Enrollment
200
Elementary
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED·NCES 063441008191
Drew (Charles) College Preparatory Academy
50 Pomona Ave., San Francisco, CA 94124 · (415) 330-1526 · San Francisco County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL200 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 5% of California public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
23.5:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
147 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 52 | 26% |
| Grade 1 | 31 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 21 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 28 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 28 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 86% larger than its 5th grade class (28).
Student demographics
59%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
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CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
22.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +9.8pp since 2014
Math
8.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -3.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 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 10 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 7.6% | 15.2% | 20.3% | 57.0% |
| Math | 3.8% | 5.1% | 12.7% | 78.5% |
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 | 22.8% | 8.9% |
| 2023-24 | 17.5% | 3.2% |
| 2022-23 | 9.7% | 8.2% |
| 2021-22 | 16.1% | 5.5% |
| 2018-19 | 13.5% | 5.5% |
| 2017-18 | 12.8% | 7.0% |
| 2016-17 | 12.1% | 8.9% |
| 2015-16 | 10.0% | 5.0% |
| 2014-15 | 13.0% | 12.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
13.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-23.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 36% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Drew (Charles) College Preparatory Academy
Drew (Charles) College Preparatory Academy's state test result (13.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drew (Charles) College Preparatory Academy this school | 200 | 73.5% | 13.3% |
| Carl B. Munck Elementary Oakland | 151 | 81.5% | 29.9% |
| Learning by Design Charter Los Angeles | 114 | 78.1% | N/A |
| Cimarron Avenue Elementary Hawthorne | 261 | 85.8% | 33.4% |
| Aspire Capitol Heights Academy Sacramento | 222 | 91.4% | N/A |
| Forty-Second Street Elementary Los Angeles | 215 | 89.3% | 21.8% |
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 Drew (Charles) College Preparatory Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Francisco County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.3% | #5,022 of 5,151 | #62 of 69 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.9% | #5,085 of 5,172 ▲ 81 | #62 of 69 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.8% | #4,666 of 5,172 ▲ 238 | #55 of 69 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.0pp | #1,671 of 5,116 | #16 of 67 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 200 | #5,354 of 5,915 | #65 of 81 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.5:1 | #3,388 of 5,352 | #40 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.9% | #1,939 of 5,354 | #35 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.5% | #2,731 of 5,625 | #21 of 74 |
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
200
+48 (+32%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 249
Student : Teacher
23.5:1
was 19.0:1
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 | 200 | 8.5 | 23.5:1 | 74% (147) |
| 2023-24 | 187 | 8 | 23.4:1 | 64% (120) |
| 2022-23 | 174 | 6 | 29.0:1 | 72% (125) |
| 2020-21 | 152 | 8 | 19.0:1 | 69% (105) |
| 2017-18 | 178 | 11 | 16.2:1 | 79% (140) |
| 2015-16 | 208 | 12 | 17.3:1 | 71% (147) |
| 2010-11 | 268 | N/A | N/A | 79% (212) |
| 2000-01 | 277 | 18 | 15.4:1 | 59% (164) |
| 1990-91 | 249 | 16 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Drew (Charles) College Preparatory Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (178 to 200); teachers down 23% (11 to 8.5).
About Drew (Charles) College Preparatory Academy
Drew (Charles) College Preparatory Academy is a public small elementary school in San Francisco, California. The school enrolls 200 students, from kindergarten through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in California) has about 465 students.
San Francisco Unified includes 106 schools. Together they enroll 48,706 students.
At 55%, Black students outnumber all other groups at Drew (Charles) College Preparatory Academy combined. The school is also 32% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 5%. Drew (Charles) College Preparatory Academy has a diversity index of 59%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Staffing totals 8.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 23.5:1. That ratio is over the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Drew (Charles) College Preparatory Academy is 74%. The 54% average for public schools in San Francisco County is 20 points lower.
allk12 grades Drew (Charles) College Preparatory Academy a D. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 36.5% for Drew (Charles) College Preparatory Academy, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 13.3%. The 23.2-point gap ranks in the bottom 10% of California schools.
In the county around the school, San Francisco County, median household income is about $140,970, roughly 60% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Drew (Charles) College Preparatory Academy is among the 132 public schools in San Francisco County.
Brown Jr. (Willie L) Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Drew (Charles) College Preparatory Academy's average proficiency of 13.3% compares with 22.6% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment was 152 in 2020-21 and 200 in 2024-25, a increase of 48 students. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 19.0:1 to 23.5:1.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About Drew (Charles) College Preparatory AcademyHow large is Drew (Charles) College Preparatory Academy?
Drew (Charles) College Preparatory Academy enrolls approximately 200 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Drew (Charles) College Preparatory Academy serve?
Drew (Charles) College Preparatory Academy serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Drew (Charles) College Preparatory Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Drew (Charles) College Preparatory Academy is approximately 23.5:1 (9 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Drew (Charles) College Preparatory Academy?
At Drew (Charles) College Preparatory Academy, the student body is approximately 32% Hispanic, 55% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Drew (Charles) College Preparatory Academy public or private?
Drew (Charles) College Preparatory Academy is a public K-12 school, overseen by San Francisco Unified.
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