Is Ortega (Jose) Elementary a good school?

Ortega (Jose) Elementary ranks 1043 rd of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Ortega (Jose) Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 374 students attended Ortega (Jose) Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Ortega (Jose) Elementary?

Students at Ortega (Jose) Elementary are 65% Asian, 13% Two or more races, 12% Hispanic, 5% White, 5% African American.

What schools do graduates of Ortega (Jose) Elementary attend?

Students who attend Ortega (Jose) Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Aptos 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

Ortega (Jose) Elementary

Summary:

Ortega (Jose) Elementary is a public elementary school in San Francisco, California, serving 371 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.

Ortega (Jose) Elementary consistently performs above the district and state averages in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics, with proficiency rates ranging from 53.33% to 62.3% in ELA and 65% to 71.67% in Math. The school's female students and English Language Learner students are particularly strong, ranking in the top 13% and top 1% of California elementary schools, respectively. However, the school has seen an increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 5.9% in 2018-2019 to 17.8% in 2021-2022, which is higher than the district's rate of 13.8%. Additionally, the percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch has increased from 41.19% in 2020-2021 to 51.75% in 2022-2023, indicating a growing population of economically disadvantaged students.

Compared to nearby schools, Ortega (Jose) Elementary generally outperforms Sloat (Commodore) Elementary and Longfellow Elementary in the San Francisco Unified School District. However, it lags behind some schools in the neighboring Jefferson Elementary School District, such as John F. Kennedy Elementary and George Washington Elementary, in certain subject areas.

Detail:

Public K-5

400 Sargent St.
San Francisco, CA 94132-3152

(415) 469-4726

District: San Francisco Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
1043^rd of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $6,103

Students who attend Ortega (Jose) Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Aptos 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: 24.6

Number of students: 374

Racial breakdown:

Asian:

65.2%

Two or more races:

13.1%

Hispanic:

11.8%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 56.1%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Ortega (Jose) Elementary ranks better than 82.2% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 24^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 82.77. (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: Asian (65.2%), two or more races (13.1%), Hispanic (11.8%). (See more...)

Compare Details 56.1% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Ortega (Jose) Elementary is 24.6. 61 elementary schools in the San Francisco Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Ortega (Jose) Elementary employs 15.1 full-time teachers.

Finance

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

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Ortega (Jose) Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Ortega (Jose) Elementary 1043^rd of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Ortega (Jose) 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 Ortega (Jose) Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Ortega (Jose) Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	45.86	2363^rd	4809	50.9%
2005	41.62	2625^th	4822	45.6%
2006	54.67	1979^th	4818	58.9%
2007	48.28	2419^th	5113	52.7%
2008	61.11	1807^th	5113	64.7%
2009	37.20	3225^th	5193	37.9%
2010	67.14	1616^th	5314	69.6%
2011	48.29	2702^nd	5377	49.7%
2012	64.25	1829^th	5390	66.1%
2013	73.58	1402^nd	5530	74.6%
2015	74.24	1344^th	5611	76.0%
2016	75.96	1274^th	5614	77.3%
2017	82.75	1012^th	5692	82.2%
2018	80.60	1101^st	5662	80.6%
2019	84.67	924^th	5789	84.0%
2022	89.57	711^th	5883	87.9%
2023	90.35	689^th	5874	88.3%
2024	82.77	1043^rd	5862	82.2%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Ortega (Jose) Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	58.69	287^th	610	53.0%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Ortega (Jose) Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	89.48	189^th	3246	94.2%
2019	90.34	164^th	3275	95.0%
2022	98.98	40^th	3311	98.8%
2023	97.99	48^th	3250	98.5%
2024	85.33	169^th	3160	94.7%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Ortega (Jose) Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	84.07	526^th	5084	89.7%
2019	83.96	542^nd	5173	89.5%
2022	95.27	169^th	5264	96.8%
2023	92.42	294^th	5374	94.5%
2024	85.60	603^rd	5511	89.1%

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Rank History for Female students at Ortega (Jose) Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	79.82	1052^nd	5413	80.6%
2019	79.40	1108^th	5492	79.8%
2022	91.58	546^th	5635	90.3%
2023	93.92	376^th	5617	93.3%
2024	87.38	747^th	5605	86.7%

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Rank History for Male students at Ortega (Jose) Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	77.08	1178^th	5431	78.3%
2019	85.90	787^th	5510	85.7%
2022	84.65	887^th	5663	84.3%
2023	82.30	1003^rd	5650	82.2%
2024	74.81	1284^th	5636	77.2%

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Rank History for Asian students at Ortega (Jose) Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	49.30	679^th	1071	36.6%
2019	52.75	683^rd	1149	40.6%
2022	47.06	755^th	1154	34.6%
2023	51.69	726^th	1190	39.0%
2024	38.47	864^th	1203	28.2%

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Rank History for White students at Ortega (Jose) Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	65.15	1015^th	2834	64.2%

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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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by a parent
Sunday, September 18, 2011

Our Family love this school. From the Principal,teachers, parents and students it is just a very loving community to be in. Close Quote

