Is Harte (Bret) Elementary a good school?

Harte (Bret) Elementary ranks in the bottom 5.1% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Harte (Bret) Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 247 students attended Harte (Bret) Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Harte (Bret) Elementary?

Students at Harte (Bret) Elementary are 61% Hispanic, 18% African American, 10% Two or more races, 9% Pacific Islander, 2% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Harte (Bret) Elementary attend?

Students who attend Harte (Bret) Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Brown Junior (Willie L) Middle Middle : Lick (James) Middle High : Academy (The)- SF @McAteer High : Asawa (Ruth) SF School of the Arts A Public School High : Balboa High High : Burton (Phillip and Sala) Academic High High : Galileo High High : Jordan (June) School for Equity High : Lincoln (Abraham) High High : Lowell High High : Marshall (Thurgood) High High : Mission High High : O'Connell (John) High High : S.F. International High High : Wallenberg (Raoul) Traditional High High : Washington (George) High

Harte (Bret) Elementary

Summary:

Harte (Bret) Elementary is a public elementary school in San Francisco, California, serving 240 students in grades K-5. The school is part of the San Francisco Unified School District, which is ranked 651 out of 1,568 districts in the state.

Harte (Bret) Elementary faces significant challenges, with consistently low academic performance. The school consistently ranks in the bottom 5% of California elementary schools, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science that are significantly lower than the district and state averages. For example, in 2023-2024, only 18.45% of Harte (Bret) students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 53.73% for the district and 47.04% for the state. The school also experiences high rates of chronic absenteeism, reaching 62.3% in 2021-2022 and 59.7% in 2022-2023, much higher than the district and state averages. Additionally, 92.08% of Harte (Bret) students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a very high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds.

While the nearby schools, such as Hillcrest Elementary, Revere (Paul) Elementary, and Carver (George Washington) Elementary, also struggle academically, they generally perform better than Harte (Bret) Elementary. However, Visitacion Valley Elementary, located about 1.2 miles from Harte (Bret), stands out as the highest-performing school in the area, with significantly higher proficiency rates. Additionally, KIPP Bayview Elementary, a public charter school located just 0.02 miles from Harte (Bret), also performs better than Harte (Bret) in most academic areas, despite serving a similar student population.

Detail:

Public K-5

1035 Gilman Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94124-3710

(415) 330-1520

District: San Francisco Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
5565^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $6,103

Students who attend Harte (Bret) Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Brown Junior (Willie L) Middle
	Lick (James) Middle
High:	Academy (The)- SF @McAteer
	Asawa (Ruth) SF School of the Arts A Public School
	Balboa High
	Burton (Phillip and Sala) Academic High
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	Galileo High
	Jordan (June) School for Equity
	Lincoln (Abraham) High
	Lowell High
	Marshall (Thurgood) High
	Mission High
	O'Connell (John) High
	S.F. International High
	Wallenberg (Raoul) Traditional High
	Washington (George) High

Student/teacher ratio: 22.4

Number of students: 247

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

61.1%

African American:

17.8%

Two or more races:

10.1%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 83.8%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Harte (Bret) Elementary ranks worse than 94.9% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 60^th among 71 ranked elementary schools in the San Francisco Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 11.7. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (61.1%), African American (17.8%), two or more races (10.1%). (See more...)

Compare Details 83.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Harte (Bret) Elementary is 22.4. 41 elementary schools in the San Francisco Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Harte (Bret) Elementary employs 11 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Harte (Bret) Elementary is $6,103, which is the highest among 72 elementary schools in the San Francisco Unified School District!

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Harte (Bret) Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Harte (Bret) Elementary 5565^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Harte (Bret) Elementary in the ranking list.)

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San Francisco Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks San Francisco Unified 651^st of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Harte (Bret) Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Harte (Bret) Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	12.81	4495^th	4809	6.5%
2005	18.54	4069^th	4822	15.6%
2006	38.29	2804^th	4818	41.8%
2007	49.09	2380^th	5113	53.5%
2008	4.16	5095^th	5113	0.4%
2009	8.05	5073^rd	5193	2.3%
2010	3.67	5288^th	5314	0.5%
2011	10.18	5202^nd	5377	3.3%
2012	23.14	4443^rd	5390	17.6%
2013	8.12	5370^th	5530	2.9%
2015	8.60	5545^th	5611	1.2%
2016	6.71	5559^th	5614	1.0%
2017	6.30	5642^nd	5692	0.9%
2018	4.45	5636^th	5662	0.5%
2019	5.07	5754^th	5789	0.6%
2022	8.61	5795^th	5883	1.5%
2023	11.45	5614^th	5874	4.4%
2024	11.70	5565^th	5862	5.1%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Harte (Bret) Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	15.47	3219^th	3246	0.8%
2022	20.70	3171^st	3311	4.2%
2023	27.23	2730^th	3250	16.0%
2024	27.86	2696^th	3160	14.7%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Harte (Bret) Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	32.00	1698^th	2634	35.5%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Harte (Bret) Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	4.99	5065^th	5084	0.4%
2019	6.94	5120^th	5173	1.0%
2022	9.31	5199^th	5264	1.2%
2023	16.22	4958^th	5374	7.7%
2024	16.36	5049^th	5511	8.4%

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Rank History for Female students at Harte (Bret) Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	6.12	5376^th	5413	0.7%
2019	5.86	5456^th	5492	0.7%
2022	16.70	5021^st	5635	10.9%
2023	14.47	5197^th	5617	7.5%
2024	15.28	5091^st	5605	9.2%

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Rank History for Male students at Harte (Bret) Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	4.03	5426^th	5431	0.1%
2019	5.81	5479^th	5510	0.6%
2022	7.09	5636^th	5663	0.5%
2023	10.85	5484^th	5650	2.9%
2024	10.21	5468^th	5636	3.0%

