Burlingame Elementary runs schools through 8th grade. Its 6 public elementary schools run from the 77th to the 98th 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.
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68Middle
912High
Burlingame Elementary · grades K–8
Another district · grades 9–12
Elementary · 6 schools
from 77th to 98th · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests
Hoover Elementary: 98th percentile, Strong
Franklin Elementary: 97th percentile, Strong
Lincoln Elementary: 87th percentile, Strong
Washington Elementary: 86th percentile, Strong
Roosevelt Elementary: 80th percentile, Strong
McKinley Elementary: 77th percentile, Strong
0Needs Support
0Developing
0Solid
6Strong
Middle · 1 school
at 94th · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests
Burlingame Intermediate: 94th percentile, Strong
0Needs Support
0Developing
0Solid
1Strong
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One dot per school. Each stage is placed only among California schools at its own level.
The average elementary school in the Burlingame Elementary district had 4 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
Where does the middle school we score in the Burlingame Elementary district stand?
Burlingame Intermediate is at the 94th percentile.
That’s higher than 94 in 100 of the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). It’s the only public middle school we score in Burlingame Elementary.
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. What patterns mean
Where does Burlingame Elementary’s money go, and what does it plan?
The Burlingame Elementary district spent $15,970 per student in the 2024–25 school year.
The typical California district spent $20,491. About 70 cents of every Burlingame 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
Instruction70%
Instruction support9%
Student services4%
Administration9%
Buildings & maintenance8%
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
$41.4 million
planned in its 2026–27 plan for 46 funded actions in 5 goals. That’s 69% of its $60.3 million general fund budget. 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, 129 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.
Where the money goes
Three actions take 73% of the money. The plan itself puts 89% of it toward staff.
Tier I: Personnel: All teaching staff and site administrators $24.1 million
Highly Qualified Educational Specialists $3.5 million
Tier 1: Facilities in good repair $2.7 million
43 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help
4 of the plan’s 46 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.
Actions whose titles name reading or English learners
Reading $2,801
English learners $296,006
An action naming two of these appears under both.
Largest of these
Newcomer Support Identification$147,336
Tier 1: Program English Learner Development$131,804
Tier 1: English Language Development Professional Learning for staff$14,065
What changed and what its goals measure
What changed
The total is $3.7 million (10%) higher than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Tier I: Personnel: All teaching staff and site administrators, which went from $21.6 million to $24.1 million.
Largest increases
Tier I: Personnel: All teaching staff and site administrators+$2.4 million
Tier 1, 2, and 3A Instructional Aides (Site aide, TK assistant, regular instructional aides, and ECE)+$994,170
Tier 1: Facilities in good repair+$244,718
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
Measure
2024–25
2025–26
Change
English, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 3
73%
73%
no change
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goals 2 and 3
71%
72%
up 1 pt
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoals 1, 4 and 5
8 in 100
6 in 100
2 fewer in 100
Suspended at least onceGoals 1 and 4
0.7%
0.6%
down 0.1 pts
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
Tier I: Personnel: All teaching staff and site administrators · $24,070,688
not compared: unconfirmed, or repeated across goals
Every goal, in the plan’s order
Goal 1 · Focus GoalIn the next three years, each grade level cohort of students in the BSD will receive high-quality…$28.1 million68% of action budgets
“In the next three years, each grade level cohort of students in the BSD will receive high-quality, grade-level academic instruction along with appropriate behavioral and social-emotional support designed to meet their needs in an inclusive and supportive environment through implementing the Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) framework. Attendance/absenteeism, suspensions/expulsions, and academic performance will all be used as indicators of progress towards this goal” p. 23 ↗
10 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $25.5 million (+$2.6 million)
Largest funded actions
Tier I: Personnel: All teaching staff and site administrators$24.1 millionaction 1.1 · p. 85 ↗
Tier 1: Facilities in good repair$2.7 millionaction 1.4 · p. 85 ↗
Tier 3: RTII Specialists$0.6 millionaction 1.13 · p. 86 ↗
Tier 1: Standards based materials: all subject areas$0.2 millionaction 1.2 · p. 85 ↗
Assessment Coordinator$0.2 millionaction 1.10 · p. 85 ↗
5 more funded actions in this goal
Tier I: Professional Development (PD) for all staff · action 1.3 · p. 85 ↗$0.2 million
Performance Matters · action 1.11 · p. 85 ↗under $0.1 million
Induction Program · action 1.8 · p. 85 ↗under $0.1 million
Tier 1: General Education and Special Education connections and inclusive practices · action 1.7 · p. 85 ↗under $0.1 million
Tier 1: Social Emotional Learning (SEL) supports · action 1.5 · p. 85 ↗under $0.1 million
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Tier I: Personnel: All teaching staff and site administrators+$2.4 million$21.6 million → $24.1 million · p. 85 ↗
Tier 1: Facilities in good repair+$0.2 million$2.5 million → $2.7 million · p. 85 ↗
Tier 3: RTII Specialists−$81,129$715,877 → $634,748 · p. 86 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Tier 1: Standards based materials: all subject areas · $150,000 → $193,446 · p. 85 ↗+$43,446
Assessment Coordinator · $155,918 → $171,538 · p. 85 ↗+$15,620
Tier I: Professional Development (PD) for all staff · $150,000 → $170,305 · p. 85 ↗+$20,305
Performance Matters · $35,000 → $49,769 · p. 85 ↗+$14,769
Induction Program · $40,000 → $37,125 · p. 85 ↗−$2,875
Tier 1: General Education and Special Education connections and inclusive practices · $30,000 · p. 85 ↗new or renamed
Tier 1: Social Emotional Learning (SEL) supports · $15,000 → $15,000 · p. 85 ↗unchanged
2021-22: 91.1% of teachers in the district were fully credentialed and properly assigned.
