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What's the biggest difference between Taylor (Edward R.) Elementary and what you expected?
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Enrollment
564
Elementary
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED·NCES 063441005604
Taylor (Edward R.) Elementary
423 Burrows St., San Francisco, CA 94134 · (415) 330-1530 · San Francisco County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL564 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 59% of California public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
26.2:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
447 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 | 76 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 101 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (102).
Student demographics
56%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
43.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -4.0pp since 2014
Math
41.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -9.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 20.6% | 22.4% | 22.7% | 34.3% |
| Math | 20.0% | 21.4% | 24.5% | 34.1% |
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 | 43.0% | 41.4% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 42.2% |
| 2022-23 | 46.1% | 46.1% |
| 2021-22 | 48.1% | 43.0% |
| 2018-19 | 52.6% | 56.4% |
| 2017-18 | 55.0% | 55.8% |
| 2016-17 | 42.9% | 53.9% |
| 2015-16 | 43.0% | 48.0% |
| 2014-15 | 47.0% | 51.0% |
% 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
42.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Taylor (Edward R.) Elementary
Taylor (Edward R.) Elementary's state test result (42.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor (Edward R.) Elementary this school | 564 | 79.3% | 42.7% |
| Jessie Hayden Elementary Midway City | 514 | 80.2% | 51.4% |
| Killian Elementary Rowland Heights | 469 | 78.9% | 49.2% |
| Sunnyside Elementary Garden Grove | 500 | 82.6% | 59.4% |
| Franklin Elementary San Jose | 525 | 80.8% | 31.6% |
| Stanford Elementary Garden Grove | 488 | 73.4% | 57.7% |
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 Taylor (Edward R.) Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Francisco County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #2,255 of 5,151 | #39 of 69 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #2,191 of 5,172 ▼ 162 | #39 of 69 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #2,646 of 5,172 ▼ 376 | #40 of 69 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.4pp | #878 of 5,116 | #28 of 67 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 564 | #1,714 of 5,915 | #9 of 81 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.2:1 | #4,917 of 5,352 | #58 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.3% | #2,204 of 5,354 | #38 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.3% | #2,250 of 5,625 | #8 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.8% | #2,723 of 3,837 | #27 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
564
-75 (-12%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 698
Student : Teacher
26.2:1
was 23.7:1
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 | 564 | 21.5 | 26.2:1 | 79% (447) |
| 2023-24 | 588 | 27.2 | 21.6:1 | 73% (429) |
| 2022-23 | 589 | 27 | 21.8:1 | 84% (494) |
| 2020-21 | 639 | 27 | 23.7:1 | 71% (454) |
| 2017-18 | 625 | 30 | 20.8:1 | 76% (478) |
| 2015-16 | 671 | 29 | 23.1:1 | 78% (526) |
| 2010-11 | 652 | N/A | N/A | 77% (503) |
| 2000-01 | 698 | 40 | 17.4:1 | 67% (471) |
| 1990-91 | 698 | 33 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Taylor (Edward R.) Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (625 to 564); teachers down 28% (30 to 21.5).
About Taylor (Edward R.) Elementary
Taylor (Edward R.) Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary school in San Francisco, California. The school serves kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 564 students. Elementary schools in California have about 465 students on average; enrollment here is 21% higher.
Taylor (Edward R.) Elementary is in San Francisco Unified, a district with 48,706 students across 106 schools.
More than half of the students at Taylor (Edward R.) Elementary are Asian (55%). Other reported shares: 37% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. That compares with about 35% Asian among all San Francisco County residents. The diversity index for Taylor (Edward R.) Elementary is 56%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Teacher count: 21.5 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 26.2:1. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is 22.3:1. Roughly 79% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 54% average for public schools in San Francisco County is 25 points lower.
Among California public elementary schools, Taylor (Edward R.) Elementary outscored 59%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Taylor (Edward R.) Elementary's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (42.7%) and its predicted rate (33.1%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of California schools.
For San Francisco County, Census Bureau data 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 Taylor (Edward R.) Elementary, San Francisco County has 132 public schools.
About 0.1 miles separate Taylor (Edward R.) Elementary from the closest public school, King Jr. (Martin Luther) Academic Middle. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Taylor (Edward R.) Elementary places 2nd out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
Enrollment was 564 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 639. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 23.7:1 to 26.2:1.
Anyone can start a thread about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Taylor (Edward R.) Elementary. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Taylor (Edward R.) ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Taylor (Edward R.) Elementary?
Taylor (Edward R.) Elementary enrolls approximately 564 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Taylor (Edward R.) Elementary serve?
Taylor (Edward R.) Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Taylor (Edward R.) Elementary?
Approximately 26.2:1 students per teacher at Taylor (Edward R.) Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Taylor (Edward R.) Elementary?
At Taylor (Edward R.) Elementary, the student body is approximately 0% White, 37% Hispanic, 3% Black, 55% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Taylor (Edward R.) Elementary public or private?
Taylor (Edward R.) 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.