Jefferson Elementary
School overview
Student demographics
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 34.2% |
| Met Standard | 29.5% |
| Below Standard | 36.3% |
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
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 83 | 44.6% | 18.1% | 62.6% |
| 4th | 85 | 38.8% | 18.8% | 57.6% |
| 5th | 77 | 32.5% | 36.4% | 68.8% |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 84 | 29.8% | 45.2% | 75.0% |
| 4th | 87 | 31.0% | 29.9% | 60.9% |
| 5th | 77 | 28.6% | 28.6% | 57.1% |
Nearby schools
28 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 60.7