Longfellow Elementary

Longfellow Elementary is a medium-sized elementary-level community in San Francisco, California, operated by San Francisco Unified. The school educates 466 students in grades K through 5.

Longfellow Elementary is one of 106 schools operated by San Francisco Unified, a district that instructs 48,706 students overall.

Demographically, Longfellow Elementary shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 55% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 32% Asian, 7% multiracial, 2% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 16%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Longfellow Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 58% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Longfellow Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 45.2%; actual is 26.1%, a gap of -19.1 points.

In the broader community, San Francisco County reports that the typical household earns roughly $140,970 per year, about 60% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Longfellow Elementary is one of 132 public schools in San Francisco County (combined enrollment of about 56,505 students).

George Washington Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Longfellow Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 39.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 14%: 542 students in 2018 compared to 466 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 43% to 55% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Longfellow Elementary community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.