New Traditions Elementary

Set in San Francisco, California, New Traditions Elementary is a small elementary campus, operated by San Francisco Unified. It serves 259 students across grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so New Traditions Elementary sits 44% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 106 schools in San Francisco Unified (48,706 students total), New Traditions Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, New Traditions Elementary records that 49% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 21% multiracial, 14% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 6% Black. The wider county runs roughly 39% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 28.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 23% of students at New Traditions Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below San Francisco County's rate of about 54%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), New Traditions Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 65.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 77.8%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for San Francisco County indicate the typical household earns roughly $140,970 per year, 60% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across San Francisco County's 132 public schools (combined enrollment of about 56,505 students), New Traditions Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Chinese Immersion School at DeAvila is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around New Traditions Elementary. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), New Traditions Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 65.7%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at New Traditions Elementary has expanded 4%, going from 248 students in 2018 to 259 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 56% to 49% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 22.6:1 in 2018 to 28.8:1 in 2025.

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