Enrollment
272
Elementary
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED·NCES 063441005664
Sanchez Elementary
325 Sanchez St., San Francisco, CA 94114 · (415) 241-6380 · San Francisco County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL272 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
19.4:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
221 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 | 58 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 36 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 29% larger than its 5th grade class (45).
Student demographics
36%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
21.7%
CA avg 49.1% . -1.3pp since 2014
Math
15.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 1 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.7% | 13.0% | 19.1% | 59.1% |
| Math | 3.3% | 12.2% | 21.9% | 62.6% |
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 | 21.7% | 15.4% |
| 2023-24 | 22.5% | 16.4% |
| 2022-23 | 21.0% | 8.3% |
| 2021-22 | 10.2% | 8.3% |
| 2018-19 | 17.6% | 11.3% |
| 2017-18 | 14.7% | 12.8% |
| 2016-17 | 14.8% | 15.1% |
| 2015-16 | 24.0% | 27.0% |
| 2014-15 | 23.0% | 11.0% |
% 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
19.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Sanchez Elementary
Sanchez Elementary's state test result (19.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanchez Elementary this school | 272 | 81.3% | 19.1% |
| Albert Baxter Elementary Bellflower | 309 | 82.2% | 43.7% |
| Village Charter Academy Canoga Park | 307 | 77.2% | N/A |
| New River Elementary Norwalk | 319 | 78.7% | 32.1% |
| Allesandro Elementary Los Angeles | 267 | 85.0% | 62.2% |
| Danube Avenue Elementary Granada Hills | 259 | 80.7% | 36.0% |
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 Sanchez Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Francisco County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.1% | #4,648 of 5,151 | #58 of 69 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.4% | #4,707 of 5,172 ▼ 151 | #57 of 69 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.7% | #4,741 of 5,172 ▼ 217 | #58 of 69 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.3pp | #712 of 5,116 | #5 of 67 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 272 | #4,979 of 5,915 | #50 of 81 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #696 of 5,352 | #7 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.4% | #3,646 of 5,354 | #56 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.3% | #2,060 of 5,625 | #5 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.0% | #763 of 1,139 | #11 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
272
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 381
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 19.7:1
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 | 272 | 14 | 19.4:1 | 81% (221) |
| 2023-24 | 275 | 13.8 | 19.9:1 | 84% (232) |
| 2022-23 | 262 | 13 | 20.1:1 | 80% (210) |
| 2020-21 | 276 | 14 | 19.7:1 | 72% (198) |
| 2017-18 | 259 | 13 | 19.9:1 | 75% (195) |
| 2015-16 | 260 | 16 | 16.3:1 | 76% (198) |
| 2010-11 | 257 | N/A | N/A | 88% (227) |
| 2000-01 | 357 | 22 | 16.2:1 | 83% (297) |
| 1990-91 | 381 | 19 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sanchez Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (259 to 272); teachers up 8% (13 to 14).
About Sanchez Elementary
Sanchez Elementary runs as a low-enrollment elementary school in San Francisco, California. Enrollment stands at 272 students, covering kindergarten through 5. That puts enrollment 42% below the 465-student average for elementary schools in California.
San Francisco Unified counts 48,706 students in its 106 schools, and Sanchez Elementary is one of them.
About 79% of the student body at Sanchez Elementary is Hispanic. The remaining students are 7% multiracial, 6% Black, 5% Asian, and 4% White. Among people living in San Francisco County, the Hispanic share is about 16%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 36%.
A staff of 14 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 19.4:1. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is 22.3:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 81%. The gap from the 54% average for public schools in San Francisco County is 27 points.
Sanchez Elementary holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 15% of California public elementary schools.
Sanchez Elementary scores 19.1% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 31.9%.
Census data for San Francisco County show the median household earns about $140,970 a year, roughly 60% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Sanchez Elementary, San Francisco County has 132 public schools.
Everett Middle, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Sanchez Elementary ranks 5th of 8 on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 276 to 272.
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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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Other Sanchez Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Sanchez Elementary. Sanchez Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Sanchez Elementary SchoolAUSTIN, TX · 479 students
- Sanchez Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 378 students
Nearby schools
- Everett Middle0.1 mi · 401
- Mission High0.2 mi · 993
- McKinley Elementary0.4 mi · 294
- Milk (Harvey) Civil Rights Elementary0.4 mi · 137
- Marshall Elementary0.7 mi · 245
- Thomas Edison Charter Academy0.7 mi · 574
Frequently asked questions
About Sanchez ElementaryHow large is Sanchez Elementary?
Sanchez Elementary enrolls approximately 272 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Sanchez Elementary serve?
Sanchez Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sanchez Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sanchez Elementary is approximately 19.4:1 (14 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Sanchez Elementary?
Student demographics at Sanchez Elementary are roughly 4% White, 79% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Sanchez Elementary in?
Sanchez Elementary is part of San Francisco Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.