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Thomas Edison Charter Academy

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Thomas Edison Charter Academy ranks 4080 th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public, Charter Grades K-8

4080^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 30% of California elementary schools

Summary

Thomas Edison Charter Academy is a public charter elementary school serving 557 students in grades K-8 in San Francisco, CA. The school is part of the Thomas Edison Charter Academy District, which is ranked 1083 out of 1565 districts in California and has a 2-star rating. Over the past few years, the school's statewide ranking has declined, dropping from 4063 out of 5789 California elementary schools in 2018-2019 to 4080 out of 5857 in 2024-2025, with a 2-star rating.

Thomas Edison Charter Academy faces significant challenges, including high chronic absenteeism rates ranging from 20.1% to 36.7% over the past few years, well above the state average. The school's performance on standardized tests is also well below the state averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 2024-2025, only 32.98% of students were proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to the state average of 48.81%, and the proficiency rate in Mathematics was 29.1%, compared to 37.3% statewide. The school's struggles are particularly concerning for certain student subgroups, such as male students and Hispanic students, who consistently rank in the bottom 25% of California elementary schools.

When compared to nearby public schools in the San Francisco Unified School District, Thomas Edison Charter Academy generally performs worse across a range of metrics, including test scores, chronic absenteeism, and student-teacher ratios. Despite a significant increase in per-student spending, from $11,288 in 2020-2021 to $19,844 in 2023-2024, the school's academic outcomes have not improved, raising questions about the effective use of resources.

574

Students ?

20.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$19,844

Per pupil spending ?

71.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

3531 22nd St.
San Francisco, CA 94114-3405

(415) 970-3330

District: Thomas Edison Charter Academy District

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

78.4%

White:

10.1%

Two or more races:

4.4%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 30th percentile in 2019 → 30th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (30% vs 41% meeting standards)

!High chronic absenteeism (28% vs 19% California)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school30%

California avg41%

Elementary school

4,080^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 30%▲ up 1 pts since 2019

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

1,667^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 40%▼ down 8 pts since 2019

From bottom 48% (2019) to bottom 40% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1071^st of 1,543Thomas Edison Charter Academy District among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	28.7	4080 of 5857	30.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	24.0	4472 of 5869	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.7	4582 of 5859	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.0	4748 of 5883	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	28.5	4063 of 5789	29.8%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	32.4	2387 of 3162	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	40.7	1754 of 3245	45.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	26.2	2865 of 3311	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	43.6	1576 of 3275	51.9%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	33.6	3582 of 5597	36.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	30.6	3751 of 5612	33.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	29.6	3801 of 5609	32.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	25.3	4185 of 5635	25.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	22.5	4429 of 5492	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	25.6	4072 of 5107	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.5	4375 of 5107	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.6	4140 of 5087	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.6	4151 of 5084	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	30.3	3673 of 4963	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	20.8	4661 of 5460	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.9	4790 of 5517	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.0	4778 of 5363	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.3	4628 of 5264	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	25.3	4208 of 5173	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	25.5	4237 of 5628	24.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.3	4794 of 5643	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.2	4877 of 5638	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.9	4814 of 5663	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	35.6	3355 of 5510	39.1%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	47.6	1136 of 2847	60.1%	★★★☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	34.3	1667 of 2761	39.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	29.7	1820 of 2783	34.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	33.7	1668 of 2781	40.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	29.7	1793 of 2740	34.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	40.7	1424 of 2715	47.6%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	35.8	881 of 1531	42.5%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	46.0	542 of 1478	63.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	58.2	300 of 1521	80.3%	★★★★☆
2022	49.2	494 of 1540	67.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	44.8	548 of 1442	62.0%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	37.6	1446 of 2533	42.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	29.5	1693 of 2551	33.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	35.1	1473 of 2531	41.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	21.6	2003 of 2509	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	39.6	1327 of 2380	44.2%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	39.0	1366 of 2395	43.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	40.1	1304 of 2388	45.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	40.2	1266 of 2374	46.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	35.6	1444 of 2359	38.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	53.6	844 of 2213	61.9%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	34.5	1594 of 2542	37.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	31.7	1702 of 2579	34.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	32.3	1658 of 2531	34.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	31.5	1642 of 2458	33.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	51.2	981 of 2369	58.6%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	30.7	1666 of 2534	34.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	30.8	1654 of 2552	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	33.2	1545 of 2538	39.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	38.1	1393 of 2527	44.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	41.3	1271 of 2407	47.2%	★★☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Elementary school

Special Education (2025)60th percentile+30 vs school

Female (2025)36th percentile+6 vs school

Male (2025)25th percentile-6 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)25th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)20th percentile-10 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)15th percentile-16 vs school

Middle school

English Language Learner (2024)63rd percentile+29 vs school

Hispanic (2025)43rd percentile+3 vs school

Female (2025)43rd percentile+3 vs school

Disabled (2022)42nd percentile+8 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)37th percentile~ school

Male (2025)34th percentile-5 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy33%-16 vs state

