George Washington Elementary

George Washington Elementary is a compact elementary school in Daly City, California, operated by Jefferson Elementary. The school educates 206 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so George Washington Elementary sits 56% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Jefferson Elementary, which oversees 20 schools and 8,072 students, George Washington Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, George Washington Elementary shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 39% Asian, 4% multiracial, 3% White, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting George Washington Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 62% of students at George Washington Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above San Mateo County's rate of about 34%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), George Washington Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.8%; this one delivers 44.0%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for San Mateo County indicate the typical household earns roughly $158,855 per year, roughly 54% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, San Mateo County runs 176 public schools (combined enrollment of about 82,403 students), of which George Washington Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Longfellow Elementary, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, George Washington Elementary comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 39.0%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 38%: 332 students in 2018 compared to 206 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment declined from 47% to 39% over that span.

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