Juvenile court school · San Mateo County Office of Education · San Mateo, California
Margaret J. Kemp
San Mateo · 7–12
A juvenile court school: students attend by court order, so we publish its results without a rating.
Shared campus · © OpenStreetMap
The California School Campus Database records Hillcrest at Youth Services Center on this campus too; it gives each school the whole campus, so this drawing doesn’t show which buildings each uses.
Drawn from OpenStreetMap, inside the campus outline from the California School Campus Database (2025). Volunteers map it, so a new building may be missing. Buildings with no mapped height are drawn one storey high.
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Common questions
How are students placed here?
Students are enrolled by court order, most for weeks or months. Confirm placement with San Mateo County Office of Education. Evidence ↓
How often do students miss school?
No student was chronically absent in 2018–19. Evidence ↓
How do I visit Margaret J. Kemp?
Call the office at (650) 312-5235 to ask about a visit. Questions to bring are under Next steps. Evidence ↓
Life at school
How often do students miss school?
No student was chronically absent in 2018–19.
State attendance records, 2018–19
That means no student missed 10% or more of school days.
Source
- Source
- CDE chronic absenteeism file, 2018–19
- Students
- chronic absence: 0 of 21 students counted for it
Chronically absent, 2018–19
0 of 21 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.
Ask: When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Margaret J. Kemp
Ask current families how the school keeps them informed, and what happened when their child needed help. Ask staff how long teachers tend to stay.
Teach here? Tell us San Mateo County Office of Education’s email domain so staff can answer our workplace questions.
Every learner
Who goes here?
Students, families and teachers
Who teaches here?
36%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22
Ask: How does the school set learning goals for each student placed here, and how does it share progress with families?
How the credential rate is counted
CDE SARC report 2024–25, measured 2021–22: 36% of teaching positions, 0.7 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 2 total position FTE (FTEs as rounded by the source; the share is CDE’s own). This measures positions, not individual teachers.
Next steps
How are students placed here?
Confirm placement with San Mateo County Office of Education.
Location and visiting
Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm placement with San Mateo County Office of Education.
Questions for your visit
- When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
- How does the school set learning goals for each student placed here, and how does it share progress with families?
- Which courses and career pathways does the school run, and who can enroll?
- How do counselors help students plan for college, training or work?
- What support is available when a student falls behind on graduation requirements?
Office (650) 312-5235400 Paul Scannell Drive, directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Source records
Every figure on this page, with its source, grades, year and count.
2025 CDE CCI overall Prepared: no exact school row in the verified 2025 source.
CDE assessment recordsCDE CAASPP 2026 · every level, as published · raw grade–subject rows
What each level means: California's level descriptions.
All Grades is an aggregate, not another group of students. Same-year grade groups are not matched children. A grade the school doesn't teach has no row. “Suppressed” marks a result CDE blanks because fewer than 11 students tested (CDE’s reporting rule); “none tested” marks a grade CDE lists with no students tested; “not on file” marks a result missing from the records we hold. None of them means zero.
The spring 2026 CAASPP records we hold have no English or math rows for this school. Its earlier results are under Every tested year.
Every tested year2015–2023 · rates, tested counts, and each grade
A grade the school doesn't teach has no row. “Suppressed” marks a result CDE blanks because fewer than 11 students tested (CDE’s reporting rule); “none tested” marks a grade CDE lists with no students tested; “not on file” marks a result missing from the records we hold. None of them means zero.
English and math by test year · all tested grades
| Year · subject | Students with scores | Exceeded | Met or exceeded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 · English | — | — | — |
| 2023 · Math | — | — | — |
| 2022 · English | — | — | — |
| 2022 · Math | — | — | — |
| 2019 · English | 6 | — | — |
| 2019 · Math | 7 | — | — |
| 2018 · English | — | — | — |
| 2018 · Math | — | — | — |
| 2017 · English | — | — | — |
| 2017 · Math | — | — | — |
| 2016 · English | 6 | — | — |
| 2016 · Math | 6 | — | — |
| 2015 · English | 7 | — | — |
| 2015 · Math | 4 | — | — |
Each year names its school year end (2026 = 2025–26). “Students with scores” counts each subject on its own, so don’t add the English and math counts together. A dash is unavailable, not zero.
