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Half Moon Bay High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
1 Lewis Foster Dr.
Half Moon Bay, CA 94019
Phone
(650) 712-7200
District
Cabrillo Unified
County
SAN MATEO COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1024
Classroom Teachers
49

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to California

5

(10 is best)

Better than 49.9% of all CA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

4

(10 is best)

Half Moon Bay High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
34%
41%
41%
55%
27%
27%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
21
21
22
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 256 25.0%
Grade 10 239 23.3%
Grade 11 276 27.0%
Grade 12 253 24.7%
Total 1024 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 43.3% 42.1% 23.2%
Black 0.5% 0.5% 5.1%
Hispanic 53.9% 55.4% 57.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 2.3% 2.0% 13.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.1% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 32.1% 36.4% 59.8%
Free lunch eligible 29.8% 33.8% 52.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 2.3% 2.6% 7.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 25,345 39,029,342
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 237.2 248
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.7% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 15.0% 19.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 27.0% 35.3%
45-64 YEARS OLD 30.1% 24.8%
65 OR OLDER 23.2% 14.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 9,364 13,315,822
Single Parent Households With Children 4.4% 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 91.5% 84.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 54.8% 35.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 52.2% 28.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 18.8% 17.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 8.3% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 7.4% 13.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 5.5% 11.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 3.8% 8.6%
$15,000 or less 4.0% 7.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,644 $23,753,000 42.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $922 $2,535,000 4.6%
Staff $1,194 $3,282,000 5.9%
General Administration $449 $1,235,000 2.2%
School Administration $967 $2,658,000 4.8%
Operation $1,543 $4,240,000 7.6%
Transportation $131 $359,000 0.6%
Other $687 $1,889,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,894 $16,198,000 29.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,713 $15,700,000 28.2%
Total Expenditures $20,251 $55,651,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,891 $52,040,046,000 48.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $997 $5,835,934,000 5.4%
Staff $932 $5,455,332,000 5.1%
General Administration $247 $1,445,763,000 1.4%
School Administration $991 $5,801,460,000 5.4%
Operation $1,401 $8,201,416,000 7.7%
Transportation $246 $1,439,454,000 1.3%
Other $846 $4,952,067,000 4.6%
Total Support $5,661 $33,131,426,000 30.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,746 $21,924,446,000 20.5%
Total Expenditures $18,298 $107,095,918,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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