Enrollment information for Ortega (Jose) Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	44	142	125	45	0	n/a	n/a	0	356
1989	35	134	121	37	1	n/a	n/a	0	328
1990	47	168	132	38	0	n/a	n/a	0	385
1991	55	144	132	34	1	n/a	n/a	0	366
1992	47	142	121	34	0	n/a	n/a	0	344
1993	46	145	130	36	2	n/a	n/a	0	359
1994	39	149	141	45	2	n/a	n/a	0	376
1995	23	149	198	48	5	n/a	n/a	0	423
1996	23	149	198	48	5	n/a	n/a	0	423
1997	28	149	178	46	4	n/a	n/a	0	405
1998	26	151	209	55	4	n/a	n/a	0	445
1999	25	129	220	50	3	n/a	n/a	0	427
2000	17	120	218	52	1	n/a	n/a	0	408
2001	13	96	204	57	0	n/a	n/a	8	378
2002	26	91	144	45	0	n/a	n/a	11	317
2003	26	91	144	45	0	n/a	n/a	11	317
2004	16	103	135	37	1	n/a	n/a	13	305
2005	15	94	114	26	1	n/a	n/a	14	264
2006	14	75	100	31	1	n/a	n/a	15	236
2007	10	68	81	30	0	n/a	n/a	16	205
2008	8	80	95	28	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	211
2009	26	71	103	34	0	6	14	0	254
2010	28	53	111	40	1	3	31	0	267
2011	35	46	117	41	1	5	41	0	286
2012	38	45	128	48	2	4	37	0	302
2013	35	38	116	55	2	5	78	0	329
2014	50	47	149	52	1	6	44	0	349
2015	48	51	167	50	0	2	46	0	364
2016	55	50	190	53	2	2	41	0	393
2017	64	46	191	54	0	0	53	0	408
2018	56	32	188	52	0	1	67	0	396
2019	46	23	208	48	0	1	73	0	399
2020	41	21	203	49	0	0	84	0	398
2021	38	13	215	53	0	0	67	0	386
2022	28	13	229	40	0	0	55	0	365
2023	22	16	237	36	1	0	59	0	371
2024	18	18	244	44	1	0	49	0	374

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

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For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Ortega (Jose) Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	356	13.5	26.3	n/a
1989	328	14.6	22.4	n/a
1990	385	14.6	26.3	n/a
1991	366	15.4	23.7	n/a
1992	344	15.6	22.0	59
1993	359	15.3	23.5	60.7
1994	376	15.3	24.6	60.9
1995	423	17.0	24.9	83.7
1996	423	17.0	24.9	83.7
1997	405	24.5	16.5	70.4
1998	445	23.0	19.3	73.5
1999	427	21.4	20.0	67.4
2000	408	22.0	18.5	47.5
2001	378	20.0	18.9	65.1
2002	317	19.0	16.7	72.5
2003	317	19.0	16.7	72.5
2004	305	15.1	20.2	76.7
2005	264	17.6	15.0	83.6
2006	236	14.1	16.7	0
2007	205	14.1	14.5	79.4
2008	211	16.1	13.1	68.7
2009	254	17.6	13.7	62.6
2010	267	18.5	14.4	58.8
2011	286	n/a	n/a	56.3
2012	302	15.5	19.4	53.3
2013	329	16.0	20.5	45.6
2014	349	15.5	22.5	47.6
2015	364	17.0	21.4	53
2016	393	17.0	23.1	52.2
2017	408	17.0	24.0	46.8
2018	396	15.5	25.5	50.3
2019	399	15.6	25.5	49.4
2020	398	n/a	n/a	47.2
2021	386	16.5	23.3	41.2
2022	365	17.0	21.4	48.5
2023	371	17.0	21.8	51.8
2024	374	15.1	24.6	56.1

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 Ortega (Jose) Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	356	13.5	26.3	n/a
1989	328	14.6	22.4	n/a
1990	385	14.6	26.3	n/a
1991	366	15.4	23.7	n/a
1992	344	15.6	22.0	59
1993	359	15.3	23.5	60.7
1994	376	15.3	24.6	60.9
1995	423	17.0	24.9	83.7
1996	423	17.0	24.9	83.7
1997	405	24.5	16.5	70.4
1998	445	23.0	19.3	73.5
1999	427	21.4	20.0	67.4
2000	408	22.0	18.5	47.5
2001	378	20.0	18.9	65.1
2002	317	19.0	16.7	72.5
2003	317	19.0	16.7	72.5
2004	305	15.1	20.2	76.7
2005	264	17.6	15.0	83.6
2006	236	14.1	16.7	0
2007	205	14.1	14.5	79.4
2008	211	16.1	13.1	68.7
2009	254	17.6	13.7	62.6
2010	267	18.5	14.4	58.8
2011	286	n/a	n/a	56.3
2012	302	15.5	19.4	53.3
2013	329	16.0	20.5	45.6
2014	349	15.5	22.5	47.6
2015	364	17.0	21.4	53
2016	393	17.0	23.1	52.2
2017	408	17.0	24.0	46.8
2018	396	15.5	25.5	50.3
2019	399	15.6	25.5	49.4
2020	398	n/a	n/a	47.2
2021	386	16.5	23.3	41.2
2022	365	17.0	21.4	48.5
2023	371	17.0	21.8	51.8
2024	374	15.1	24.6	56.1

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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