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Enrollment
466
Elementary
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED·NCES 063441005641
Longfellow Elementary
755 Morse St., San Francisco, CA 94112 · (415) 469-4730 · San Francisco County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL466 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
23.6:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
268 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 87 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
27.9%
CA avg 49.1% . -14.1pp since 2014
Math
22.0%
CA avg 37.7% . -18.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 14 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 18 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 14.2% | 13.7% | 19.5% | 52.6% |
| Math | 12.8% | 9.3% | 26.4% | 51.5% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.9% | 22.0% |
| 2023-24 | 25.4% | 26.5% |
| 2022-23 | 25.8% | 22.9% |
| 2021-22 | 31.8% | 28.6% |
| 2018-19 | 33.6% | 31.4% |
| 2017-18 | 37.2% | 29.6% |
| 2016-17 | 30.7% | 28.0% |
| 2015-16 | 38.0% | 36.0% |
| 2014-15 | 42.0% | 40.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
25.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 46% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Longfellow Elementary
Longfellow Elementary's state test result (25.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Longfellow Elementary this school | 466 | 57.5% | 25.5% |
| Marguerita Elementary Alhambra | 445 | 54.8% | 47.1% |
| Los Molinos Elementary Hacienda Heights | 505 | 57.4% | 67.1% |
| Rocketship Spark Academy San Jose | 546 | 55.9% | N/A |
| Potrero Heights Elementary South San Gabriel | 380 | 57.9% | 65.9% |
| Anderson (Alex) Elementary San Jose | 492 | 55.9% | 25.6% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Longfellow Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Francisco County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.5% | #4,024 of 5,151 | #53 of 69 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #4,099 of 5,172 ▼ 649 | #53 of 69 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #4,187 of 5,172 ▲ 73 | #51 of 69 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.3pp | #517 of 5,116 | #20 of 67 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 466 | #2,842 of 5,915 | #19 of 81 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.6:1 | #3,433 of 5,352 | #41 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.7% | #1,953 of 5,354 | #36 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.5% | #3,582 of 5,625 | #37 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.0% | #2,155 of 3,837 | #17 of 42 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
466
-33 (-7%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 459
Student : Teacher
23.6:1
was 21.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 466 | 19.8 | 23.6:1 | 58% (268) |
| 2023-24 | 454 | 21.5 | 21.1:1 | 56% (253) |
| 2022-23 | 451 | 19 | 23.7:1 | 63% (282) |
| 2020-21 | 499 | 23 | 21.7:1 | 58% (289) |
| 2017-18 | 542 | 23 | 23.6:1 | 61% (330) |
| 2015-16 | 570 | 25 | 22.8:1 | 79% (452) |
| 2010-11 | 605 | N/A | N/A | 74% (450) |
| 2000-01 | 581 | 28 | 20.8:1 | 42% (242) |
| 1990-91 | 459 | 17 | 27.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Longfellow Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (542 to 466); teachers down 14% (23 to 19.8).
About Longfellow Elementary
This page covers Longfellow Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school in San Francisco, California. In all, 466 students attend the school in kindergarten through 5.
San Francisco Unified runs 106 schools with a combined 48,706 students. Longfellow Elementary is one of them.
The largest group at Longfellow Elementary is Hispanic students, at 55%. The remaining students are 32% Asian, 7% multiracial, and 2% White. Among people living in San Francisco County, the Hispanic share is about 16%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Longfellow Elementary scores 59%.
There are 19.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at Longfellow Elementary, giving a ratio of 23.6:1. Elementary schools in California average 22.3:1, 1.3 fewer students per teacher than here. A total of 268 students, or 58%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Longfellow Elementary lands at D, ahead of 6% of California public elementary schools.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Longfellow Elementary scores 20.4 points lower than predicted. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 25.5%; the prediction is 45.8%.
American Community Survey estimates for San Francisco County show that median household income comes to about $140,970, roughly 60% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. San Francisco County counts 132 public schools with about 56,505 students.
Measured in a straight line, George Washington Elementary is about 0.2 miles from Longfellow Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Longfellow Elementary comes in 7th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Longfellow Elementary's location as City: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Longfellow Elementary had a net loss of 33 students, or 7%. The school's ratio increased from 21.7:1 to 23.6:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
San Francisco County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
830,235
Census ACS
Median income
$140,970
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
60%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
132
56,505 students
Quick facts
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Other Longfellow Elementary schools
36 other US public schools in 18 states are named Longfellow Elementary. Longfellow Elementary is the 10th largest of the 37.
- Longfellow ElementaryLong Beach, CA · 904 students
- Longfellow ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 780 students
- Longfellow ElementaryRiverside, CA · 701 students
- Longfellow ElementaryWhittier, CA · 499 students
- Longfellow ElementaryCompton, CA · 450 students
Nearby schools
- George Washington Elementary0.2 mi · 206
- Panorama Elementary0.5 mi · 116
- Guadalupe Elementary0.7 mi · 273
- Sheridan Elementary0.7 mi · 196
- City Arts & Leadership Academy0.8 mi · 397
- Balboa High0.8 mi · 1,238
Frequently asked questions
About Longfellow ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Longfellow Elementary?
Longfellow Elementary enrolls approximately 466 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Longfellow Elementary serve?
Longfellow Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Longfellow Elementary have?
Longfellow Elementary employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.6:1.
How diverse is Longfellow Elementary?
Longfellow Elementary reports a student body of 2% White, 55% Hispanic, 2% Black, 32% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Longfellow Elementary?
Longfellow Elementary is overseen by San Francisco Unified in San Francisco County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.