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Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary schools

Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary runs schools through 8th grade. Its 6 public elementary schools run from the 75th to the 99th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). High school is run by another district; confirm the school for your address with the district.

Elementary · 6 schools

from 75th to 99th · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Central Elementary: 99th percentile, Strong
  • Fox Elementary: 98th percentile, Strong
  • Redwood Shores Elementary: 94th percentile, Strong
  • Sandpiper Elementary: 90th percentile, Strong
  • Cipriani Elementary: 89th percentile, Strong
  • Nesbit Elementary: 75th percentile, Strong
0Needs Support
0Developing
0Solid
6Strong

Middle · 3 schools

from 72nd to 97th · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Ralston Intermediate: 97th percentile, Strong
  • Sandpiper Elementary: 92nd percentile, Strong
  • Nesbit Elementary: 72nd percentile, Solid
0Needs Support
0Developing
1Solid
2Strong

One dot per school. Each stage is placed only among California schools at its own level. 2 of the 7 ranked schools teach two levels, so they appear in more than one picture.

  • 7 ranked schools

Schools around the Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary district

7 listed public schools with mapped locations.

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Percentile among California schools at the same level

  • Strong75th+
  • Solid50–74th
  • Developing25–49th
  • Needs Supportbelow 25th
  • Not scored

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Elementary schools

Which elementary schools in the Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary district score highest?

Central Elementary is highest, at the 99th percentile.

That’s higher than 99 in 100 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in the Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary district

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. What patterns mean

  • Central ElementaryBelmont · High ceiling · Broad base · Grade-to-grade gains
    99thStrongScope Score 90
  • Fox ElementaryBelmont · High ceiling · Broad base
    98thStrongScope Score 82
  • Redwood Shores ElementaryRedwood City · High ceiling · Broad base · Grade-to-grade gains
    94thStrongScope Score 72
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Context

The average elementary school in the Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary district had 34 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California elementary school we score had 17 in 100. Both are averages of school rates, each school counted once.

Middle schools

Which middle schools in the Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary district score highest?

Ralston Intermediate is highest, at the 97th percentile.

That’s higher than 97 in 100 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in the Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary district

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. What patterns mean

Context

The average middle school in the Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary district had 89 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100.

The district

Where does Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary’s money go, and what does it plan?

The Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary district spent $17,627 per student in the 2024–25 school year.

The typical California district spent $20,491. About 66 cents of every Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary dollar went to classroom instruction.

Spending by function

Day-to-day spending per student in average daily attendance, from the district’s annual financial report (SACS) to the California Department of Education. District-wide: it includes central administration and costs never assigned to one campus.

Share by function, 2024–25

  • Instruction66%
  • Instruction support10%
  • Student services9%
  • Administration8%
  • Buildings & maintenance6%
  • Other1%

Shares of the same spending total, by the report’s spending categories, rounded so they add up to 100. Names are simplified from the report’s own categories.

What the district plans

$48.9 million

planned in its 2025–26 plan for 9 funded actions in 3 goals. These are planned amounts; the district reports what it spent in a later plan.

The plan in short

Source: the district’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 124 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Three actions take 99% of the money. The plan itself puts 87% of it toward staff.

  • Core instruction in well-maintained facilities $46.8 million
  • Reading/ELD Specialists $1.1 million
  • Excess Teachers $455,484
  • 6 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help

3 of the plan’s 9 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.

Actions whose titles name reading, catch-up help or English learners
  • Reading $1.1 million
  • Catch-up help under $0.1 million
  • English learners $1.1 million

An action naming two of these appears under both.

Largest of these

  • Reading/​ELD Specialists$1.1 million
  • Central: Increased time for Reading/​ELD Specialist DISCOUNTINUED from LCF in 25-26$32,000
  • Healthy Cities Tutors for Redwood Shores$5,000
For high-need students (English learners, low-income students and foster youth) and what its goals measure
For high-need students

It plans $2.0 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2024–25, it planned $997,606 and estimates it spent $1.1 million, $128,438 (13%) more than planned (our arithmetic).

What its goals measure

Read these state results for the district’s own schools as context for the goals they measure; results alone can’t show what the plan caused.

What its goals measure: state results, 2024–25 and 2025–26
Measure2024–252025–26Change
English, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 180%81%up 1 pt
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 179%79%no change
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoal 310 in 10052 in 10042 more in 100
Suspended at least onceGoals 2 and 31.0%1.0%no change

Figures from CDE’s state test, chronic absence and suspension files. Test figures cover every grade the district tests (California tests grades 3–8 and 11), so they differ from a profile’s rated grades. We combined the district’s schools ourselves, weighted by students and leaving out charter schools. Chronically absent means a student missed 10% or more of school days.

The plan’s own titles and amounts
  • Core instruction in well-maintained facilities · $46,829,727
  • Reading/​ELD Specialists · $1,103,838
  • Excess Teachers · $455,484
The full plan3 goals, 31 measures and where the money goes

We calculate each action’s share of the plan by dividing its planned amount by the total of the plan’s funded actions ($48.9 million).

Where does the money go?

99% to Goal 1. Each segment is one action, sized by its planned dollars. Tap a segment to open its goal.

Core instruction in well-maintained facilities · $46.8 million · 96% of the plan

Core instruction in well-maintained facilities is 96% of the plan.

