Schools

The elementary school for the neighborhood is Lincoln Elementary, which is walkable from throughout the neighborhood.

There is one public middle school in Burlingame, Burlingame Intermediate School, which is located in the northern part of the neighborhood directly next to Franklin Elementary.

There is one public high school, Burlingame High, which is a 10 minute drive across town.

History

Ray Park is one of two neighborhoods (the other is Burlingame Village) that were developed during and immediately after World War II on the former Darius Ogden Mills Estate. The wealthy San Francisco industrialist Milton S. Ray developed Ray Park and gave the area his name. An avid ornithologist as well as an avid history buff, Mr. Ray named the streets in his development after explorers: Coronado, Marco Polo, and Quesada. Today, a clipper ship marks the entrance to Ray Drive at El Camino Real. Perhaps, the ship is a nod to the Bay Area company that Mr. Ray’s father founded in 1872: The Ray Burner Co. manufactured oil burners for ships. The area is within walking distance to the shops in Burlingame Plaza, the new Mills-Peninsula Hospital and the city’s one public intermediate school.