Lee (Edwin and Anita) Newcomer

Lee (Edwin and Anita) Newcomer operates as a tiny elementary school in San Francisco, California, one of the schools within San Francisco Unified. Current enrollment sits at 23 students spanning grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 95% smaller than typical.

Within San Francisco Unified, which oversees 106 schools and 48,706 students, Lee (Edwin and Anita) Newcomer is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Lee (Edwin and Anita) Newcomer lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Asian (100%). By comparison, San Francisco County as a whole is about 35% Asian, so the school skews meaningfully more Asian than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.0:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 83% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above San Francisco County's rate of about 54%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (San Francisco County) shows that median household income runs about $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%. In all, San Francisco County runs 132 public schools (combined enrollment of about 56,505 students), of which Lee (Edwin and Anita) Newcomer is one.

Lau (Gordon J.) Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Lee (Edwin and Anita) Newcomer operates from a metropolitan location.

Looking at the recent track record. Lee (Edwin and Anita) Newcomer's enrollment has shrank 61% since 2018, when it stood at 59 (now 23). Over the same period, the Asian share rose from 81% to 100%. Class-load math has rose: from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 23.0:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for Lee (Edwin and Anita) Newcomer typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.