Drew (Charles) College Preparatory Academy

Set in San Francisco, California, Drew (Charles) College Preparatory Academy is a low-enrollment elementary campus, overseen by San Francisco Unified. It hosts 200 students across grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 57% below typical.

San Francisco Unified runs 106 schools in total, collectively educating 48,706 students. Drew (Charles) College Preparatory Academy is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Drew (Charles) College Preparatory Academy lists that the largest single group is Black, at 55% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 32% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 5%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 74% of students at Drew (Charles) College Preparatory Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against San Francisco County (around 54%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Drew (Charles) College Preparatory Academy sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 35.7%; actual is 10.6%, a gap of -25.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for San Francisco County shows median household income runs about $140,970, roughly 60% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Drew (Charles) College Preparatory Academy is one of 132 public schools in San Francisco County (combined enrollment of about 56,505 students).

Nearest neighbor: Brown Jr. (Willie L) Middle, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Drew (Charles) College Preparatory Academy. On composite proficiency, Drew (Charles) College Preparatory Academy comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 21.6%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 12%: 178 students in 2018 compared to 200 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 18% to 32% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 23.5:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the Drew (Charles) College Preparatory Academy community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.