665	53.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	60.5	249 of 554	55.1%	★★★☆☆
2018	55.1	240 of 462	48.1%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	37.3	866 of 1566	44.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	52.7	514 of 1552	66.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	40.8	746 of 1531	51.3%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	79.6	256 of 1520	83.2%	★★★★☆
2024	79.2	254 of 1537	83.5%	★★★★☆
2023	58.1	608 of 1543	60.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	67.2	471 of 1555	69.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	73.0	393 of 1602	75.5%	★★★★☆
2018	61.4	580 of 1496	61.2%	★★★☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

White (2025)83rd percentile+36 vs school

Disabled (2022)61st percentile+10 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)55th percentile+8 vs school

Female (2025)49th percentile~ school

Asian (2025)46th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)45th percentile~ school

Male (2025)43rd percentile-4 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)35th percentile-22 vs school

Military Connected (2025)25th percentile-22 vs school

Hispanic (2025)13th percentile-33 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)12th percentile-35 vs school

Homeless (2025)4th percentile-43 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy41%-8 vs state

Mathematics29%-9 vs state

Science27%-6 vs state

Listening22%-4 vs state

Writing22%+4 vs state

Overall11%~ state avg

Reading11%+3 vs state

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Thursday, August 25, 2016

Overpopulated with bused-in kids getting priority over others. The head staff is unorganized and the backup during pickup is absolutely crazy. Teachers are hit or miss. Some are good, some are bad. Close Quote

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Abbott Middle	Public	6-8	600 36th Ave.	San Mateo	94403	San Mateo County	San Mateo-Foster City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 312-7600	721	40	17.8	61.0%	106 (14.7%)	6 (0.8%)	448 (62.1%)	76 (10.5%)	1 (0.1%)	13 (1.8%)	71 (9.8%)	40.9	1470^th of 2761 public middle schools	46.8%		48.5	1204^th of 2783 public middle schools	56.7%	266	4.2	5.0	23.8	10.8	4.2	30.0	33.3	21.5	16.7	35.0	14.3	21.5	8.3	0.0	23.8	10.8		26.8	26.8				42.1	44.2	37.1	41.0				26.5	28.5	30.3	28.5	$25,193	$23,694	$1,499
Ralston Intermediate	Public	6-8	2675 Ralston Ave.	Belmont	94002	San Mateo County	Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 637-4880	1,082	54	20.0	6.2%	348 (32.2%)	5 (0.5%)	120 (11.1%)	425 (39.3%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.3%)	179 (16.5%)	98.9	21^st of 2761 public middle schools	99.2%		99	19^th of 2783 public middle schools	99.3%	2																		79.6	79.6				84.4	88.8	91.2	88.2				79.8	87.9	87.3	85.2	$19,741	$19,338	$403
Borel Middle	Public	6-8	425 Barneson Ave.	San Mateo	94402	San Mateo County	San Mateo-Foster City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 312-7670	903	47	19.1	46.4%	172 (19.0%)	2 (0.2%)	490 (54.3%)	132 (14.6%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (1.9%)	90 (10.0%)	58.6	938^th of 2761 public middle schools	66.0%		66.4	755^th of 2783 public middle schools	72.9%	183																		40.1	40.1				45.9	44.0	54.8	48.3				32.4	35.5	46.1	38.2	$23,052	$21,642	$1,410
Tierra Linda Middle	Public	6-8	750 Dartmouth Ave.	San Carlos	94070	San Mateo County	San Carlos Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 508-7370	451	22	20.1	11.1%	162 (35.9%)	2 (0.4%)	75 (16.6%)	146 (32.4%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.9%)	61 (13.5%)	98.3	34^th of 2761 public middle schools	98.8%		98.1	47^th of 2783 public middle schools	98.3%	13																		79.6	79.6				84.7	87.9	88.6	87.2				71.5	83.7	78.3	77.9	$23,588	$22,978	$610
Central Middle	Public	6-8	757 Cedar St.	San Carlos	94070	San Mateo County	San Carlos Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 508-7321	443	20	22.3	8.6%	232 (52.4%)	2 (0.5%)	67 (15.1%)	69 (15.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	72 (16.3%)	98.4	33^rd of 2761 public middle schools	98.8%		97.8	66^th of 2783 public middle schools	97.6%	33																		78.3	78.3				80.4	89.0	90.3	86.7				82.5	77.9	75.8	78.7	$21,754	$21,162	$592
Crocker Middle	Public	6-8	2600 Ralston Ave.	Hillsborough	94010	San Mateo County	Hillsborough City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 342-6331	446	32	13.8	3.4%	176 (39.5%)	1 (0.2%)	29 (6.5%)	175 (39.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	64 (14.3%)	97.5	62^nd of 2761 public middle schools	97.8%		98.1	43^rd of 2783 public middle schools	98.5%	19																		67.6	67.6				82.9	84.7	76.6	81.5				83.0	84.7	75.5	81.2	$46,555	$45,890	$665
Bowditch Middle	Public	6-8	1450 Tarpon St.	Foster City	94404	San Mateo County	San Mateo-Foster City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 312-7680	929	44	21.2	19.4%	154 (16.6%)	11 (1.2%)	144 (15.5%)	500 (53.8%)	2 (0.2%)	6 (0.6%)	111 (11.9%)	94.6	166^th of 2761 public middle schools	94.0%		96.1	124^th of 2783 public middle schools	95.5%	42																		58.6	58.6				71.6	78.7	74.4	74.8				70.8	76.7	72.5	73.2	$21,204	$20,216	$988
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%)	15	2440^th of 2761 public middle schools	11.6%		12.9	2552^nd of 2783 public middle schools	8.3%	112																		11.0	11.0				22.2	31.1	26.0	26.7				10.6	12.2	8.7	10.5	$20,623	$17,996	$2,627
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 2761 public middle schools	99.9%		99.7	3^rd of 2783 public middle schools	99.9%	1																	93.3	97.5	95.3	92.1	89.0	96.7	95.5	98.8	96.3	94.7	93.2	93.5	92.1	95.5	98.8	96.3	94.9	$18,783	$16,908	$1,875
Burlingame Intermediate	Public	6-8	1715 Quesada Way	Burlingame	94010	San Mateo County	Burlingame Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 259-3830	1,115	52	21.4	25.1%	384 (34.4%)	4 (0.4%)	228 (20.4%)	328 (29.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.3%)	168 (15.1%)	94.2	175^th of 2761 public middle schools	93.7%		95.5	136^th of 2783 public middle schools	95.1%	39	36.7	32.4	35.7	34.7	56.7	54.1	53.6	54.7	46.7	48.7	39.3	45.3	26.7	21.6	32.1	26.3		66.4	66.4				71.8	73.6	77.8	74.3				67.8	68.6	68.9	68.4	$19,280	$18,586	$694

Frequently Asked Questions about Abbott Middle

How many students attend Abbott Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 721 students attended Abbott Middle.

What district is Abbott Middle in?

San Mateo-Foster City

What is the racial makeup of Abbott Middle?

Students at Abbott Middle are 62% Hispanic, 15% White, 11% Asian, 10% Two or more races, 2% Pacific Islander.

What high school do graduates of Abbott Middle attend?

Students who attend Abbott Middle usually go on to attend Hillsdale High

Is Abbott Middle a good school?

Abbott Middle ranks 1470^th of 2761 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

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