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Rank History for African American students at Harte (Bret) Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	23.02	559^th	662	15.6%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Harte (Bret) Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	2.80	4830^th	4830	0.0%
2022	9.01	5032^nd	5084	1.0%
2023	12.48	4933^rd	5098	3.2%
2024	13.73	4835^th	5102	5.2%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Harte (Bret) Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	11	178	88	128	28	n/a	n/a	0	433
1989	10	173	104	145	19	n/a	n/a	0	451
1990	10	185	110	184	16	n/a	n/a	0	505
1991	18	187	94	199	10	n/a	n/a	0	508
1992	20	202	77	180	7	n/a	n/a	0	486
1993	20	211	67	179	3	n/a	n/a	0	480
1994	13	197	59	132	4	n/a	n/a	0	405
1995	11	183	72	148	5	n/a	n/a	0	419
1996	11	183	72	148	5	n/a	n/a	0	419
1997	7	177	74	141	2	n/a	n/a	0	401
1998	5	188	77	144	0	n/a	n/a	0	414
1999	4	222	78	133	2	n/a	n/a	0	439
2000	5	210	91	122	3	n/a	n/a	0	431
2001	4	207	72	120	5	n/a	n/a	3	411
2002	4	148	74	101	6	n/a	n/a	7	340
2003	4	148	74	101	6	n/a	n/a	7	340
2004	3	138	66	98	6	n/a	n/a	10	321
2005	5	132	63	95	5	n/a	n/a	12	312
2006	2	127	54	79	2	n/a	n/a	10	274
2007	0	115	46	81	3	n/a	n/a	17	262
2008	5	125	43	75	4	n/a	n/a	0	252
2009	2	130	7	71	6	38	7	0	261
2010	1	113	6	79	3	36	15	0	253
2011	2	98	5	79	4	38	14	0	240
2012	2	84	6	82	3	26	12	0	215
2013	2	69	8	79	3	28	24	0	213
2014	3	60	6	82	2	25	12	0	190
2015	1	61	9	84	0	27	12	0	194
2016	3	46	6	86	0	23	14	0	178
2017	3	61	5	101	0	12	24	0	206
2018	1	58	6	99	0	9	29	0	202
2019	1	47	5	88	0	12	33	0	186
2020	5	52	7	114	0	12	27	0	217
2021	4	57	8	138	0	10	22	0	239
2022	3	53	10	139	0	11	25	0	241
2023	3	48	5	150	0	15	19	0	240
2024	2	44	4	151	0	21	25	0	247

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Harte (Bret) Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	433	19.0	22.7	n/a
1989	451	20.0	22.5	n/a
1990	505	23.0	21.9	n/a
1991	508	24.0	21.1	n/a
1992	486	24.4	19.9	82.9
1993	480	21.0	22.9	84
1994	405	19.5	20.8	76.3
1995	419	19.0	22.1	93.3
1996	419	19.0	22.1	93.3
1997	401	22.0	18.2	77.1
1998	414	24.0	17.3	94.9
1999	439	23.0	19.1	87.7
2000	431	22.0	19.6	76.3
2001	411	25.8	15.9	93.1
2002	340	25.1	13.5	89.2
2003	340	25.1	13.5	89.2
2004	321	17.6	18.2	100.3
2005	312	18.0	17.3	85
2006	274	16.0	17.1	0
2007	262	14.0	18.7	85.7
2008	252	16.0	15.8	86.5
2009	261	14.0	17.4	90
2010	253	17.0	14.8	85
2011	240	n/a	n/a	94.6
2012	215	12.0	17.9	83.3
2013	213	13.0	16.3	93.4
2014	190	11.0	17.2	96.3
2015	194	11.0	17.6	90.2
2016	178	12.0	14.8	82
2017	206	12.0	17.1	75.7
2018	202	12.0	16.8	81.7
2019	186	8.2	22.6	90.9
2020	217	n/a	n/a	77.4
2021	239	12.0	19.9	72.8
2022	241	12.0	20.0	75.1
2023	240	11.0	21.8	92.1
2024	247	11.0	22.4	83.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Harte (Bret) Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	433	19.0	22.7	n/a
1989	451	20.0	22.5	n/a
1990	505	23.0	21.9	n/a
1991	508	24.0	21.1	n/a
1992	486	24.4	19.9	82.9
1993	480	21.0	22.9	84
1994	405	19.5	20.8	76.3
1995	419	19.0	22.1	93.3
1996	419	19.0	22.1	93.3
1997	401	22.0	18.2	77.1
1998	414	24.0	17.3	94.9
1999	439	23.0	19.1	87.7
2000	431	22.0	19.6	76.3
2001	411	25.8	15.9	93.1
2002	340	25.1	13.5	89.2
2003	340	25.1	13.5	89.2
2004	321	17.6	18.2	100.3
2005	312	18.0	17.3	85
2006	274	16.0	17.1	0
2007	262	14.0	18.7	85.7
2008	252	16.0	15.8	86.5
2009	261	14.0	17.4	90
2010	253	17.0	14.8	85
2011	240	n/a	n/a	94.6
2012	215	12.0	17.9	83.3
2013	213	13.0	16.3	93.4
2014	190	11.0	17.2	96.3
2015	194	11.0	17.6	90.2
2016	178	12.0	14.8	82
2017	206	12.0	17.1	75.7
2018	202	12.0	16.8	81.7
2019	186	8.2	22.6	90.9
2020	217	n/a	n/a	77.4
2021	239	12.0	19.9	72.8
2022	241	12.0	20.0	75.1
2023	240	11.0	21.8	92.1
2024	247	11.0	22.4	83.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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