Summary:
The Mission Preparatory District in San Francisco consists of a single elementary school, Mission Preparatory, serving grades K-8 with a high-need student population where over 83% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Mission Preparatory is a standout for its impressive and consistent academic improvement, having risen from the 40th to the 65th percentile among all California schools in just two years. The school demonstrates a particular strength in English Language Arts, outperforming the state average across most grades, with exceptional results in 4th grade. This progress is supported by a high level of investment, with per-student spending exceeding $20,000.
While showing strong ELA performance and an upward trajectory, the school faces some challenges, including mathematics scores that decline in the upper grades and science proficiency that lags behind the state average. Chronic absenteeism is also slightly higher than the state rate. Overall, Mission Preparatory provides a compelling case of a school effectively supporting its economically disadvantaged community to achieve above-average results in core subjects while working to address specific academic and attendance gaps.
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