Is John Muir Elementary a good school?

John Muir Elementary ranks 730 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend John Muir Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 427 students attended John Muir Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of John Muir Elementary?

Students at John Muir Elementary are 35% Two or more races, 34% Asian, 28% Hispanic, 1% Pacific Islander.

What schools do graduates of John Muir Elementary attend?

Students who attend John Muir Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Parkside Intermediate High : Capuchino High

John Muir Elementary

Summary:

John Muir Elementary is a public elementary school in San Bruno, California, serving 395 students in grades K-5. It is part of the San Bruno Park Elementary School District, which is ranked 616 out of 1,568 districts in the state.

John Muir Elementary consistently outperforms its district and the state of California in standardized test scores, with 66.67% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy and 68.45% in Mathematics, compared to 45.12% and 41.74% for the district, respectively. The school also has relatively low chronic absenteeism rates at 18.3%, compared to nearby schools like Belle Air Elementary at 36.9% and Allen (Decima M.) Elementary at 39.9%. However, John Muir's performance for White and multi-racial students is lower, with 2-star ratings, while its Hispanic students excel with a 5-star rating.

While John Muir Elementary outperforms its district, there are other strong elementary options in the region, such as Monte Verde Elementary and Portola Elementary in the South San Francisco Unified School District, as well as Green Hills Elementary and Meadows Elementary in the Millbrae Elementary School District, which have even higher academic achievement than John Muir Elementary.

Detail:

Public K-5

130 Cambridge Ln.
San Bruno, CA 94066-3998

(650) 624-3160

District: San Bruno Park Elementary

SchoolDigger Rank:
730^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $6,131

Students who attend John Muir Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Parkside Intermediate
High:	Capuchino High

Student/teacher ratio: 28.9

Number of students: 427

Racial breakdown:

Two or more races:

35.4%

Asian:

34.2%

Hispanic:

28.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 26.2%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details John Muir Elementary ranks better than 87.5% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 2^nd among 4 ranked elementary schools in the San Bruno Park Elementary School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 89.34. (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 John Muir Elementary has the largest elementary school student body size in the San Bruno Park Elementary School District. Student population at John Muir Elementary is diverse. Racial makeup is: two or more races (35.4%), Asian (34.2%), Hispanic (28.3%). (See more...)

Compare Details 26.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at John Muir Elementary is 28.9, which is the highest among 4 elementary schools in the San Bruno Park Elementary School District! (See more...)

Compare John Muir Elementary employs 14.7 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at John Muir Elementary is $6,131, which is the highest among 4 elementary schools in the San Bruno Park Elementary School District!

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

John Muir Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks John Muir Elementary 730^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See John Muir Elementary in the ranking list.)

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San Bruno Park Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks San Bruno Park Elementary 616^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for John Muir Elementary

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Rank History for all students at John Muir Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	72.35	1212^th	4809	74.8%
2005	78.76	983^rd	4822	79.6%
2006	81.36	902^nd	4818	81.3%
2007	78.52	1033^rd	5113	79.8%
2008	67.59	1515^th	5113	70.4%
2009	76.50	1149^th	5193	77.9%
2010	83.57	800^th	5314	84.9%
2011	83.05	843^rd	5377	84.3%
2012	83.16	837^th	5390	84.5%
2013	84.21	806^th	5530	85.4%
2015	81.71	1050^th	5611	81.3%
2016	71.64	1455^th	5614	74.1%
2017	79.73	1143^rd	5692	79.9%
2018	74.99	1362^nd	5662	75.9%
2019	74.00	1432^nd	5789	75.3%
2021	76.38	312^th	1417	78.0%
2022	85.80	904^th	5883	84.6%
2023	88.34	806^th	5874	86.3%
2024	89.34	730^th	5862	87.5%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at John Muir Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	43.46	443^rd	669	33.8%
2024	50.47	395^th	669	41.0%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at John Muir Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	93.79	116^th	3246	96.4%
2019	81.67	296^th	3275	91.0%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at John Muir Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	85.05	487^th	5084	90.4%
2022	64.25	1457^th	5264	72.3%
2023	76.70	911^th	5374	83.0%
2024	66.41	1434^th	5511	74.0%

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Rank History for Female students at John Muir Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	85.12	821^st	5413	84.8%
2019	65.73	1707^th	5492	68.9%
2021	82.89	207^th	1267	83.7%
2022	85.08	869^th	5635	84.6%
2023	88.58	717^th	5617	87.2%
2024	86.94	777^th	5605	86.1%

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Rank History for Male students at John Muir Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	63.40	1788^th	5431	67.1%
2019	78.25	1163^rd	5510	78.9%
2021	67.11	378^th	1272	70.3%
2022	83.98	920^th	5663	83.8%
2023	85.66	829^th	5650	85.3%
2024	88.37	692^nd	5636	87.7%

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Rank History for Asian students at John Muir Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2019	59.39	570^th	1149	50.4%
2022	63.30	538^th	1154	53.4%
2023	70.56	387^th	1190	67.5%
2024	65.96	490^th	1203	59.3%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at John Muir Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	75.17	892^nd	4830	81.5%
2019	80.81	678^th	4963	86.3%
2022	93.80	235^th	5084	95.4%
2023	90.88	322^nd	5098	93.7%
2024	87.58	447^th	5102	91.2%

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Rank History for White students at John Muir Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	57.86	1268^th	2737	53.7%
2019	34.88	2009^th	2834	29.1%
2022	40.34	1729^th	2726	36.6%

