Is Nesbit Elementary a good school?

Nesbit Elementary ranks 1243 rd of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Nesbit Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 596 students attended Nesbit Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Nesbit Elementary?

Students at Nesbit Elementary are 32% Hispanic, 26% Asian, 23% White, 15% Two or more races, 3% Pacific Islander, 2% African American.

What schools do graduates of Nesbit Elementary attend?

Students who attend Nesbit Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Ralston Intermediate High : Carlmont High

Nesbit Elementary

Summary:

Nesbit Elementary is a public K-8 school in Belmont, CA, serving 608 students and part of the Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary District, which is ranked 99 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 5-star rating.

While Nesbit Elementary generally performs better than the state average, it lags behind the district average in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics proficiency. The school has strong performance among White and English Language Learner students, ranking in the top 5-20% of California schools for these subgroups, but struggles with lower performance among Asian, Hispanic, and Low Socioeconomic Status students, ranking in the bottom 30-50%. Nesbit has also seen a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 9.5% in 2018-2019 to 16.5% in 2022-2023, an area of concern. Compared to nearby Cipriani Elementary and Central Elementary, both part of the Belmont-Redwood Shores District, Nesbit's performance is generally lower in both ELA and Mathematics.

When compared to schools in the neighboring San Mateo-Foster City District, Nesbit Elementary outperforms the district average, but the top-performing schools in that district, such as Beach Park Elementary and Foster City Elementary, still surpass Nesbit's performance. The nearby San Carlos Charter Learning Center, a public charter school, also consistently outperforms Nesbit Elementary and the surrounding district schools.

Detail:

Public K-8

500 Biddulph Way
Belmont, CA 94002-2711

(650) 637-4860

District: Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary

SchoolDigger Rank:
1243^rd of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $12,333

Students who attend Nesbit Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Ralston Intermediate
High:	Carlmont High

Student/teacher ratio: 22.7

Number of students: 596

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

31.5%

Asian:

25.5%

White:

22.8%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 25%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Nesbit Elementary ranks better than 78.8% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks last among 6 ranked elementary schools in the Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 77.94. (See more...)

Compare Details Nesbit Elementary ranks better than 71.9% of middle schools in California. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 65.26. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Nesbit Elementary has the largest elementary school student body size in the Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary School District. Student population at Nesbit Elementary is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (31.5%), Asian (25.5%), White (22.8%). (See more...)

Compare Details 25% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary School District. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Nesbit Elementary is 22.7, which is the 2^nd best among 6 elementary schools in the Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary School District. (See more...)

Compare Nesbit Elementary employs 26.1 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Nesbit Elementary is $12,333, which is the highest among 6 elementary schools in the Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary School District!

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Nesbit Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Nesbit Elementary 1243^rd of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Nesbit Elementary in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Nesbit Elementary 780^th of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Nesbit Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary 99^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Nesbit Elementary

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Nesbit Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	32.05	3130^th	4809	34.9%
2005	49.47	2221^st	4822	53.9%
2006	71.60	1269^th	4818	73.7%
2007	68.81	1421^st	5113	72.2%
2008	60.22	1844^th	5113	63.9%
2009	74.16	1243^rd	5193	76.1%
2010	68.22	1549^th	5314	70.9%
2011	72.54	1369^th	5377	74.5%
2012	62.28	1927^th	5390	64.2%
2013	56.56	2317^th	5530	58.1%
2015	88.42	702^nd	5611	87.5%
2016	85.97	850^th	5614	84.9%
2017	91.13	572^nd	5692	90.0%
2018	86.37	830^th	5662	85.3%
2019	88.20	743^rd	5789	87.2%
2021	85.22	206^th	1417	85.5%
2022	81.69	1111^th	5883	81.1%
2023	87.48	847^th	5874	85.6%
2024	77.94	1243^rd	5862	78.8%

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Rank History for elementary school Multi-racial students at Nesbit Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	42.87	396^th	610	35.1%
2023	54.43	351^st	669	47.5%

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Rank History for elementary school English Language Learner students at Nesbit Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2019	90.59	159^th	3275	95.1%
2021	97.46	10^th	602	98.3%
2022	64.02	641^st	3311	80.6%
2023	72.49	440^th	3250	86.5%
2024	82.25	213^th	3160	93.3%

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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Nesbit Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	69.01	1232^nd	5084	75.8%
2019	80.12	712^th	5173	86.2%
2021	85.69	101^st	1110	90.9%
2022	58.54	1765^th	5264	66.5%
2023	52.99	2167^th	5374	59.7%
2024	70.01	1265^th	5511	77.0%