Target for year 3
100% Properly Credentialed Teachers
SARC: Student access to instructional materialsp. 24 ↗
Baseline
2022-23: 100% of our students have access to instructional materials.
Target for year 3
100% of students
SARC/FIT: Facilities in good repair/conditionp. 24 ↗
Baseline
2022-23: 100% of our facilities are in good repair.
Target for year 3
100% of our facilities are in good repair.
7 more measures in the plan’s table.
Goal 2 · Focus GoalIn the next three years, there will be a focus on specific targeted students: Foster, Unhoused, English…$3.8 million9% of action budgets
“In the next three years, there will be a focus on specific targeted students: Foster, Unhoused, English Learners, Hispanic/Latinx, and Socio-Economically Disadvantaged students” p. 32 ↗
15 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $2.8 million (+$1.1 million)
Largest funded actions
Tier 1, 2, and 3A Instructional Aides (Site aide, TK assistant, regular instructional aides, and ECE)$2.4 millionaction 2.5 · p. 86 ↗
Expanded Learning Targeted Instruction and Enrichment and LREBG fund use$0.7 millionaction 2.22 · p. 87 ↗
Tier 1: Outreach to EL families, and Socio-economically disadvantaged$0.2 millionaction 2.17 · p. 86 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Newcomer Support Identification$0.1 millionaction 2.24 · p. 87 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Tier 1: Program English Learner Development$0.1 millionaction 2.13 · p. 86 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
10 more funded actions in this goal
Local Assessments · action 2.4 · p. 86 ↗$0.1 million
Tier 2: Supplemental Resources · action 2.8 · p. 86 ↗$0.1 million
Tier I: Professional Learning and Coaching · action 2.2 · p. 86 ↗$0.1 million
Devices to Support Student Learning · action 2.12 · p. 86 ↗under $0.1 million
Tier 1: Collaborative Structures · action 2.3 · p. 86 ↗under $0.1 million
Tier 1: English Language Development Professional Learning for staff · action 2.15 · p. 86 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Tier 1: Academic Materials · action 2.16 · p. 86 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Tier 3A: Instructional Materials · action 2.6 · p. 86 ↗under $0.1 million
Translation Services · action 2.21 · p. 87 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Supplemental Curricular Resources · action 2.23 · p. 87 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Tier 1, 2, and 3A Instructional Aides (Site aide, TK assistant, regular instructional aides, and ECE)+$1.0 million$1.4 million → $2.4 million · p. 86 ↗
Devices to Support Student Learning−$51,168$100,000 → $48,832 · p. 86 ↗
Newcomer Support Identification+$50,615$96,721 → $147,336 · p. 87 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Expanded Learning Targeted Instruction and Enrichment and LREBG fund use · $700,000 → $678,819 · p. 87 ↗−$21,181
Tier 1: Outreach to EL families, and Socio-economically disadvantaged · $177,282 → $196,157 · p. 86 ↗+$18,875
Tier 1: Program English Learner Development · $86,669 → $131,804 · p. 86 ↗+$45,135
Local Assessments · $40,000 → $63,000 · p. 86 ↗+$23,000
None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 32 ↗.
Goal 3 · Focus GoalIncrease the academic achievement of Students with Disabilities (SWD) in English Language Arts (ELA) and…$5.9 million14% of action budgets
“Increase the academic achievement of Students with Disabilities (SWD) in English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics, with the goal of increasing the percentage of SWDs performing at or above standard by at least 10% annually” p. 44 ↗
7 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $6.0 million (−$105,912)
Largest funded actions
Highly Qualified Educational Specialists$3.5 millionaction 3.1 · p. 87 ↗
Aide support for Tier 3B and Students with Disabilities (SPED Aides-including Full Inclusion Aides and Behavioral Aides)$2.0 millionaction 3.13 · p. 88 ↗
Program Specialist$0.1 millionaction 3.3 · p. 87 ↗
Psychologist Interns$0.1 millionaction 3.2 · p. 87 ↗
2 more funded actions in this goal
Supporting Innovative Practices · action 3.9 · p. 87 ↗under $0.1 million
Curriculum Tier II/III ELA/ELD · action 3.7 · p. 87 ↗under $0.1 million
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Highly Qualified Educational Specialists+$0.2 million$3.3 million → $3.5 million · p. 87 ↗
Program Specialist−$88,323$166,843 → $78,520 · p. 87 ↗
Transportation−$20,242$180,000 → $159,758 · p. 87 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Aide support for Tier 3B and Students with Disabilities (SPED Aides-including Full Inclusion Aides and Behavioral Aides) · $2.0 million → $2.0 million · p. 88 ↗unchanged
Psychologist Interns · $76,890 → $76,890 · p. 87 ↗unchanged
None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 44 ↗.
