Summary:
Schools in zip code 94403 include eight San Mateo schools: six elementary schools, one middle school and one high school, spanning elementary through high school; Bayside Academy serves K–8. Across the group, the unweighted average was 51% proficient in ELA, 47% in math and 45% in science in 2025–2026, compared with state results of 49%, 38% and 36%. The most important finding is that results vary widely by school, especially in ELA and math.
College Park Elementary leads ELA and math, with 82% and 83% proficient; George Hall Elementary leads science at 70%, and exceeds the state in all three subjects. At the other end, Laurel Elementary is lowest in all three: 16% in ELA, 18% in math and 23% in science. College Park’s ELA and math results are 33 and 45 percentage points above the state, while Laurel’s are 34 and 20 points below. Beresford Elementary has a mixed profile: science is 10 points above the state, while ELA is 11 points below.
Science improved most overall: the group average rose 7 percentage points year over year, compared with a 3-point state increase. Gains were uneven: George Hall rose 23 points and Beresford 24, while Meadow Heights Elementary and College Park fell about 10 points each. ELA and math group averages changed little, and the group’s advantage over the state narrowed slightly in both. Other measures offer context, not a simple guide to results: College Park has a student-teacher ratio of 23.9 and leads in ELA and math, while Abbott Middle has the lowest listed ratio, 17.8, yet is below the state in all three subjects. College Park, George Hall and Laurel report free/reduced lunch eligible figures of 14%, 31% and 77%, respectively, for 2024–2025. SchoolDigger’s rankings moved from the 96th to the 97th percentile for College Park and from the 18th to the 8th for Laurel; those rankings are not test-score trends. Grade-level results may help families compare schools serving different grades.
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