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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Nesbit Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	86.11	761^st	5413	85.9%
2019	92.17	422^nd	5492	92.3%
2021	84.37	196^th	1267	84.5%
2022	78.78	1164^th	5635	79.3%
2023	85.67	856^th	5617	84.8%
2024	77.53	1192^nd	5605	78.7%

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Rank History for elementary school Disabled students at Nesbit Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	83.02	244^th	2128	88.5%
2019	84.11	277^th	2585	89.3%

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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Nesbit Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	83.32	920^th	5431	83.1%
2019	82.61	928^th	5510	83.2%
2021	82.35	225^th	1272	82.3%
2022	82.11	1009^th	5663	82.2%
2023	85.93	819^th	5650	85.5%
2024	75.69	1250^th	5636	77.8%

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Rank History for elementary school Asian students at Nesbit Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	73.82	285^th	1071	73.4%
2019	68.05	416^th	1149	63.8%
2022	72.08	341^st	1154	70.5%
2023	55.34	671^st	1190	43.6%
2024	57.61	643^rd	1203	46.6%

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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at Nesbit Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	79.61	708^th	4830	85.3%
2019	83.57	571^st	4963	88.5%
2022	59.34	1667^th	5084	67.2%
2023	71.47	1103^rd	5098	78.4%
2024	56.16	1883^rd	5102	63.1%

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Rank History for elementary school White students at Nesbit Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	76.88	559^th	2737	79.6%
2019	82.56	373^rd	2834	86.8%
2022	81.91	377^th	2726	86.2%
2023	90.88	76^th	2662	97.1%
2024	86.03	207^th	2647	92.2%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Rank History for all middle school students at Nesbit Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2017	78.51	503^rd	2508	79.9%
2018	75.96	513^th	2480	79.3%
2019	74.05	617^th	2715	77.3%
2021	54.97	357^th	894	60.1%
2022	55.17	1020^th	2740	62.8%
2023	78.76	518^th	2802	81.5%
2024	65.26	780^th	2777	71.9%

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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Nesbit Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	46.98	1058^th	2230	52.6%
2019	39.06	1353^rd	2369	42.9%
2021	62.87	200^th	721	72.3%
2022	46.63	1122^nd	2458	54.4%
2023	68.52	553^rd	2549	78.3%
2024	24.23	2010^th	2575	21.9%

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Rank History for middle school Female students at Nesbit Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	75.39	495^th	2262	78.1%
2019	86.38	295^th	2380	87.6%
2021	50.50	323^rd	738	56.2%
2022	51.61	1030^th	2509	58.9%
2023	72.96	564^th	2547	77.9%
2024	55.75	911^th	2546	64.2%

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Rank History for middle school Disabled students at Nesbit Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	85.88	115^th	1369	91.6%
2019	84.14	144^th	1491	90.3%

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Rank History for middle school Male students at Nesbit Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	72.86	541^st	2273	76.2%
2019	59.46	816^th	2407	66.1%
2021	58.91	281^st	763	63.2%
2022	56.73	887^th	2527	64.9%
2023	82.97	376^th	2558	85.3%
2024	71.31	599^th	2547	76.5%

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Rank History for middle school Hispanic students at Nesbit Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	65.86	537^th	2072	74.1%
2019	68.49	512^th	2213	76.9%
2022	44.71	1144^th	2359	51.5%
2023	67.56	569^th	2391	76.2%
2024	37.79	1378^th	2383	42.2%

