Lau (Gordon J.) Elementary

Lau (Gordon J.) Elementary is a mid-tier elementary-level community in San Francisco, California, overseen by San Francisco Unified. The school caters to 653 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Lau (Gordon J.) Elementary sits 40% bigger than that benchmark.

Within San Francisco Unified, which oversees 106 schools and 48,706 students, Lau (Gordon J.) Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Lau (Gordon J.) Elementary shows that nearly all students (90%) are Asian. Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 35% Asian, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Asian than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Lau (Gordon J.) Elementary has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 25.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 82% of students at Lau (Gordon J.) Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above San Francisco County's rate of about 54%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lau (Gordon J.) Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 30.5%; this one delivers 63.0%, a residual of +32.5 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for San Francisco County indicate median household income runs about $140,970, about 60% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across San Francisco County's 132 public schools (combined enrollment of about 56,505 students), Lau (Gordon J.) Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Stockton (Commodore) Children Center, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Lau (Gordon J.) Elementary comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 52.9%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Lau (Gordon J.) Elementary's enrollment has edged up 3% since 2018, when it stood at 635 (now 653). Over the same period, the Asian share edged up from 85% to 90%. Class-load math has widened: from 21.9:1 in 2018 to 25.1:1 in 2025.

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