Jefferson Elementary

As a reasonably sized elementary campus in San Francisco, California, Jefferson Elementary teaches 511 students from grades K through 5, overseen by San Francisco Unified.

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

Looking at the student body, Jefferson Elementary records that 53% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder reads as 21% White, 15% multiracial, 10% Hispanic. By comparison, San Francisco County as a whole is about 35% Asian, so the school skews considerably more Asian than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school lists 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 37% 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 noticeably below San Francisco County's rate of about 54%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Jefferson Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 57.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.2%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for San Francisco County put median household earnings sit near $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. In all, San Francisco County runs 132 public schools (combined enrollment of about 56,505 students), of which Jefferson Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Yu (Alice Fong) Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Jefferson Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Jefferson Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 65.4%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Jefferson Elementary has remained close to its prior level, going from 502 students in 2018 to 511 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 43% to 53% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 22.0:1 in 2018 to 23.2:1 in 2025.

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