Special education center · San Mateo County Office of Education · Redwood City, California

San Mateo County Special Education

Redwood City · K–12 · 44 students (2024–25)

A special education school: students are placed here through their IEP team, so we publish its results without a rating.

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Common questions

How are students placed here?

Students are placed here by an IEP team, not by address and not by lottery. Confirm placement with San Mateo County Office of Education. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

57 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26 (24 of 42), meaning they missed 10% or more of school days. 0 of 48 students were suspended at least once in 2025–26. Evidence ↓

How do I visit San Mateo County Special Education?

Call the office at (650) 802-5588 to ask about a visit. Questions to bring are under Next steps. Evidence ↓

Life at school

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

57 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26.

State attendance and suspension records, 2025–26

That means they missed 10% or more of school days. 0 of 48 students were suspended at least once in 2025–26.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 24 of 42 students counted for it; suspension: 0 of 48 students enrolled during the year

Chronically absent, 2025–26

57 in 100This school

24 of 42 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

0 of 48

students were suspended at least once.

Ask: How does the school bring back students who are missing school, and what has it changed?

Chronic absence by grade2025–26 · per 100 students, with counts
  • Grades K–6: not in the records we hold
  • Grades 7–8: 64 in 100, 7 of 11
  • Grades 9–12: 38 in 100, 6 of 16
Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at San Mateo County Special Education

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.

Questions for your visit ↓

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?

Hispanic or Latino students are the largest group here: 43%.

Students, families and teachers

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. Hispanic or Latino: 43%Unallocated share: 57%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. Hispanic or Latino43%
  2. White—
  3. Asian—
  4. Black or African American—
  5. Filipino—
  6. Two or more races—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share57%
A dash means the share isn’t available; it isn’t zero. The unallocated share is what’s left after the shares we have; it isn’t a student group. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

Who are the families and teachers?

39%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 17 of 44.

7teachers, 2024–25

31 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

0%in their first year, 2024–25

42%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: Which services and therapies does each student get during the school day, and who provides them?

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26
Students, 2025–26Here
Hispanic or Latino43%
White—
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2025–26. Shares are of the students the file counts for attendance (CDE’s “eligible enrollment”); unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

How the credential rate is counted

CDE SARC report 2024–25, measured 2021–22: 42% of teaching positions, 5 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 12 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

How are students placed here?

Confirm placement with San Mateo County Office of Education.

School website: smcoe.org ↗Office: (650) 802-5588Administrator: Ellen Paulino
101 Twin Dolphin Drive, Redwood City 94065

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm placement with San Mateo County Office of Education.

Questions for your visit

  1. How does the school bring back students who are missing school, and what has it changed? 57 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (24 of 42 students)
  2. Which services and therapies does each student get during the school day, and who provides them?
  3. How are my child’s IEP goals set, reviewed and shared with our family?
  4. What transition services help students plan for life, training or work after school?
  5. Which students finish with a regular diploma and which with a certificate of completion, and what does each lead to?

Office (650) 802-5588101 Twin Dolphin 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.

CDE CAASPP test year 2026 · all-students reporting group · publisher grade–subject records.
Grade · subjectStudents tested with scoresProficient or AdvancedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalMean scale score
Grade 6 · ELA · 20260none testednone testednone testednone testednone testednone tested
All Grades · ELA · 20260none testednone testednone testednone testednone testednone tested
Grade 6 · Math · 20260none testednone testednone testednone testednone testednone tested
All Grades · Math · 20260none testednone testednone testednone testednone testednone tested

CDE CAASPP 2026: 2 individual grade–subject records; 0 records with a positive known tested count.

0 grade–subject counts unavailable; 2 grade–subject attainment rates unavailable.

Results by gradeEnglish and math · grade 6 · spring 2026 · % of tested students

English · 2025–26 results by grade

Share of students tested, spring 2026
EnglishTestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalProficient or Advanced
Grade 60none testednone testednone testednone testednone tested

Math · 2025–26 results by grade

Share of students tested, spring 2026
MathTestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalProficient or Advanced
Grade 60none testednone testednone testednone testednone tested

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.

Every tested year2017–2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresTop levelTop two levels
2026 · English0——
2026 · Math0——
2019 · English6——
2019 · Math6——
2018 · English———
2018 · Math———
2017 · English———
2017 · Math———

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 · subjectStudents with scoresMet or exceeded
2019 · Grade 5 · English——
2019 · Grade 6 · English——
2019 · Grade 7 · English——
2019 · Grade 8 · English——
2019 · Grade 11 · English——
2019 · Grade 5 · Math——
2019 · Grade 6 · Math——
2019 · Grade 7 · Math——
2019 · Grade 8 · Math——
2019 · Grade 11 · Math——
2018 · Grade 5 · English——
2018 · Grade 6 · English——
2018 · Grade 7 · English——
2018 · Grade 8 · English——
2018 · Grade 5 · Math——
2018 · Grade 6 · Math——
2018 · Grade 7 · Math——
2018 · Grade 8 · Math——
2017 · Grade 4 · English——
2017 · Grade 5 · English——
2017 · Grade 7 · English——
2017 · Grade 11 · English——
2017 · Grade 4 · Math——
2017 · Grade 5 · Math——
2017 · Grade 7 · Math——
2017 · Grade 11 · Math——

Current 2025–26 grade results appear above. “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.

Attendance and suspensionsState records · this school and each student group · 2018–19 and 2025–26

CDE’s all-students school rates for 2024–25 and 2025–26; the change is the difference between the two rates as printed.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024–25 · 55 in 100 → 2025–26 · 57 in 100 · +2 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0 of 52 → 2025–26 · 0 of 48 · 0.0 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26
Female49 in 10077 in 100
Male50 in 10048 in 100
Asian44 in 100—
Filipino43 in 100—
Hispanic or Latino63 in 10067 in 100
White19 in 100—
Students with disabilities50 in 10057 in 100
English learners57 in 10062 in 100
Low-income50 in 10074 in 100
All students50 in 10057 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
MeasureThis school
AP offerednot reported
AP course countnot reported
AP enrollment (male/female)not reported
IB participationnot reported
Dual enrollmentnot offered
Algebra I in grade 8not reported
Calculus sections0
Physics sections0
Chemistry sections0
Reported male/female enrollment (CRDC)41

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
Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 16%Instruction support 42%Student services 10%Administration 28%Buildings & maintenance 4%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$11,709,51816.19%16%
Instruction support$30,579,77542.29%42%
Student services$6,889,3409.53%10%
Administration$19,904,75627.53%28%
Buildings & maintenance$3,158,9624.37%4%
Total$72,306,411100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $72,306,411 total of the groups shown, rounded to whole percents by largest remainder so they add up to 100. Dollar amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar, so they can differ from the total by a dollar. SchoolScope groups district-level CDE SACS UserGL actuals from Fund 01, using operating objects 1000–5999 and excluding retiree benefits, food and community services, facilities acquisition, other outgo, and nonagency goals. These shares use that filtered total; they do not exactly break down CDE's official current expense per ADA above. The school-level ESSA figure uses a separate source.

Staffing recordsstate teacher credential-and-placement and district salary records · each for its own year

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders0.0%

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 94065 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 94065 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$215,955
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)82%
ZIP-area population11,673
Median age43.0 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 94065 →

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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