Enrollment
260
Elementary
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED·NCES 063441005633
Muir (John) Elementary
380 Webster St., San Francisco, CA 94117 · (415) 241-6335 · San Francisco County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL260 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 93% of California public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
22.6:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
196 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 60 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 40% larger than its 5th grade class (43).
Student demographics
53%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
39.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +18.8pp since 2014
Math
62.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +44.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 19 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 45 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 25.2% | 14.6% | 26.2% | 34.0% |
| Math | 34.5% | 28.3% | 21.2% | 15.9% |
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 | 39.8% | 62.8% |
| 2023-24 | 45.7% | 69.3% |
| 2022-23 | 40.4% | 49.1% |
| 2021-22 | 34.6% | 41.0% |
| 2018-19 | 55.2% | 56.1% |
| 2017-18 | 33.9% | 34.2% |
| 2016-17 | 22.8% | 35.0% |
| 2015-16 | 22.0% | 15.0% |
| 2014-15 | 21.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
54.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 35% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in California's top 10%.
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 Muir (John) Elementary
Muir (John) Elementary's state test result (54.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muir (John) Elementary this school | 260 | 75.4% | 54.5% |
| Harte (Bret) Elementary San Francisco | 257 | 80.9% | 13.4% |
| Chavez Elementary Long Beach | 312 | 74.4% | 30.2% |
| Alma Fuerte Public Pasadena | 227 | 77.1% | N/A |
| Towne Avenue Elementary Carson | 288 | 81.6% | 46.4% |
| Garfield Elementary San Diego | 308 | 77.6% | 60.0% |
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 Muir (John) Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Francisco County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.5% | #1,429 of 5,151 | #33 of 69 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.8% | #931 of 5,172 ▼ 288 | #25 of 69 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.8% | #2,945 of 5,172 ▼ 729 | #43 of 69 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.5pp | #266 of 5,116 | #2 of 67 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 260 | #5,065 of 5,915 | #52 of 81 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.6:1 | #2,689 of 5,352 | #31 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.6% | #2,559 of 5,354 | #43 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.4% | #2,591 of 5,625 | #17 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.0% | #653 of 1,139 | #7 of 23 |
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
260
+19 (+8%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 390
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 260 | 11.5 | 22.6:1 | 75% (196) |
| 2023-24 | 226 | 12 | 18.8:1 | 76% (172) |
| 2022-23 | 214 | 12 | 17.8:1 | 74% (159) |
| 2020-21 | 241 | 15 | 16.1:1 | 70% (169) |
| 2017-18 | 243 | 15 | 16.2:1 | 67% (162) |
| 2015-16 | 265 | 17 | 15.6:1 | 76% (201) |
| 2010-11 | 224 | N/A | N/A | 86% (193) |
| 2000-01 | 312 | 21 | 14.9:1 | 78% (242) |
| 1990-91 | 390 | 23 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Muir (John) Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (243 to 260); teachers down 23% (15 to 11.5).
About Muir (John) Elementary
Families in San Francisco, California, are served by Muir (John) Elementary, a low-enrollment elementary school. It covers kindergarten through 5, with a total enrollment of 260 students. Enrollment is 44% lower than the average for elementary schools in California, which is about 465.
Muir (John) Elementary is one of the 106 schools that make up San Francisco Unified (48,706 students in total).
At Muir (John) Elementary, Hispanic students make up 66% of the student body. The next largest groups are 18% Black, 8% White, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 50 points above the 16% share among San Francisco County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 53% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 11.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 22.6 students per teacher. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 75%. Among public schools in San Francisco County, the average eligibility rate is 54%.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Muir (John) Elementary receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 35.4% for Muir (John) Elementary, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 54.5%. The 19.1-point gap ranks in the top 10% of California schools.
Recent Census Bureau figures for San Francisco County show that the median household income is $140,970, about 60% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Besides Muir (John) Elementary, San Francisco County has 131 other public schools.
Wells (Ida B.) High is the public school closest to Muir (John) Elementary, about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Muir (John) Elementary places 2nd out of 5 schools in its immediate area.
For locale, NCES codes Muir (John) Elementary as City: Large.
Enrollment has grown by 19 students since 2020-21, to 260. Students per teacher rose from 16.1 in 2020-21 to 22.6 in 2024-25.
Community posts for Muir (John) Elementary can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
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One other US public school is named Muir (John) Elementary. Muir (John) Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Muir (John) ElementaryAntioch, CA · 660 students
Nearby schools
- Wells (Ida B.) High0.3 mi · 198
- Gateway Middle0.5 mi · 247
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- McKinley Elementary0.6 mi · 294
- Parks (Rosa) Elementary0.6 mi · 326
Frequently asked questions
About Muir (John) ElementaryHow many students attend Muir (John) Elementary?
Muir (John) Elementary enrolls approximately 260 students in grades KG-05.
Is Muir (John) Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Muir (John) Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Muir (John) Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Muir (John) Elementary is approximately 22.6:1 (12 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Muir (John) Elementary?
At Muir (John) Elementary, the student body is approximately 8% White, 66% Hispanic, 18% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Muir (John) Elementary public or private?
Muir (John) Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by San Francisco Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.