San Francisco Unified Elementary Schools
72 schools ranked by composite score — exceeded vs. met standard, growth, absenteeism, suspension, and baseline proficiency.
District performance overview
San Francisco Unified has 72 ranked elementary schools averaging a composite score of 47.4 — 1.9 points near the state average of 45.5. Scores range from 16.4 to 79.9.
The highest-scoring school is Chinese Immersion School at DeAvila with a composite of 79.9 and 59.0% exceeding standard.
Wide performance spread: The 63.4-point gap between the highest and lowest scoring schools in San Francisco Unified suggests significant variation in school quality within the same district. Choosing the right school within this district matters more than choosing the district itself.
District-wide chronic absenteeism averages 25.3%, below the state average of 18.7%.
Avg Composite
47.4
State avg: 45.5
Score Range
63.4
16.4 – 79.9
Avg Exceeded %
24.9%
State avg: 21.0%
Schools Ranked
72
With composite scores
| # | School | County | Score | Exceeded | Met+ | Absent | Susp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Chinese Immersion School at DeAvila
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 79.9 | 59.0% | 80.9% | 4.4% | 0.0% |
| 2 |
Lilienthal (Claire) Elementary
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 75.1 | 58.9% | 82.4% | 10.5% | 0.3% |
| 3 |
Peabody (George) Elementary
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 73.8 | 53.0% | 79.8% | 7.2% | 0.0% |
| 4 |
Yu (Alice Fong) Elementary
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 73.4 | 56.3% | 82.6% | 6.4% | 0.0% |
| 5 |
Sunset Elementary
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 71.2 | 53.9% | 84.6% | 5.4% | 0.0% |
| 6 |
Stevenson (Robert Louis) Elementary
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 70.6 | 44.3% | 74.5% | 6.9% | 0.0% |
| 7 |
Chin (John Yehall) Elementary
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 70.1 | 55.0% | 81.2% | 1.7% | 0.0% |
| 8 |
New Traditions Elementary
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 68.5 | 47.9% | 78.9% | 10.5% | 0.0% |
| 9 |
Lawton Alternative
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 68.4 | 46.9% | 78.1% | 9.6% | 1.1% |
| 10 |
Grattan Elementary
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 67.2 | 42.3% | 71.8% | 10.4% | 0.2% |
| 11 |
Ulloa Elementary
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 66.6 | 44.4% | 72.8% | 3.9% | 0.6% |
| 12 |
Clarendon Alternative Elementary
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 65.8 | 48.7% | 72.0% | 9.4% | 0.4% |
| 13 |
Alamo Elementary
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 65.7 | 43.1% | 70.2% | 12.8% | 0.0% |
| 14 |
Key (Francis Scott) Elementary
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 65.3 | 43.2% | 74.1% | 8.1% | 0.4% |
| 15 |
Lau (Gordon J.) Elementary
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 63.7 | 38.1% | 65.9% | 6.8% | 0.3% |
| 16 |
Argonne Elementary
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 62.3 | 36.0% | 65.6% | 16.0% | 0.0% |
| 17 |
Lafayette Elementary
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 62.2 | 44.8% | 70.7% | 13.2% | 0.4% |
| 18 |
West Portal Elementary
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 59.6 | 32.9% | 62.8% | 9.6% | 1.7% |
| 19 |
Miraloma Elementary
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 59.4 | 44.5% | 69.3% | 17.1% | 0.8% |
| 20 |
McKinley Elementary
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 59.1 | 38.6% | 65.9% | 20.6% | 1.3% |
| 21 |
Ortega (Jose) Elementary
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 58.6 | 37.2% | 59.7% | 12.5% | 0.5% |
| 22 |
Sutro Elementary
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 58.0 | 39.0% | 73.4% | 6.7% | 0.0% |
| 23 |
Jefferson Elementary
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 57.6 | 34.2% | 63.7% | 11.4% | 0.5% |
| 24 |
King (Thomas Starr) Elementary
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 57.6 | 41.7% | 62.8% | 22.2% | 1.7% |
| 25 |
McCoppin (Frank) Elementary
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 55.8 | 29.9% | 55.4% | 15.0% | 0.0% |
| 26 |
Yick Wo Elementary
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 55.5 | 33.4% | 65.7% | 18.5% | 0.0% |
| 27 |
Rooftop Elementary
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 55.4 | 31.0% | 56.1% | 20.0% | 0.8% |
| 28 |
Sloat (Commodore) Elementary
San Francisco Unified
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San Francisco | 55.2 | 28.9% | 57.0% | 10.5% | 0.0% |
| 29 |
Garfield Elementary
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 53.3 | 25.9% | 51.0% | 27.0% | 0.5% |
| 30 |
Webster (Daniel) Elementary
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 53.0 | 33.4% | 54.5% | 25.6% | 0.0% |
| 31 |
Alvarado Elementary
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 52.4 | 34.5% | 56.3% | 17.4% | 1.1% |
| 32 |
Sunnyside Elementary
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 51.9 | 40.8% | 61.9% | 16.9% | 0.3% |
| 33 |
Monroe Elementary
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 51.8 | 24.0% | 47.8% | 19.6% | 0.2% |