Goal 4 · Focus GoalIn the next three years, student, staff, and families will increase their engagement and connectedness to…$2.1 million5% of action budgets
“In the next three years, student, staff, and families will increase their engagement and connectedness to schools, thus improve through deliberate efforts to create a culturally responsive environment that is socially, emotionally, and physically safe, as measured by behavior data and the California Healthy Kids Survey (CHKS)” p. 50 ↗
6 funded actions · reworded since the 2025–26 plan
Largest funded actions
Provide Mental Health Services$1.2 millionaction 4.3 · p. 88 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
District-wide use of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports$0.6 millionaction 4.4 · p. 88 ↗
Provide coordinated Health Services$0.3 millionaction 4.2 · p. 88 ↗
Progress Monitoringunder $0.1 millionaction 4.8 · p. 88 ↗
Social Emotional Curriculum and Supportunder $0.1 millionaction 4.1 · p. 88 ↗
1 more funded action in this goal
TUPE/CHKS · action 4.6 · p. 88 ↗under $0.1 million
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
District-wide use of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports−$50,180$624,165 → $573,985 · p. 88 ↗
Provide coordinated Health Services+$40,643$296,490 → $337,133 · p. 88 ↗
Social Emotional Curriculum and Support+$4,838$15,000 → $19,838 · p. 88 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Provide Mental Health Services · $1.2 million → $1.2 million · p. 88 ↗+$4,218
Progress Monitoring · $28,466 · p. 88 ↗new or renamed
None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 50 ↗.
Goal 5 · Focus GoalIn the next three years, the District will increase daily attendance (ADA) (currently 94.2% in 22/23) by 1%…$1.4 million3% of action budgets
“In the next three years, the District will increase daily attendance (ADA) (currently 94.2% in 22/23) by 1% each year and reduce chronic absenteeism for our targeted groups of students as measured by our daily attendance tracking. By celebrating on-time, regular attendance of students and staff, we will reduce the number of students absent 5% or more of the school year, which will be reflected in improved responses to the California Healthy Kids Survey” p. 60 ↗
8 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $1.3 million (+$125,031)
Largest funded actions
Provide before and after school programing$1.1 millionaction 5.4 · p. 88 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Highly Qualified Administrator$0.2 millionaction 5.8 · p. 88 ↗
Transportation$0.1 millionaction 5.7 · p. 88 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Data and Assessment Platform$0.1 millionaction 5.9 · p. 88 ↗
Improvement on truancy systems and processesunder $0.1 millionaction 5.5 · p. 88 ↗
3 more funded actions in this goal
Creating a positive environment that promotes attendance · action 5.1 · p. 88 ↗under $0.1 million
Family Engagement · action 5.2 · p. 88 ↗under $0.1 million
Home Visits · action 5.10 · p. 89 ↗under $0.1 million
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, 3,380 students
1White32%
2Asian29%
3Hispanic or Latino19%
4Two or more races10%
5Not reported7%
6Filipino3%
7Black or African American<1%
8Pacific Islander<1%
9American Indian or Alaska Native<1%
Shares use the district's own October enrollment counts from the CDE, including its charter schools.
Free or reduced-price meals
22%
Across California, 63% of students qualify.
2024–25 · 734 of 3,376 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?
Burlingame Elementary isn’t getting extra state help in 2026, only the standard support every district gets.
How English learners moved up on the state’s English test
From spring 2025 to spring 2026, 55% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (183 of 335 students). California: 47%. It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent.
Which public schools in the Burlingame Elementary district rank highest?
Elementary: Hoover Elementary, 98th percentile (Strong). Middle: Burlingame Intermediate, 94th 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 Burlingame 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.
More questions (5)
Are the public schools in the Burlingame Elementary district good?
Burlingame Elementary’s 6 public elementary schools run from the 77th to the 98th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 6 Strong. Burlingame Elementary has one public middle school we score, Burlingame Intermediate, at the 94th percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Strong. 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 Burlingame Elementary district compare with California?
The average elementary school in the Burlingame Elementary district had 4 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. These are averages of school rates: each school counts once, whatever its size.
How much does the Burlingame Elementary district spend per student?
The Burlingame Elementary district spent $15,970 per student in the 2024–25 school year. The typical California district spent $20,491. About 70 cents of every Burlingame 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 Burlingame Elementary district’s 2026–27 spending plan?
The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $41.4 million into 46 funded actions in 5 goals, 69% of its $60.3 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $28.1 million, 68% of the action budgets. The 2026–27 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 Burlingame 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.