Enrollment
294
Elementary
DISTRICT 300 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY·NCES 061887002290
Thomas Edison Elementary
1267 Southgate Ave., Daly City, CA 94015 · (650) 991-1250 · San Mateo County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL294 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 65% 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.
- AThree-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
24.5:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
111 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (51).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
61.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +13.8pp since 2014
Math
61.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +21.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 14 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 21 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 33.1% | 28.7% | 23.6% | 14.7% |
| Math | 29.3% | 31.9% | 22.3% | 16.6% |
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 | 61.8% | 61.1% |
| 2023-24 | 50.6% | 42.7% |
| 2022-23 | 51.5% | 43.8% |
| 2021-22 | 53.0% | 45.9% |
| 2020-21 | 57.6% | 53.0% |
| 2018-19 | 59.7% | 66.5% |
| 2017-18 | 54.0% | 50.5% |
| 2016-17 | 50.2% | 43.4% |
| 2015-16 | 48.0% | 38.0% |
| 2014-15 | 48.0% | 40.0% |
% 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
54.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Thomas Edison Elementary
Thomas Edison Elementary's state test result (54.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Edison Elementary this school | 294 | 37.8% | 54.5% |
| Marjorie H. Tobias Elementary Daly City | 299 | 35.5% | 65.0% |
| Harvey Green Elementary Fremont | 368 | 39.1% | 75.5% |
| Junipero Serra Elementary Daly City | 286 | 40.9% | 55.8% |
| Summerdale Elementary San Jose | 274 | 38.3% | 57.8% |
| Joseph Azevada Elementary Fremont | 394 | 36.8% | 65.1% |
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 Thomas Edison Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Mateo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.5% | #1,428 of 5,151 | #55 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.1% | #1,009 of 5,172 ▲ 976 | #44 of 96 ▲ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.8% | #1,215 of 5,172 ▲ 638 | #43 of 96 ▲ 14 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.0pp | #389 of 5,116 | #6 of 96 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 294 | #4,814 of 5,915 | #80 of 106 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.5:1 | #4,098 of 5,352 | #82 of 99 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.1% | #2,760 of 5,354 | #76 of 99 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.8% | #4,431 of 5,625 | #44 of 103 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.8% | #845 of 3,837 | #19 of 79 |
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
294
-68 (-19%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 439
Student : Teacher
24.5:1
was 24.1:1
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 | 294 | 12 | 24.5:1 | 38% (111) |
| 2023-24 | 293 | 12 | 24.4:1 | 41% (121) |
| 2022-23 | 308 | 12 | 25.7:1 | 38% (118) |
| 2020-21 | 362 | 15 | 24.1:1 | 40% (143) |
| 2017-18 | 396 | 16 | 24.8:1 | 52% (206) |
| 2015-16 | 391 | 16 | 24.4:1 | 49% (192) |
| 2010-11 | 422 | N/A | N/A | 39% (166) |
| 2000-01 | 452 | 21 | 21.5:1 | 24% (107) |
| 1990-91 | 439 | 18 | 24.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thomas Edison Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (396 to 294); teachers down 25% (16 to 12).
About Thomas Edison Elementary
Thomas Edison Elementary is a small elementary school based in Daly City, California. In all, 294 students attend the school in kindergarten through 5. That puts enrollment 37% below the 465-student average for elementary schools in California.
Across its 14 schools, Jefferson Elementary enrolls 4,942 students. Thomas Edison Elementary is one of those schools.
About 68% of the student body at Thomas Edison Elementary is Asian. Smaller groups are 18% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% White, and 2% Black. County-wide, 31% of San Mateo County residents are Asian. A diversity index of 50% means there is a 50% chance two randomly chosen students at Thomas Edison Elementary are from different groups.
Based on 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, Thomas Edison Elementary has a ratio of 24.5:1. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is 22.3:1. Income data for the school show 38% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among California public elementary schools, Thomas Edison Elementary outscored 65%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Thomas Edison Elementary would score about 57.4%. It scores 54.5%, 2.9 points below that figure.
In San Mateo County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $158,855 a year, roughly 54% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Thomas Edison Elementary, San Mateo County has 176 public schools.
The closest school to Thomas Edison Elementary is Fernando Rivera Intermediate, located less than a tenth of a mile away. Thomas Edison Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Thomas Edison Elementary ranks 2nd of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 54.5% against a local average of 45.8%.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 19% decline, from 362 to 294.
Thomas Edison Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
San Mateo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
742,340
Census ACS
Median income
$158,855
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
54%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
176
82,403 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jefferson Elementary
- Fernando Rivera IntermediateMiddle · 588 students
- Thomas R. Pollicita MiddleMiddle · 558 students
- Benjamin Franklin IntermediateMiddle · 497 students
- Susan B. Anthony ElementaryElementary · 407 students
- Westlake ElementaryElementary · 321 students
- Daniel Webster ElementaryElementary · 317 students
Other schools in Daly City
- Westmoor HighHigh · 1,278 students
- Jefferson HighHigh · 1,072 students
- Fernando Rivera IntermediateMiddle · 588 students
- Thomas R. Pollicita MiddleMiddle · 558 students
- Summit Public School: ShastaHigh · 458 students
- Susan B. Anthony ElementaryElementary · 407 students
Other Thomas Edison Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 2 states are named Thomas Edison Elementary. Thomas Edison Elementary is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Thomas Edison ElementaryGlendale, CA · 859 students
- Thomas Edison ElementaryBurbank, CA · 432 students
- Thomas Edison Elementary SchoolMorton Grove, IL · 605 students
Nearby schools
- Fernando Rivera Intermediate0.1 mi · 588
- Daniel Webster Elementary0.4 mi · 317
- Westmoor High0.5 mi · 1,278
- Margaret Pauline Brown Elementary0.8 mi · 303
- Summit Public School: Shasta0.8 mi · 458
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Elementary1.0 mi · 294
Frequently asked questions
About Thomas Edison ElementaryHow large is Thomas Edison Elementary?
Thomas Edison Elementary enrolls approximately 294 students in grades KG-05.
Is Thomas Edison Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Thomas Edison Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Thomas Edison Elementary have?
Thomas Edison Elementary employs 12 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Thomas Edison Elementary?
Student demographics at Thomas Edison Elementary are roughly 4% White, 18% Hispanic, 2% Black, 68% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Thomas Edison Elementary in?
Thomas Edison Elementary is part of Jefferson Elementary.
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