St. Robert Catholic Elementary School

My children have attended St. Robert for a number of years and we could not be happier with the education that they have received. The school emphasizes the development of lifelong learners, as well as well-rounded, kind children.
Dec 8th, 2019

Mar 8th, 2019

First of all, I was the first kindergarten class enrolled at this school in 1985. I love the parish and got married by a priest from this church. I bought a house in San Bruno in preparation to send my kids there. When I had my two kids, of course they were baptized there. When my son was ready to go to kindergarten, I was excited to enroll him into the school that I attended. My parents were so excited to have their grandson attend the school where they spend 19 years sending their 3 kids to.Fast forward to today. Unfortunately my son was not accepted into this school even with my vast family history. When I inquired about why he did not get accepted, I got an answer that " there were too many boys that applied". When I dug around I found out that the vast majority of children accepted were caucasian. My family is asian. I had also heard of rumors that you have to make a sizable "donation" of thousands of dollars to be considered to be enrolled at this school. When you look around at the school the of the student population lacks diversity. I looked at my past kindergarten class photo. I was the only non-Caucasian student in a class of 40 kids.According to the 2010 United States Census reported that San Bruno had a population of 41,114. The population density was 7,505.0 people per square mile (2,897.7/km²). The racial makeup of San Bruno was 20,350 (49.5%) White, 942 (2.3%) African American, 246 (0.6%) Native American, 10,423 (25.4%) Asian, 1,377 (3.3%) Pacific Islander, 5,075 (12.3%) from other races, and 2,701 (6.6%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 12,016 persons (29.2%)So with the above statement, the school should reflect the diversity that is great about San Bruno. Sadly it is not. Another con with this school is that they have a whooping 36 kids in a tiny classroom. Even public school kindergarten in San Bruno is around 20 children. This was a blessing in disguise. My son is at another Catholic School were the class size is less than 20. The kindergarten teacher is wonderful. He is reading and doing math. They have a science teacher, computer teacher, art teacher, a Spanish teacher too. He is thriving and is getting the individual attention from his teachers. The student population is very diverse and the principal is wonderful. I would not recommend St Roberts to anyone based on my terrible experience.
Mar 6th, 2019

We were fortunate NOT to have our kid get in, with hindsight. Great community and church, but the education is third rate (the only thing lower would be San Bruno public school). If you have high expectations for your child getting a solid foundation that will take them into a private college prep high school and beyond - this is not it - not even close. Contact the good private high schools and ask how many kids have come from St. Roberts . . . very, very few . . . I know, I made those calls early on.So we went the private school route and while it costs much, much more, you get what you pay for. Our good friends didn't learn this until their kid got to high school (Cap) and saw how ill-prepared he was. Sure, he got good grades at SR's - but that's like saying you have the smartest kid on the short-school bus . . . fast forward  . . . this poor kid is still struggling at Skyline community college wanting to transfer to SJSU next year.  Lesson learned - - do your research and do not weigh too heavily on Yelp or Google reviews -
Dec 17th, 2018

First of all, I was the first kindergarten class enrolled at this school in 1985. I love the parish and got married by a priest from this church. I bought a house in San Bruno in preparation to send my kids there. When I had my two kids, of course they were baptized there. When my son was ready to go to kindergarten, I was excited to enroll him into the school that I attended. My parents were so excited to have their grandson attend the school where they spend 19 years sending their 3 kids to. Fast forward to today. Unfortunately my son was not accepted into this school even with my vast family history. When I inquired about why he did not get accepted, I got an answer that " there were too many boys that applied". When I dug around I found out that the vast majority of children accepted were caucasian. My family is asian. I had also heard of rumors that you have to make a sizable "donation" of thousands of dollars to be considered to be enrolled at this school. When you look around at the school the of the student population lacks diversity. I looked at my past kindergarten class photo. I was the only non-Caucasian student in a class of 40 kids. According to the 2010 United States Census reported that San Bruno had a population of 41,114. The population density was 7,505.0 people per square mile (2,897.7/km). The racial makeup of San Bruno was 20,350 (49.5%) White, 942 (2.3%) African American, 246 (0.6%) Native American, 10,423 (25.4%) Asian, 1,377 (3.3%) Pacific Islander, 5,075 (12.3%) from other races, and 2,701 (6.6%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 12,016 persons (29.2%) So with the above statement, the school should reflect the diversity that is great about San Bruno. Sadly it is not. Another con with this school is that they have a whooping 36 kids in a tiny classroom. Even public school kindergarten in San Bruno is around 20 children. This was a blessing in disguise. My son is at another Catholic School were the class size is less than 20. The kindergarten teacher is wonderful. He is reading and doing math. They have a science teacher, computer teacher, art teacher, a Spanish teacher too. He is thriving and is getting the individual attention from his teachers. The student population is very diverse and the principal is wonderful. I would not recommend St Roberts to anyone based on my terrible experience.
Jun 12th, 2018