Earlier years · grade and subject
| Year · grade · subject | Students with scores | Met or exceeded |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 · Grade 11 · English | — | — |
| 2023 · Grade 11 · Math | — | — |
| 2022 · Grade 8 · English | — | — |
| 2022 · Grade 11 · English | 0 | — |
| 2022 · Grade 8 · Math | — | — |
| 2022 · Grade 11 · Math | 0 | — |
| 2019 · Grade 8 · English | — | — |
| 2019 · Grade 11 · English | 5 | — |
| 2019 · Grade 8 · Math | — | — |
| 2019 · Grade 11 · Math | 6 | — |
| 2018 · Grade 11 · English | — | — |
| 2018 · Grade 11 · Math | — | — |
| 2017 · Grade 8 · English | — | — |
| 2017 · Grade 11 · English | — | — |
| 2017 · Grade 8 · Math | — | — |
| 2017 · Grade 11 · Math | — | — |
| 2016 · Grade 11 · English | 6 | — |
| 2016 · Grade 11 · Math | 6 | — |
| 2015 · Grade 8 · English | 1 | — |
| 2015 · Grade 11 · English | 6 | — |
| 2015 · Grade 8 · Math | 1 | — |
| 2015 · Grade 11 · Math | 3 | — |
“Students with scores” counts the students tested in that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero, and each year’s row is a different group of children.
Chronic absence by student groupState records · this school and each student group · 2018–19 and 2025–26
| Group | 2018–19 | 2025–26 |
|---|---|---|
| Female | 0 in 100 | — |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 in 100 | — |
| Low-income | 0 in 100 | — |
| All students | 0 in 100 | — |
Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.
Advanced coursework, federal snapshot2023–24 · Civil Rights Data Collection · dated historical snapshot
| Measure | This school |
|---|---|
| AP offered | not reported |
| AP course count | not reported |
| AP enrollment (male/female) | not reported |
| IB participation | not reported |
| Dual enrollment | not offered |
| Algebra I in grade 8 | not reported |
| Calculus sections | 0 |
| Physics sections | 1 |
| Chemistry sections | 0 |
| Reported male/female enrollment (CRDC) | 3 |
Shown, never scored. Participation counts use reported male and female categories in both course and enrollment records. A missing value means not reported, never zero.
Fundingschool and district spending, from state and federal finance records · each row names its fiscal year and measure
| Group | Dollars | Share, to two decimals | Printed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Instruction | $11,709,518 | 16.19% | 16% |
| Instruction support | $30,579,775 | 42.29% | 42% |
| Student services | $6,889,340 | 9.53% | 10% |
| Administration | $19,904,756 | 27.53% | 28% |
| Buildings & maintenance | $3,158,962 | 4.37% | 4% |
| Total | $72,306,411 | 100.00% | 100% |
Staffing recordsstate teacher credential-and-placement and district salary records · each for its own year
Additional workforce records
CDE 2024–25 SARC, Teacher Preparation and Placement table; measured school year 2021–22. Share of reported school teaching-position full-time equivalents assigned to properly assigned intern credential holders. A reported 0.0% is shown; unavailable rates are omitted. This is a position share, not a count of current teachers or of emergency permits.
The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 94402 · not the school’s students
| Measure | Estimate |
|---|---|
| Median household income | $172,522 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+) | 69% |
| ZIP-area population | 25,475 |
| Median age | 40.8 years |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Median household income covers the past 12 months and is reported in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars. Bachelor's degree or higher uses adults age 25 and over as its population. A dash is unavailable, not zero; a reported zero remains zero. ZIP-area figures do not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. See all schools in ZIP code 94402 →
Downloads and methodologyCSV · sources · corrections
Data sources: public data sources, including the California Department of Education · state tests (CAASPP) 2025–26 · Census survey (ACS) 2020–2024 · staffing and finance name their own sources and years beside each figure · Data updated October 15, 2026.
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