El Dorado Elementary

El Dorado Elementary, a very small elementary school in San Francisco, California, run under San Francisco Unified, caters to 128 students, covering grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 72% leaner than the state mean of about 465.

Within San Francisco Unified, which oversees 106 schools and 48,706 students, El Dorado Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, El Dorado Elementary records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 17% Black, 13% Asian, 13% Pacific Islander, 7% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 16%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 32.0:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 72% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, San Francisco County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), El Dorado Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 36.7%; this one comes in at 9.9%, -26.8 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for San Francisco County indicate median household earnings sit near $140,970, about 60% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across San Francisco County's 132 public schools (combined enrollment of about 56,505 students), El Dorado Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Burton (Phillip and Sala) Academic High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around El Dorado Elementary. On composite proficiency, El Dorado Elementary comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 29.5%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. El Dorado Elementary's enrollment has contracted 38% since 2018, when it stood at 207 (now 128). Hispanic enrollment moved from 43% to 48% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 32.0:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.