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Jefferson Elementary

Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
986 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
502 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
24:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
35%
Teachers
21 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 8.2%
White 21.5%
Asian 51.4%
Black 0.8%
Other 18.1%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Jefferson Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard34.2%
Met Standard29.5%
Below Standard36.3%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "64% proficient" for Jefferson Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

34.2% of students exceeded standard while 29.5% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 13.3 points above the state average of 21.0%. That's 9.3 points above the San Francisco Unified district average of 24.9%. The 28 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 39.3% exceeded — 5.1 points higher. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Proficiency drops by 5.8 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.

Chronic absenteeism is 11.4%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
34.2%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
63.7%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
-5.8pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
11.4%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.5%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
986
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 83 44.6% 18.1% 21.7% 15.7% 62.6%
4th 85 38.8% 18.8% 16.5% 25.9% 57.6%
5th 77 32.5% 36.4% 16.9% 14.3% 68.8%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 84 29.8% 45.2% 10.7% 14.3% 75.0%
4th 87 31.0% 29.9% 26.4% 12.6% 60.9%
5th 77 28.6% 28.6% 31.2% 11.7% 57.1%