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Rank History for middle school White students at Nesbit Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	73.56	386^th	1496	74.2%
2019	51.75	758^th	1602	52.7%
2022	61.38	561^st	1555	63.9%
2024	73.04	368^th	1535	76.0%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Nesbit Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	280	11	50	45	2	n/a	n/a	0	388
1989	282	19	61	60	5	n/a	n/a	0	427
1990	284	28	69	46	3	n/a	n/a	0	430
1991	279	27	73	66	1	n/a	n/a	0	446
1992	302	31	83	63	2	n/a	n/a	0	481
1993	373	20	31	47	0	n/a	n/a	0	471
1994	310	33	85	73	0	n/a	n/a	0	501
1995	299	30	99	88	8	n/a	n/a	0	524
1996	299	30	99	88	8	n/a	n/a	0	524
1997	324	18	104	87	8	n/a	n/a	0	541
1998	287	20	72	69	1	n/a	n/a	0	449
1999	208	20	66	76	2	n/a	n/a	0	372
2000	171	25	51	81	3	n/a	n/a	0	331
2001	175	20	44	76	2	n/a	n/a	10	327
2002	158	35	61	50	0	n/a	n/a	10	314
2003	158	35	61	50	0	n/a	n/a	10	314
2004	133	24	47	60	0	n/a	n/a	11	275
2005	123	22	41	58	0	n/a	n/a	16	260
2006	147	17	82	60	0	n/a	n/a	22	328
2007	162	15	82	67	1	n/a	n/a	27	354
2008	167	13	93	65	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	338
2009	164	18	95	58	2	7	22	0	366
2010	239	22	134	80	3	14	21	0	513
2011	142	13	69	65	1	14	9	0	313
2012	122	20	62	77	1	17	5	0	304
2013	137	20	76	83	2	21	7	0	346
2014	149	22	76	98	2	15	18	0	380
2015	164	17	100	126	2	14	27	0	450
2016	198	19	131	139	2	13	52	0	554
2017	212	18	146	162	3	11	80	0	632
2018	228	20	139	163	2	17	85	0	654
2019	225	20	144	183	1	15	82	0	670
2020	226	20	147	186	1	21	82	0	683
2021	174	18	146	168	1	25	84	0	616
2022	149	11	147	167	1	20	101	0	596
2023	144	12	161	178	0	17	96	0	608
2024	136	14	152	188	0	17	89	0	596

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Nesbit Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	388	18.5	20.9	n/a
1989	427	18.6	22.9	n/a
1990	430	18.7	22.9	n/a
1991	446	19.8	22.5	n/a
1992	481	20.1	23.9	7.1
1993	471	21.5	21.9	7.9
1994	501	23.2	21.6	7
1995	524	25.0	21.0	6.5
1996	524	25.0	21.0	6.5
1997	541	28.0	19.3	6.5
1998	449	26.0	17.3	7.8
1999	372	22.3	16.7	11.3
2000	331	20.0	16.6	9.1
2001	327	20.0	16.4	7.6
2002	314	18.5	17.0	11.2
2003	314	18.5	17.0	11.2
2004	275	15.4	17.9	13.6
2005	260	14.8	17.6	14.8
2006	328	19.5	16.8	7.5
2007	354	18.5	19.1	12.5
2008	338	20.5	16.5	12.4
2009	366	21.5	15.9	11.2
2010	513	24.5	20.9	11.5
2011	313	n/a	n/a	24
2012	304	17.6	17.2	n/a
2013	346	19.3	17.8	29.8
2014	380	20.0	19.0	23.2
2015	450	22.0	20.4	18.7
2016	554	26.0	21.3	17.9
2017	632	29.0	21.7	18.2
2018	654	29.0	22.5	23.9
2019	670	30.0	22.3	24.8
2020	683	n/a	n/a	22
2021	616	30.0	20.5	22.4
2022	596	30.1	19.7	19.3
2023	608	29.2	20.7	17.4
2024	596	26.1	22.7	25

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Nesbit Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	388	18.5	20.9	n/a
1989	427	18.6	22.9	n/a
1990	430	18.7	22.9	n/a
1991	446	19.8	22.5	n/a
1992	481	20.1	23.9	7.1
1993	471	21.5	21.9	7.9
1994	501	23.2	21.6	7
1995	524	25.0	21.0	6.5
1996	524	25.0	21.0	6.5
1997	541	28.0	19.3	6.5
1998	449	26.0	17.3	7.8
1999	372	22.3	16.7	11.3
2000	331	20.0	16.6	9.1
2001	327	20.0	16.4	7.6
2002	314	18.5	17.0	11.2
2003	314	18.5	17.0	11.2
2004	275	15.4	17.9	13.6
2005	260	14.8	17.6	14.8
2006	328	19.5	16.8	7.5
2007	354	18.5	19.1	12.5
2008	338	20.5	16.5	12.4
2009	366	21.5	15.9	11.2
2010	513	24.5	20.9	11.5
2011	313	n/a	n/a	24
2012	304	17.6	17.2	n/a
2013	346	19.3	17.8	29.8
2014	380	20.0	19.0	23.2
2015	450	22.0	20.4	18.7
2016	554	26.0	21.3	17.9
2017	632	29.0	21.7	18.2
2018	654	29.0	22.5	23.9
2019	670	30.0	22.3	24.8
2020	683	n/a	n/a	22
2021	616	30.0	20.5	22.4
2022	596	30.1	19.7	19.3
2023	608	29.2	20.7	17.4
2024	596	26.1	22.7	25

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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