📍 35 Tower Rd., San Mateo, San Mateo County, 94402
Gateway Center is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in San Mateo, San Mateo County. The school has 16 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Freedom Siyam. It is part of the San Mateo County Office of Education school district. It serves grades 6–12 in a suburban setting. The school employs 3.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 4.8:1.
Gateway Center enrolls 16 students across grades 6–12. The student body is 81% male and 19% female. A teaching staff of 3.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 4.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 56% Hispanic or Latino, 19% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander and 13% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 9 | 56% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | 19% |
| White | 2 | 13% |
| Black or African American | 1 | 6.3% |
| Two or more races | 1 | 6.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
8 of the school's 16 students (50%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Gateway Center is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Gateway Center is one of 5 schools in San Mateo County Office of Education, based in Redwood City, California. The district serves 80 students district-wide and employs 14 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 16 students, Gateway Center is close to the district average of about 16 students per school.
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