Harte (Bret) Elementary

Harte (Bret) Elementary is one of the low-enrollment primary schools in San Francisco, California, one of the schools within San Francisco Unified, with 257 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. That puts it 45% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Across the 106 schools in San Francisco Unified (48,706 students total), Harte (Bret) Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Harte (Bret) Elementary lists that 64% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest consists of 19% Black, 9% multiracial, 7% Pacific Islander. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 16%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Harte (Bret) Elementary has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.6:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 81% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of San Francisco County's rate of about 54%.

After controlling for student poverty, Harte (Bret) Elementary is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 31.3%; Harte (Bret) Elementary posts 16.1%, -15.2 points below that line.

In the area at large, San Francisco County reports that the typical household earns roughly $140,970 per year, 60% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Harte (Bret) Elementary is one of 132 public schools in San Francisco County (combined enrollment of about 56,505 students).

Nearest neighbor: KIPP Bayview Elementary, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Harte (Bret) Elementary. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Harte (Bret) Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 20.7%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Harte (Bret) Elementary has rose 27%, going from 202 students in 2018 to 257 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 49% to 64% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 20.6:1 in 2025.

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