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Top 10 Elementary Schools in San Francisco, California

The highest-scoring elementary schools in San Francisco based on our 6-dimension composite analysis of 2025 CAASPP data (state average: 45.5).

What separates the top from the rest: The top 3 schools average 57.0% Exceeded Standard, compared to 45.7% for the bottom 3 on this list. The exceeded rate — not just the met rate — is the clearest differentiator between good and great schools.

# 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%

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