Thomas Edison Elementary

Set in Daly City, California, Thomas Edison Elementary is a modestly sized elementary campus, part of Jefferson Elementary. It teaches 294 students across grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Thomas Edison Elementary sits 37% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 20 schools in Jefferson Elementary (8,072 students total), Thomas Edison Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Thomas Edison Elementary logs that 68% of the student body identifies as Asian. The remainder breaks down as 18% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% White, 2% Black. That is considerably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

On the resource side, Thomas Edison Elementary records 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 38% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Thomas Edison Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.0%, the actual is 47.4%, a residual of -9.6 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (San Mateo County) reports that median household earnings sit near $158,855, roughly 54% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across San Mateo County's 176 public schools (combined enrollment of about 82,403 students), Thomas Edison Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Fernando Rivera Intermediate, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Thomas Edison Elementary at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 46.0%.

Thomas Edison Elementary operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 26%: 396 students in 2018 compared to 294 in 2025.

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