Every goal, in the plan’s order

Goal 1 · Maintenance of Progress GoalConditions of Learning and Pupil outcomes- Fully credentialed teachers will implement common core and NGSS…$48.6 million99% of action budgets

“Conditions of Learning and Pupil outcomes- Fully credentialed teachers will implement common core and NGSS standards through a broad course of study that includes all subject areas to promote academic proficiency for all students. Fully credentialed teachers will provide tiered intervention, in conjunction with specialists, to ensure all students are equitably supported for academic, social and emotional growth” p. 15 ↗

6 funded actions

Largest funded actions

  1. Core instruction in well-maintained facilities$46.8 millionaction 1.1 · p. 73 ↗
  2. Reading/​ELD Specialists$1.1 millionaction 1.2 · p. 73 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. Excess Teachers$0.5 millionaction 1.45 · p. 77 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  4. Excess Teachers$0.1 millionaction 1.46 · p. 77 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  5. Central: Increased time for Reading/​ELD Specialist DISCOUNTINUED from LCF in 25-26under $0.1 millionaction 1.3 · p. 73 ↗

1 more funded action in this goal

  • Healthy Cities Tutors for Redwood Shores · action 1.47 · p. 77 ↗under $0.1 million

How the plan measures it · 12 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 15 ↗.

Goal 2 · Maintenance of Progress GoalSchool Culture and Climate - To promote a positive school culture and climate that will facilitate a safe…$293,4161% of action budgets

“School Culture and Climate - To promote a positive school culture and climate that will facilitate a safe emotional environment so that students may appreciate the diversity in our community, develop trust and connections to their peers and teachers, and contribute proactively to the betterment of our school culture. Students’ mental health will be a priority when examining opportunities for curriculum, professional development for staff, and access to mental health services” p. 36 ↗

3 funded actions

Largest funded actions

  1. School Counselors$261,461action 2.29 · p. 80 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  2. YouthTruth Survey$29,155action 2.1 · p. 77 ↗
  3. SWIS Subscription$2,800action 2.2 · p. 77 ↗

How the plan measures it · 10 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 36 ↗.

Goal 3Community Engagement -To promote school engagement and ensure all voices of our entire community are heard…$00% of action budgets

“Community Engagement -To promote school engagement and ensure all voices of our entire community are heard and effectively represented while maintaining the positive attendance percentage, reducing student discipline concerns, addressing safety and school connectedness and by soliciting parent input for decision making (including unduplicated and special needs groups)” p. 53 ↗

No funded actions in this plan

How the plan measures it · 9 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 53 ↗.

All amounts are planned. We read them from the PDF and added up each goal’s actions ourselves. Page links open the plan at that page.

Who goes to the district’s schools
Who attends

Student mix

2024–25 · October enrollment count, 3,914 students
1. Asian: 37%2. White: 27%3. Two or more races: 14%4. Hispanic or Latino: 14%5. Not reported: 4%6. Filipino: 3%7. Black or African American: <1%8. Pacific Islander: <1%9. American Indian or Alaska Native: <1%Student mix2024–25
  1. Asian37%
  2. White27%
  3. Two or more races14%
  4. Hispanic or Latino14%
  5. Not reported4%
  6. Filipino3%
  7. Black or African American<1%
  8. Pacific Islander<1%
  9. American Indian or Alaska Native<1%
Shares use the district's own October enrollment counts from the CDE, including its charter schools. Rounded labels may not total 100%; segments use the original shares.

Free or reduced-price meals

10%

Across California, 63% of students qualify.

2024–25 · 399 of 3,914 students qualify, summed from the CDE’s meal counts for every school it lists under the district, charters included. It comes from a different CDE file than the student mix, so the two totals differ.

The district’s state records

Is the state giving the district extra help?

The state is giving Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary extra help in 2026, the second year after it qualified on the 2025 Dashboard.

How English learners moved up on the state’s English test

From spring 2025 to spring 2026, 52% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (137 of 262 students). California: 47%. It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent.

2 schools getting state support, 2025–26

Central Elementary (Targeted support) · Redwood Shores Elementary (Targeted support)

This list covers the district’s own schools; each charter school’s page shows its record. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26.

Sources: District help (CDE) ↗ · English learner progress (CDE) ↗ · School support (CDE) ↗. State results from the 2026 California School Dashboard.

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Common questions

Which public schools in the Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary district rank highest?

Elementary: Central Elementary, 99th percentile (Strong). Middle: Ralston Intermediate, 97th percentile (Strong). Each percentile is among the California schools at the same level we score. A rank doesn’t decide fit or whether a child can enroll.

Does living in the Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary district decide which school my child attends?

Not by itself. Attendance boundaries, programs, transfers and space all matter. Confirm the school for your address, grade and program with the district.
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Are the public schools in the Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary district good?

Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary’s 6 public elementary schools run from the 75th to the 99th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 6 Strong. Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary’s 3 public middle schools run from the 72nd to the 97th percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 2 Strong and 1 Solid. A percentile compares a school with California public schools at the same level that we score. How we score schools.

How does chronic absence in the Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary district compare with California?

The average elementary school in the Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary district had 34 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California elementary school we score had 17 in 100. Both are averages of school rates, each school counted once. The average middle school in the Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary district had 89 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100. These are averages of school rates: each school counts once, whatever its size.

How much does the Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary district spend per student?

The Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary district spent $17,627 per student in the 2024–25 school year. The typical California district spent $20,491. About 66 cents of every Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary dollar went to classroom instruction. Day-to-day spending per student in average daily attendance, from its annual financial report to the California Department of Education. The district’s spending, by function.

What is in the Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary district’s 2025–26 spending plan?

The district’s 2025–26 spending plan puts $48.9 million into 9 funded actions in 3 goals. Its largest goal holds $48.6 million, 99% of the action budgets. The 2025–26 plan, goal by goal.

Where do these results come from?

California’s state tests (CAASPP) from spring 2026 and chronic-absence rates for 2025–26, published by the California Department of Education. Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s calculations. How we score schools.

Sources and methodology

This page lists the public schools governed and funded by the Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary district, with the district’s spending and state accountability records.

Data source: California Department of Education · CAASPP 2025–26

Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s own calculations from these state files.

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