| 34 |
Feinstein (Dianne) Elementary
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 51.6 | 26.9% | 52.8% | 12.8% | 0.8% |
| 35 |
Milk (Harvey) Civil Rights Elementary
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 50.2 | 24.5% | 44.2% | 26.2% | 0.7% |
| 36 |
Sherman Elementary
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 49.6 | 29.9% | 49.1% | 22.3% | 0.0% |
| 37 |
Parker (Jean) Elementary
San Francisco Unified
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San Francisco | 49.4 | 30.7% | 58.0% | 23.0% | 2.9% |
| 38 |
Huerta (Dolores) Elementary
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 48.7 | 21.6% | 44.6% | 20.0% | 0.2% |
| 39 |
Taylor (Edward R.) Elementary
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 48.5 | 20.2% | 42.1% | 16.4% | 0.2% |
| 40 |
Lakeshore Alternative Elementary
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 46.4 | 16.8% | 35.5% | 26.1% | 0.2% |
| 41 |
Glen Park Elementary
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 44.7 | 22.8% | 40.2% | 33.9% | 0.0% |
| 42 |
Muir (John) Elementary
San Francisco Unified
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San Francisco | 44.7 | 29.5% | 51.0% | 35.1% | 0.0% |
| 43 |
Visitacion Valley Elementary
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 39.6 | 9.0% | 29.2% | 32.0% | 0.8% |
| 44 |
Flynn (Leonard R.) Elementary
San Francisco Unified
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San Francisco | 39.0 | 16.3% | 30.6% | 34.3% | 0.2% |
| 45 |
San Francisco Public Montessori
San Francisco Unified
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San Francisco | 38.8 | 15.0% | 30.2% | 34.2% | 0.0% |
| 46 |
Parks (Rosa) Elementary
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 38.6 | 18.5% | 39.5% | 37.8% | 1.1% |
| 47 |
San Francisco Community Alternative
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 38.5 | 15.5% | 34.8% | 29.5% | 1.6% |
| 48 |
Moscone (George R.) Elementary
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 38.4 | 10.4% | 26.8% | 23.2% | 0.3% |
| 49 |
Guadalupe Elementary
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 36.6 | 9.7% | 25.1% | 30.9% | 0.0% |
| 50 |
Longfellow Elementary
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 36.1 | 13.6% | 24.9% | 34.2% | 2.5% |
| 51 |
Buena Vista/ Horace Mann K-8
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 34.8 | 7.8% | 20.7% | 30.7% | 1.1% |
| 52 |
Cobb (William L.) Elementary
San Francisco Unified
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San Francisco | 34.6 | 10.1% | 35.8% | 55.0% | 0.7% |
| 53 |
Serra (Junipero) Elementary
San Francisco Unified
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San Francisco | 34.2 | 7.2% | 22.4% | 38.2% | 1.3% |
| 54 |
Sheridan Elementary
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 33.4 | 8.6% | 27.6% | 42.9% | 0.0% |
| 55 |
Chavez (Cesar) Elementary
San Francisco Unified
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San Francisco | 32.2 | 4.4% | 14.9% | 36.5% | 0.2% |
| 56 |
Marshall Elementary
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 31.0 | 3.2% | 10.0% | 28.8% | 0.0% |
| 57 |
Tenderloin Community
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 30.9 | 6.1% | 18.1% | 41.2% | 4.4% |
| 58 |
Spring Valley Elementary
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 29.9 | 13.4% | 30.0% | 47.6% | 0.0% |
| 59 |
Hillcrest Elementary
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 29.0 | 1.1% | 8.1% | 38.9% | 0.3% |
| 60 |
Lee (Edwin and Anita) Newcomer
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 28.6 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.2% | 0.0% |
| 61 |
Cleveland Elementary
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 28.4 | 3.7% | 14.4% | 38.4% | 0.0% |
| 62 |
Drew (Charles) College Preparatory Academy
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 27.4 | 6.0% | 16.1% | 44.3% | 0.0% |
| 63 |
Redding Elementary
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 27.4 | 3.0% | 12.6% | 47.2% | 1.4% |
| 64 |
Harte (Bret) Elementary
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 26.6 | 3.0% | 10.7% | 46.6% | 0.0% |
| 65 |
Bryant Elementary
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 26.6 | 6.0% | 19.3% | 43.2% | 0.8% |
| 66 |
Malcolm X Academy
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 26.0 | 1.8% | 15.5% | 62.4% | 0.0% |
| 67 |
Revere (Paul) Elementary
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 25.6 | 1.3% | 8.4% | 39.1% | 2.9% |
| 68 |
Sanchez Elementary
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 24.3 | 6.1% | 18.8% | 47.7% | 2.5% |
| 69 |
El Dorado Elementary
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 23.0 | 1.0% | 3.0% | 45.9% | 0.7% |
| 70 |
Carmichael (Bessie)/FEC
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 21.6 | 2.6% | 12.4% | 58.6% | 2.3% |
| 71 |
Mission Education Center
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 19.1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 35.5% | 1.6% |
| 72 |
Carver (George Washington) Elementary
San Francisco Unified
|
San Francisco | 16.4 | 1.6% | 11.6% | 67.3% | 0.0% |