Is Sutro Elementary a good school?

Yes. Sutro Elementary ranks in the top 8.6% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Sutro Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 248 students attended Sutro Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Sutro Elementary?

Students at Sutro Elementary are 73% Asian, 10% White, 10% Two or more races, 6% Hispanic, 1% African American.

What schools do graduates of Sutro Elementary attend?

Students who attend Sutro Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Roosevelt 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

Sutro Elementary

Summary:

Sutro Elementary is a public elementary school in San Francisco, California, serving 219 students in grades K-5. This high-performing school consistently ranks among the top 15% of California elementary schools, with exceptional academic achievement that surpasses the district and state averages.

Sutro Elementary's students excel across all subject areas, with 74.36% proficient or better in English Language Arts and 73.73% in Mathematics, compared to 53.73% and 45.59% for the San Francisco Unified district, respectively. The school also stands out for its strong support of diverse student populations, ranking 8th out of 3,160 California elementary schools for English Language Learners and 76th out of 5,511 for Low Socioeconomic Status students. Additionally, Sutro Elementary maintains low chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 1.5% to 8.3% over the past 5 years.

Compared to nearby schools in the San Francisco Unified district, such as Yu (Alice Fong) Elementary, Cobb (William L.) Elementary, and Peabody (George) Elementary, Sutro Elementary's academic performance is significantly higher, with a 10-20 percentage point difference in proficiency rates. Despite having a diverse socioeconomic student population, with 58.04% to 61.5% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, Sutro Elementary has maintained its consistently high performance over the past 10 years, earning a 4-star or 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Detail:

Public K-5

235 12th Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94118-2103

(415) 750-8525

District: San Francisco Unified

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

Per Pupil Expenditures: $6,103

Students who attend Sutro Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Roosevelt 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: 21.6

Number of students: 248

Racial breakdown:

Asian:

73.4%

White:

9.7%

Two or more races:

9.7%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 64.1%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Sutro Elementary ranks better than 91.4% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 12^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 92.87. (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 (73.4%), two or more races (9.7%), White (9.7%). (See more...)

Compare Details 64.1% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Sutro Elementary is 21.6, which is the 33^rd best among 71 elementary schools in the San Francisco Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Sutro Elementary employs 11.4 full-time teachers.

Finance

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

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Sutro Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Sutro Elementary 506^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Sutro Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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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 Sutro Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Sutro Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	74.54	1132^nd	4809	76.5%
2005	72.66	1217^th	4822	74.8%
2006	73.23	1207^th	4818	74.9%
2007	77.44	1075^th	5113	79.0%
2008	69.97	1406^th	5113	72.5%
2009	69.10	1483^rd	5193	71.4%
2010	73.88	1288^th	5314	75.8%
2011	66.31	1681^st	5377	68.7%
2012	69.10	1575^th	5390	70.8%
2013	79.99	1052^nd	5530	81.0%
2015	83.51	957^th	5611	82.9%
2016	83.19	995^th	5614	82.3%
2017	71.43	1500^th	5692	73.6%
2018	68.60	1640^th	5662	71.0%
2019	76.67	1315^th	5789	77.3%
2022	86.90	859^th	5883	85.4%
2023	89.38	751^st	5874	87.2%
2024	92.87	506^th	5862	91.4%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Sutro Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	88.68	201^st	3246	93.8%
2019	96.46	74^th	3275	97.7%
2022	98.49	48^th	3311	98.6%
2023	84.78	202^nd	3250	93.8%
2024	99.86	8^th	3160	99.7%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Sutro Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	83.51	555^th	5084	89.1%
2019	83.33	572^nd	5173	88.9%
2022	97.23	107^th	5264	98.0%
2023	93.54	249^th	5374	95.4%
2024	98.61	76^th	5511	98.6%

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Rank History for Female students at Sutro Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	74.43	1315^th	5413	75.7%
2019	74.12	1332^nd	5492	75.7%
2022	75.73	1292^nd	5635	77.1%
2023	88.20	737^th	5617	86.9%
2024	85.02	874^th	5605	84.4%

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Rank History for Male students at Sutro Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	62.06	1846^th	5431	66.0%
2019	76.85	1225^th	5510	77.8%
2022	90.84	583^rd	5663	89.7%
2023	85.88	820^th	5650	85.5%
2024	94.94	286^th	5636	94.9%

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Rank History for Asian students at Sutro Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	24.67	890^th	1071	16.9%
2019	28.25	913^th	1149	20.5%
2022	43.02	786^th	1154	31.9%
2023	48.79	759^th	1190	36.2%
2024	58.52	632^nd	1203	47.5%

