Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5
Costano Elementary, East Palo Alto, CA
Enrollment and teachers
- Students
- 369
- Teachers (FTE)
- 21.0
- Students per teacher
- 17.6
- Grades
- K to 5
This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 17.2. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.
School details
- Address
- 2695 Fordham St., East Palo Alto, CA 94303
- Phone
- (650)329-2830
- County
- San Mateo County
- Level
- Elementary
- Type
- Regular
- Status
- Open
- Charter
- No
- Virtual
- No
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- NCES school ID
- 063186004915
School meals
- Free lunch
- 331
- Reduced-price lunch
- 1
- Free or reduced-price lunch
- 33290.0% of enrollment.
- Direct certification
- 230Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
- Community Eligibility Provision
- Yes (CEP school)
Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.
Related schools
Other elementary schools in Ravenswood City Elementary School District
- Belle Haven Elementary 312 students
- Los Robles-Ronald McNair Academy 276 students
Elementary schools elsewhere in East Palo Alto
- Aspire East Palo Alto Charter Aspire East Palo Alto Charter District
We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.