Ortega (Jose) Elementary

Located at 400 Sargent St., in San Francisco, California, Ortega (Jose) Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack elementary school that hosts 410 students (grades K through 5), overseen by San Francisco Unified.

San Francisco Unified comprises 106 schools with combined enrollment of 48,706 students; Ortega (Jose) Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Ortega (Jose) Elementary records that 67% of the student body identifies as Asian. The remainder consists of 13% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% White. That is visibly more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 35%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 25.1:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 55% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Ortega (Jose) Elementary ranks in the top 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 47.0%; Ortega (Jose) Elementary posts 63.6%, +16.6 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, San Francisco County reports that median household income runs about $140,970, about 60% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Ortega (Jose) Elementary is one of 132 public schools in San Francisco County (combined enrollment of about 56,505 students).

Nearest neighbor: Sheridan Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Ortega (Jose) Elementary comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 40.6%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Ortega (Jose) Elementary's enrollment has rose 4% since 2018, when it stood at 396 (now 410). Asian enrollment moved from 47% to 67% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.