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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 John Muir Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	253	9	43	30	0	n/a	n/a	0	335
1989	247	10	50	38	0	n/a	n/a	0	345
1990	248	13	67	23	0	n/a	n/a	0	351
1991	254	16	68	29	0	n/a	n/a	0	367
1992	257	12	73	41	0	n/a	n/a	0	383
1993	250	6	68	58	0	n/a	n/a	0	382
1994	272	5	79	61	0	n/a	n/a	0	417
1995	253	5	89	51	1	n/a	n/a	0	399
1996	253	5	89	51	1	n/a	n/a	0	399
1997	251	3	87	59	1	n/a	n/a	0	401
1998	257	6	86	45	1	n/a	n/a	0	395
1999	252	4	84	56	1	n/a	n/a	0	397
2000	246	7	97	63	2	n/a	n/a	0	415
2001	234	9	86	65	2	n/a	n/a	0	396
2002	232	16	83	61	4	n/a	n/a	0	396
2003	232	16	83	61	4	n/a	n/a	0	396
2004	215	14	78	63	3	n/a	n/a	0	373
2005	203	12	79	62	5	n/a	n/a	0	361
2006	199	12	66	59	2	n/a	n/a	0	338
2007	186	12	71	67	1	n/a	n/a	2	339
2008	184	10	73	62	1	n/a	n/a	0	330
2009	163	9	70	67	1	8	14	0	332
2010	158	5	72	79	3	9	11	0	337
2011	162	5	68	99	2	7	15	0	358
2012	153	4	72	104	1	2	23	0	359
2013	131	7	59	84	1	3	18	0	303
2014	154	3	68	93	1	7	22	0	348
2015	144	7	84	84	0	8	25	0	352
2016	133	14	83	80	0	7	27	0	344
2017	117	14	90	74	1	7	27	0	330
2018	116	13	99	74	1	3	23	0	329
2019	137	11	134	114	2	7	32	0	437
2020	110	5	117	126	1	6	92	0	457
2021	87	2	100	102	1	2	104	0	398
2022	107	2	131	92	1	2	30	0	365
2023	3	2	131	109	0	6	144	0	395
2024	3	0	146	121	0	6	151	0	427

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 John Muir Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	335	14.0	23.9	n/a
1989	345	14.2	24.2	n/a
1990	351	14.5	24.2	n/a
1991	367	14.5	25.3	n/a
1992	383	14.7	26.0	3.1
1993	382	13.6	28.1	8.9
1994	417	14.6	28.6	10.8
1995	399	15.6	25.6	12
1996	399	15.6	25.6	12
1997	401	17.4	23.0	11.7
1998	395	18.0	21.9	11.6
1999	397	21.0	18.9	11.8
2000	415	21.0	19.8	11.6
2001	396	21.0	18.9	12.4
2002	396	20.3	19.5	15.2
2003	396	20.3	19.5	15.2
2004	373	16.0	23.3	18.8
2005	361	16.0	22.6	20.5
2006	338	15.0	22.5	16.3
2007	339	14.5	23.4	16.6
2008	330	17.0	19.4	18.2
2009	332	15.0	20.8	13.3
2010	337	16.0	21.0	23.1
2011	358	n/a	n/a	18.4
2012	359	11.5	31.0	n/a
2013	303	9.8	30.7	22.4
2014	348	12.0	29.0	21.6
2015	352	12.0	29.3	20.7
2016	344	11.0	31.2	20.1
2017	330	13.0	25.3	14.8
2018	329	12.4	26.5	17.6
2019	437	12.4	35.2	17.2
2020	457	n/a	n/a	19
2021	398	17.0	23.4	15.1
2022	365	14.8	24.5	17.3
2023	395	16.0	24.6	22.8
2024	427	14.7	28.9	26.2

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 John Muir Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	335	14.0	23.9	n/a
1989	345	14.2	24.2	n/a
1990	351	14.5	24.2	n/a
1991	367	14.5	25.3	n/a
1992	383	14.7	26.0	3.1
1993	382	13.6	28.1	8.9
1994	417	14.6	28.6	10.8
1995	399	15.6	25.6	12
1996	399	15.6	25.6	12
1997	401	17.4	23.0	11.7
1998	395	18.0	21.9	11.6
1999	397	21.0	18.9	11.8
2000	415	21.0	19.8	11.6
2001	396	21.0	18.9	12.4
2002	396	20.3	19.5	15.2
2003	396	20.3	19.5	15.2
2004	373	16.0	23.3	18.8
2005	361	16.0	22.6	20.5
2006	338	15.0	22.5	16.3
2007	339	14.5	23.4	16.6
2008	330	17.0	19.4	18.2
2009	332	15.0	20.8	13.3
2010	337	16.0	21.0	23.1
2011	358	n/a	n/a	18.4
2012	359	11.5	31.0	n/a
2013	303	9.8	30.7	22.4
2014	348	12.0	29.0	21.6
2015	352	12.0	29.3	20.7
2016	344	11.0	31.2	20.1
2017	330	13.0	25.3	14.8
2018	329	12.4	26.5	17.6
2019	437	12.4	35.2	17.2
2020	457	n/a	n/a	19
2021	398	17.0	23.4	15.1
2022	365	14.8	24.5	17.3
2023	395	16.0	24.6	22.8
2024	427	14.7	28.9	26.2

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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