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Does Clarendon Alternative Elementary have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
533
Elementary
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED·NCES 063441005666
Clarendon Alternative Elementary
500 Clarendon Ave., San Francisco, CA 94131 · (415) 759-2796 · San Francisco County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL533 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 77% of California public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
25.4:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
124 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 89 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (85).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
74.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.0pp since 2014
Math
70.1%
CA avg 37.7% . -0.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 53.3% | 20.7% | 13.8% | 12.3% |
| Math | 44.4% | 25.7% | 16.9% | 13.0% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.0% | 70.1% |
| 2023-24 | 77.1% | 72.1% |
| 2022-23 | 76.6% | 67.6% |
| 2021-22 | 82.6% | 73.3% |
| 2018-19 | 82.7% | 68.8% |
| 2017-18 | 80.0% | 66.7% |
| 2016-17 | 78.1% | 74.2% |
| 2015-16 | 78.0% | 75.0% |
| 2014-15 | 72.0% | 71.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
73.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Clarendon Alternative Elementary
Clarendon Alternative Elementary's state test result (73.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarendon Alternative Elementary this school | 533 | 23.3% | 73.2% |
| Marin Elementary Albany | 524 | 26.1% | 72.6% |
| Cornell Elementary Albany | 560 | 25.5% | 76.7% |
| Miramar Ranch Elementary San Diego | 637 | 22.8% | 75.7% |
| Bay Farm Alameda | 531 | 18.5% | 77.1% |
| Oak Hills Elementary Valencia | 660 | 24.2% | 78.9% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Clarendon Alternative Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Francisco County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.2% | #505 of 5,151 | #12 of 69 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.1% | #596 of 5,172 ▼ 87 | #17 of 69 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #543 of 5,172 ▼ 173 | #9 of 69 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.9pp | #439 of 5,116 | #19 of 67 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 533 | #2,061 of 5,915 | #14 of 81 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.4:1 | #4,607 of 5,352 | #54 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.3% | #173 of 5,354 | #11 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.3% | #5,031 of 5,625 | #70 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.7% | #3,572 of 3,837 | #36 of 42 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
533
-13 (-2%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 458
Student : Teacher
25.4:1
was 27.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 533 | 21 | 25.4:1 | 23% (124) |
| 2023-24 | 529 | 21.5 | 24.6:1 | 23% (121) |
| 2022-23 | 523 | 19.9 | 26.3:1 | 17% (89) |
| 2020-21 | 546 | 20 | 27.3:1 | 12% (68) |
| 2017-18 | 548 | 22.5 | 24.4:1 | 21% (113) |
| 2015-16 | 552 | 24 | 23.0:1 | 23% (125) |
| 2010-11 | 565 | N/A | N/A | 15% (87) |
| 2000-01 | 532 | 24 | 22.2:1 | 9% (47) |
| 1990-91 | 458 | 17 | 26.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clarendon Alternative Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (548 to 533); teachers down 7% (22.5 to 21).
About Clarendon Alternative Elementary
Clarendon Alternative Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school. Its address is in San Francisco, California. It has an enrollment of 533 students in kindergarten through 5.
Across its 106 schools, San Francisco Unified enrolls 48,706 students. Clarendon Alternative Elementary is one of those schools.
No group is above 50% at Clarendon Alternative Elementary; the largest is Asian, at 32%. It is also 28% multiracial, 25% White, 11% Hispanic, and 4% Black. Among San Francisco County residents, the Asian share is about 35%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Clarendon Alternative Elementary scores 74%.
Teacher count: 21 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 25.4:1. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is 22.3:1. Roughly 23% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 54% average for public schools in San Francisco County, the school's rate is lower.
Among California public elementary schools, Clarendon Alternative Elementary outscored 77%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Clarendon Alternative Elementary is 7.3 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 73.2% actual, 65.9% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.
In San Francisco County, home to about 830,235 people, the median household earns about $140,970 a year, roughly 60% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in San Francisco County number 132, with about 56,505 students.
A public school about 0.6 miles away, S.F. County Court Woodside Learning Ctr, is the closest to Clarendon Alternative Elementary. Clarendon Alternative Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 68.7%, lower than Clarendon Alternative Elementary's 73.2%.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 546 to 533. The number of students per teacher dropped from 27.3 to 25.4 over 4 years.
People who know Clarendon Alternative Elementary can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
San Francisco County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
830,235
Census ACS
Median income
$140,970
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
60%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
132
56,505 students
Quick facts
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Frequently asked questions
About Clarendon Alternative ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Clarendon Alternative Elementary?
Clarendon Alternative Elementary enrolls approximately 533 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Clarendon Alternative Elementary serve?
Clarendon Alternative Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Clarendon Alternative Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Clarendon Alternative Elementary is approximately 25.4:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Clarendon Alternative Elementary?
At Clarendon Alternative Elementary, the student body is approximately 25% White, 11% Hispanic, 4% Black, 32% Asian, 28% Two or more.
Is Clarendon Alternative Elementary public or private?
Clarendon Alternative Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by San Francisco Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.