Sloat (Commodore) Elementary

Sloat (Commodore) Elementary is a close-knit elementary-level community in San Francisco, California, operated by San Francisco Unified. The school hosts 364 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 22% smaller than typical.

Within San Francisco Unified, which oversees 106 schools and 48,706 students, Sloat (Commodore) Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Sloat (Commodore) Elementary reports that the largest single group is Asian at 55%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest looks like 18% White, 13% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, 2% Black. That is meaningfully more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 35%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 45% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, San Francisco County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Sloat (Commodore) Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.7%, the actual is 66.2%, a residual of +13.6 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for San Francisco County indicate median household income runs about $140,970, 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), Sloat (Commodore) Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Aptos Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sloat (Commodore) Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 58.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sloat (Commodore) Elementary has edged down 6%, going from 389 students in 2018 to 364 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share increased from 42% to 55%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 29.9:1 in 2018 to 23.5:1 in 2025.

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