Clarendon Alternative Elementary

Located at 500 Clarendon Ave., in San Francisco, California, Clarendon Alternative Elementary is an average-sized primary school that teaches 533 students (grades K through 5), operated by San Francisco Unified.

Across the 106 schools in San Francisco Unified (48,706 students total), Clarendon Alternative Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Clarendon Alternative Elementary reports that the largest single group is Asian at 32%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 28% multiracial, 25% White, 11% Hispanic, 4% Black. Compared to San Francisco County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 25.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 23% of students at Clarendon Alternative Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against San Francisco County (around 54%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Clarendon Alternative Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.7%, the actual is 74.5%, a residual of +8.9 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for San Francisco County put the typical household earns roughly $140,970 per year, roughly 60% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, San Francisco County runs 132 public schools (combined enrollment of about 56,505 students), of which Clarendon Alternative Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: S.F. County Court Woodside Learning Ctr, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Clarendon Alternative Elementary comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 69.0%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 3%: 548 students in 2018 compared to 533 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 37% to 25%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 24.4:1 in 2018 to 25.4:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.