Enrollment
107
Elementary
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED·NCES 063441012788
San Francisco Public Montessori
2340 Jackson St., San Francisco, CA 94115 · (415) 749-3544 · San Francisco County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL107 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% 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.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
26.8:1
4 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
56 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 | 15 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 20 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 19 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 22 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 16 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 15 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (15) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (15).
Student demographics
79%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
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CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
34.7%
CA avg 49.1% . -28.3pp since 2014
Math
24.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -28.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 28 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 29 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 14.3% | 20.4% | 30.6% | 34.7% |
| Math | 14.3% | 10.2% | 34.7% | 40.8% |
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 | 34.7% | 24.5% |
| 2023-24 | 52.9% | 44.9% |
| 2022-23 | 60.0% | 50.0% |
| 2021-22 | 51.0% | 44.0% |
| 2018-19 | 62.2% | 56.2% |
| 2017-18 | 63.4% | 44.9% |
| 2016-17 | 58.1% | 42.5% |
| 2015-16 | 69.0% | 50.0% |
| 2014-15 | 63.0% | 53.0% |
% 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
39.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 San Francisco Public Montessori
San Francisco Public Montessori's state test result (39.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco Public Montessori this school | 107 | 52.3% | 39.4% |
| Kaiser Early Childhood Center Oakland | 118 | 49.2% | N/A |
| Cubberley Elementary San Diego | 199 | 55.8% | 49.1% |
| Bret Harte Elementary Sacramento | 173 | 64.2% | 27.6% |
| Antioch Charter Academy II Antioch | 204 | 48.5% | N/A |
| Milk (Harvey) Civil Rights Elementary San Francisco | 137 | 35.0% | 51.7% |
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 San Francisco Public Montessori ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Francisco County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #2,548 of 5,151 | #42 of 69 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.5% | #3,824 of 5,172 ▼ 1,990 | #51 of 69 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #3,472 of 5,172 ▼ 1,771 | #46 of 69 ▼ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -17.9pp | #9 of 5,116 | #3 of 67 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 107 | #5,621 of 5,915 | #73 of 81 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.3% | #3,814 of 5,625 | #42 of 74 |
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
107
-58 (-35%) vs 2020
+91% since 2010-11, when it was 56
Student : Teacher
26.8:1
was 20.6:1
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 | 107 | 4 | 26.8:1 | 52% (56) |
| 2023-24 | 112 | 6 | 18.7:1 | 43% (48) |
| 2022-23 | 118 | 7 | 16.9:1 | 49% (58) |
| 2020-21 | 165 | 8 | 20.6:1 | 36% (60) |
| 2017-18 | 176 | 6 | 29.3:1 | 31% (55) |
| 2015-16 | 171 | 7 | 24.4:1 | 33% (56) |
| 2010-11 | 56 | N/A | N/A | 30% (17) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for San Francisco Public Montessori.
Since 2017-18: students down 39% (176 to 107); teachers down 33% (6 to 4).
About San Francisco Public Montessori
San Francisco Public Montessori is a public elementary school in San Francisco, California. The school's enrollment of 107 students covers kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 77% lower than the average for elementary schools in California, which is about 465.
San Francisco Public Montessori is in San Francisco Unified, a district with 48,706 students across 106 schools.
San Francisco Public Montessori's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 28%. Smaller groups are 22% White, 22% multiracial, 15% Black, and 10% Asian. County-wide, 16% of San Francisco County residents are Hispanic. By the diversity index, San Francisco Public Montessori comes in at 79%.
The teaching staff at San Francisco Public Montessori is 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 26.8:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, lower than at this school. About 52% of students, or 56, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is close to the 54% average for public schools in San Francisco County.
allk12 grades San Francisco Public Montessori a C. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, San Francisco Public Montessori falls in the middle 80% of California schools: 39.4% actual against 48.9% predicted.
San Francisco County has about 830,235 residents, and median household income is about $140,970, about 60% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 132 public schools in San Francisco County, with a combined enrollment of about 56,505.
The closest public school to San Francisco Public Montessori is Tule Elk Park Children Center, about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles of San Francisco Public Montessori, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, San Francisco Public Montessori is 3rd of 6 on proficiency.
The NCES locale for San Francisco Public Montessori is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 107, 35% below the 165 of 2020-21. The number of students per teacher rose from 20.6 to 26.8 over 4 years.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About San Francisco Public MontessoriHow many students attend San Francisco Public Montessori?
San Francisco Public Montessori enrolls approximately 107 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does San Francisco Public Montessori serve?
San Francisco Public Montessori serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at San Francisco Public Montessori?
Approximately 26.8:1 students per teacher at San Francisco Public Montessori.
How diverse is San Francisco Public Montessori?
San Francisco Public Montessori reports a student body of 22% White, 28% Hispanic, 15% Black, 10% Asian, 22% Two or more.
What district is San Francisco Public Montessori in?
San Francisco Public Montessori is part of San Francisco Unified.
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