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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 Sutro Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	45	54	172	23	1	n/a	n/a	0	295
1989	170	40	182	14	0	n/a	n/a	0	406
1990	62	38	172	18	0	n/a	n/a	0	290
1991	70	38	176	19	1	n/a	n/a	0	304
1992	86	42	178	9	2	n/a	n/a	0	317
1993	82	37	172	11	3	n/a	n/a	0	305
1994	93	35	206	7	3	n/a	n/a	0	344
1995	73	23	190	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	291
1996	73	23	190	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	291
1997	76	30	183	3	1	n/a	n/a	0	293
1998	69	24	186	6	1	n/a	n/a	0	286
1999	54	27	197	9	1	n/a	n/a	0	288
2000	58	27	185	13	2	n/a	n/a	0	285
2001	45	18	174	12	0	n/a	n/a	6	255
2002	50	12	179	7	0	n/a	n/a	7	255
2003	50	12	179	7	0	n/a	n/a	7	255
2004	45	12	177	5	0	n/a	n/a	11	250
2005	32	9	183	2	0	n/a	n/a	18	244
2006	39	7	192	2	0	n/a	n/a	15	255
2007	23	7	197	7	0	n/a	n/a	22	256
2008	33	5	194	6	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	238
2009	26	4	194	10	1	1	9	0	245
2010	26	5	185	13	0	0	10	0	239
2011	30	5	193	9	0	0	9	0	246
2012	24	3	193	8	0	0	12	0	240
2013	16	1	165	9	0	9	42	0	242
2014	26	2	191	14	0	6	16	0	255
2015	28	1	204	14	0	3	21	0	271
2016	30	0	193	12	0	2	22	0	259
2017	19	1	195	13	0	2	30	0	260
2018	20	3	178	13	0	1	38	0	253
2019	17	1	187	18	0	1	38	0	262
2020	22	1	180	13	0	1	40	0	257
2021	26	2	178	7	0	0	42	0	255
2022	14	3	170	10	0	0	29	0	226
2023	20	1	166	8	0	0	24	0	219
2024	24	3	182	15	0	0	24	0	248

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

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

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 Sutro Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	295	12.5	23.6	n/a
1989	406	13.0	31.2	n/a
1990	290	13.0	22.3	n/a
1991	304	11.6	26.2	n/a
1992	317	11.8	26.8	63.4
1993	305	11.5	26.5	60.7
1994	344	12.5	27.5	62.5
1995	291	12.0	24.3	66.7
1996	291	12.0	24.3	66.7
1997	293	14.0	20.9	59.7
1998	286	14.0	20.4	66.4
1999	288	14.0	20.6	65.3
2000	285	13.0	21.9	63.2
2001	255	14.1	18.1	65.9
2002	255	14.0	18.2	72.6
2003	255	14.0	18.2	72.6
2004	250	13.4	18.7	72.4
2005	244	13.5	18.1	77.4
2006	255	13.5	18.9	0
2007	256	12.4	20.6	78.2
2008	238	13.7	17.4	73.1
2009	245	12.5	18.1	69.8
2010	239	15.0	15.9	69.9
2011	246	n/a	n/a	67.1
2012	240	12.0	20.0	66.3
2013	242	12.0	20.1	60.7
2014	255	10.5	24.2	63.1
2015	271	10.0	27.1	69
2016	259	11.0	23.5	64.1
2017	260	10.2	25.3	63.5
2018	253	12.0	21.0	63.6
2019	262	12.0	21.8	64.1
2020	257	n/a	n/a	64.6
2021	255	12.0	21.2	58
2022	226	10.4	21.6	61.5
2023	219	9.9	22.0	60.3
2024	248	11.4	21.6	64.1

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 Sutro Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	295	12.5	23.6	n/a
1989	406	13.0	31.2	n/a
1990	290	13.0	22.3	n/a
1991	304	11.6	26.2	n/a
1992	317	11.8	26.8	63.4
1993	305	11.5	26.5	60.7
1994	344	12.5	27.5	62.5
1995	291	12.0	24.3	66.7
1996	291	12.0	24.3	66.7
1997	293	14.0	20.9	59.7
1998	286	14.0	20.4	66.4
1999	288	14.0	20.6	65.3
2000	285	13.0	21.9	63.2
2001	255	14.1	18.1	65.9
2002	255	14.0	18.2	72.6
2003	255	14.0	18.2	72.6
2004	250	13.4	18.7	72.4
2005	244	13.5	18.1	77.4
2006	255	13.5	18.9	0
2007	256	12.4	20.6	78.2
2008	238	13.7	17.4	73.1
2009	245	12.5	18.1	69.8
2010	239	15.0	15.9	69.9
2011	246	n/a	n/a	67.1
2012	240	12.0	20.0	66.3
2013	242	12.0	20.1	60.7
2014	255	10.5	24.2	63.1
2015	271	10.0	27.1	69
2016	259	11.0	23.5	64.1
2017	260	10.2	25.3	63.5
2018	253	12.0	21.0	63.6
2019	262	12.0	21.8	64.1
2020	257	n/a	n/a	64.6
2021	255	12.0	21.2	58
2022	226	10.4	21.6	61.5
2023	219	9.9	22.0	60.3
2024	248	11.4	21.6	64.1

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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