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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Rooftop Elementary administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
575
Elementary
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED·NCES 063441005661
Rooftop Elementary
443 Burnett Ave., San Francisco, CA 94131 · (415) 695-5692 · San Francisco County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL575 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 59% 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.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-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
27.2:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
176 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 | 66 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 65 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 65 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 66 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (66).
Student demographics
77%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
62.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.6pp since 2014
Math
49.7%
CA avg 37.7% . -8.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 33.8% | 28.6% | 18.6% | 19.1% |
| Math | 28.1% | 21.6% | 23.2% | 27.1% |
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 | 62.4% | 49.7% |
| 2023-24 | 58.6% | 54.1% |
| 2022-23 | 55.0% | 46.2% |
| 2021-22 | 55.1% | 46.9% |
| 2018-19 | 64.5% | 56.4% |
| 2017-18 | 63.2% | 56.1% |
| 2016-17 | 58.0% | 57.6% |
| 2015-16 | 55.0% | 56.0% |
| 2014-15 | 65.0% | 58.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
56.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 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 Rooftop Elementary
Rooftop Elementary's state test result (56.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rooftop Elementary this school | 575 | 30.6% | 56.2% |
| Montclair Elementary Oakland | 547 | 35.5% | 66.7% |
| Woodland Hills Elementary Charter for Enriched Studies Woodland Hills | 621 | 30.6% | 72.9% |
| Carver Elementary Long Beach | 562 | 28.3% | 69.3% |
| Castle Heights Elementary Los Angeles | 501 | 32.7% | 79.8% |
| Akers Elementary N.A.S. Lemoore | 592 | 21.5% | 58.0% |
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 Rooftop Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Francisco County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #1,329 of 5,151 | #31 of 69 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.7% | #1,608 of 5,172 ▼ 327 | #35 of 69 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.4% | #1,180 of 5,172 ▲ 149 | #24 of 69 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.0pp | #1,670 of 5,116 | #15 of 67 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 575 | #1,604 of 5,915 | #7 of 81 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 27.2:1 | #5,159 of 5,352 | #63 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.5% | #47 of 5,354 | #6 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.6% | #4,734 of 5,625 | #60 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.4% | #3,713 of 3,837 | #37 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
575
-8 (-1%) vs 2020
+69% since 1990-91, when it was 340
Student : Teacher
27.2:1
was 22.4:1
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 | 575 | 21.1 | 27.2:1 | 31% (176) |
| 2023-24 | 570 | 23.3 | 24.5:1 | 30% (169) |
| 2022-23 | 536 | 24.1 | 22.3:1 | 30% (163) |
| 2020-21 | 583 | 26 | 22.4:1 | 28% (164) |
| 2017-18 | 583 | 24.2 | 24.1:1 | 32% (186) |
| 2015-16 | 586 | 24 | 24.4:1 | 31% (184) |
| 2010-11 | 593 | N/A | N/A | 36% (214) |
| 2000-01 | 573 | 29 | 19.8:1 | 16% (91) |
| 1990-91 | 340 | 14 | 24.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rooftop Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (583 to 575); teachers down 13% (24.2 to 21.1).
About Rooftop Elementary
Rooftop Elementary is a public elementary school run by San Francisco Unified in San Francisco, California. The school had 575 students in kindergarten through 8 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in California) has about 465 students.
San Francisco Unified is made up of 106 schools with 48,706 students in all.
White students form the largest group at Rooftop Elementary, 31% of enrollment. Other groups make up 25% Hispanic, 24% multiracial, 11% Black, and 9% Asian. By the diversity index, Rooftop Elementary comes in at 77%.
Rooftop Elementary employs 21.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 27.2:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, lower than at this school. Rooftop Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 31%. The rate at public schools in San Francisco County averages 54%, higher than here.
The allk12 Grade for Rooftop Elementary is B. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 59% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Rooftop Elementary is 5.4 points below its prediction. Actual: 56.2%. Predicted: 61.6%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for San Francisco County show that median household income is about $140,970, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 60%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Rooftop Elementary is one of 132 public schools in San Francisco County, which together enroll about 56,505 students.
The nearest public school is Alvarado Elementary, at about 0.3 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, Rooftop Elementary ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Federal data show 583 students in 2020-21 and 575 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. Federal data show the ratio rising from 22.4:1 to 27.2:1.
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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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Frequently asked questions
About Rooftop ElementaryHow many students attend Rooftop Elementary?
Rooftop Elementary enrolls approximately 575 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Rooftop Elementary serve?
Rooftop Elementary serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Rooftop Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rooftop Elementary is approximately 27.2:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Rooftop Elementary?
At Rooftop Elementary, the student body is approximately 31% White, 25% Hispanic, 11% Black, 9% Asian, 24% Two or more.
Is Rooftop Elementary public or private?
Rooftop 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.