San Mateo County Special Education
Redwood City · CA · San Mateo County Office of Education · Public · K-12 combined
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Hillcrest at Youth Services Center → Gateway Center → The Bridge Academy → Palo Alto Middle College High → Eden Area ROP → Community Day → Canyon Oaks Youth Center → Bridgepoint High →At a glance
- 4-yr grad rate: 24% in 2019 (Bottom 4% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
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4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 4% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Federal Title I context
Title I Targeted Assistance eligible
35-39% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Targeted Assistance
35-39% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The school can receive Title I funds targeted to identified students (not schoolwide).
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillcrest at Youth Services Center San Mateo |
Public | 4.2 | 13 | — |
| Gateway Center San Mateo |
Public | 4.0 | 11 | — |
| The Bridge Academy San Mateo |
Public | 5.1 | 54 | — |
| Palo Alto Middle College High Los Altos Hills |
Public | 13.5 | 45 | — |
| Eden Area ROP Hayward |
Public | 11.8 | — | — |
| Community Day South San Francisco |
Public | 12.5 | — | — |
| Canyon Oaks Youth Center Redwood City |
Public | 3.9 | 5 | — |
| Bridgepoint High Newark |
Public | 12.5 | 60 | -3.2% |
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