Mathematics29%-8 vs state

Science24%-9 vs state

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What people are saying

by a parent
Thursday, October 8, 2020

My kids have made lots of friends here and have felt welcomed. The school feels safe and friendly. The parents are friendly and down to earth. The staff and teachers are professional and nice. More differentiated learning for kids who excel in certain subjects would be better for us academically, but most public schools face this same challenge. Our kids have learned Spanish as well as an appreciation for people who speak Spanish. The kids take art, dance, and music classes from TK-8th grades. We will look back at this school very fondly when we leave in the future. The school has been through some ups and downs in the 10+ years that it has operated as a community-based charter school, but I think it's finding a happy resting place. I don't feel that the school's most recent test scores really reflect the strength of the kids. We had a rough year in terms of teacher turnover the last time we did testing (2019) and our scores dropped quite a bit from before. However, almost all of our teachers came back this year so we're on the right track. I would recommend it! Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)							% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Hepatitis B (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Thomas Edison Charter Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	3531 22nd St.	San Francisco	94114	San Francisco County	Thomas Edison Charter Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 970-3330	574	28	20.4	71.3%	58 (10.1%)	15 (2.6%)	450 (78.4%)	20 (3.5%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.5%)	25 (4.4%)	28.7	4080^th of 5857 public elementary schools	30.3%		24	4472^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	23.8%	392	21.4	26.4	23.9	31.3	31.2	39.3	27.9	33.3	37.7	33.0	34.3	27.9	25.0	26.3	23.0	39.6	29.1							$19,844	$3,239	$16,605
Buena Vista/ Horace Mann K-8	Public	K-8	3351 23rd St.	San Francisco	94110	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 695-5881	586	28	20.6	65.7%	22 (3.8%)	4 (0.7%)	531 (90.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	25 (4.3%)	13.7	5369^th of 5857 public elementary schools	8.3%		15.2	5291^st of 5869 public elementary schools	9.8%	78	13.2	12.7	13.0	11.5	28.6	23.5	25.8	25.0	35.5	25.0	15.6	19.7	13.2	9.1	18.0	22.6	16.3	94.4	95.8	97.2	97.2	97.2	97.2	$27,121	$2,402	$24,719
Chavez (Cesar) Elementary	Public	K-5	825 Shotwell St.	San Francisco	94110	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 695-5765	397	16	24.5	74.1%	5 (1.3%)	10 (2.5%)	368 (92.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	12 (3.0%)	10.5	5602^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	4.4%		11	5630^th of 5869 public elementary schools	4.1%	28	11.1		11.1	4.6	13.6	26.7				14.7	16.9	14.7	12.9				14.9	88.0	90.7	92.0	89.3	89.3	92.0	$24,567	$2,595	$21,972
Milk (Harvey) Civil Rights Elementary	Public	K-5	4235 19th St.	San Francisco	94114	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 241-6276	137	7	21.0	35.0%	50 (36.5%)	25 (18.2%)	31 (22.6%)	4 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	25 (18.2%)	63.6	1898^th of 5857 public elementary schools	67.6%		79.5	1175^th of 5869 public elementary schools	80.0%	723	63.6		63.6	52.9	36.8	57.6				50.7	29.4	33.3	51.5				41.2	91.7			91.7	91.7	91.7	$24,497	$2,247	$22,250
Alvarado Elementary	Public	K-5	625 Douglas St.	San Francisco	94114	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 695-5695	538	21	26.2	29.6%	161 (29.9%)	6 (1.1%)	260 (48.3%)	13 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	96 (17.8%)	73.5	1448^th of 5857 public elementary schools	75.3%		79.1	1195^th of 5869 public elementary schools	79.6%	253	44.9		44.9	64.6	53.0	61.0				59.5	64.6	49.4	44.9				53.1							$22,871	$2,325	$20,546
Sanchez Elementary	Public	K-5	325 Sanchez St.	San Francisco	94114	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 241-6380	272	14	19.4	81.3%	10 (3.7%)	15 (5.5%)	215 (79.0%)	14 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (6.6%)	13.4	5389^th of 5857 public elementary schools	8.0%		14.7	5329^th of 5869 public elementary schools	9.2%	60	10.3		10.3	23.3	27.7	13.2				21.7	27.3	13.7	7.7				15.5	82.9	92.7	90.2	87.8	92.7	92.7	$27,657	$2,574	$25,083
Moscone (George R.) Elementary	Public	K-5	2576 Harrison St.	San Francisco	94110	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 695-5736	334	15	22.2	77.5%	5 (1.5%)	8 (2.4%)	222 (66.5%)	77 (23.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (6.6%)	24.6	4444^th of 5857 public elementary schools	24.1%		39.6	3202^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	45.4%	1242	24.2		24.2	22.6	30.2	27.4				26.8	29.6	25.0	25.8				26.7	96.2	96.2			96.2		$23,762	$1,894	$21,868
Mission Education Center	Public	K-5	1670 Noe St.	San Francisco	94131	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 695-5313	105	7	16.1	64.8%	13 (12.4%)	0 (0.0%)	78 (74.3%)	3 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (10.5%)	3.5	5855^th of 5857 public elementary schools	0.0%		4.3	5864^th of 5869 public elementary schools	0.1%	9	0.0		0.0			0.0				0.0		0.0	0.0				0.0							$31,305	$3,740	$27,565
Marshall Elementary	Public	K-5	1575 15th St.	San Francisco	94103	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 241-6280	245	10	25.1	79.2%	16 (6.5%)	6 (2.4%)	213 (86.9%)	3 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.9%)	7.3	5769^th of 5857 public elementary schools	1.5%		16.5	5163^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	12.0%	606	9.1		9.1	10.3	4.8	21.4				12.2	12.2	2.3	9.1				7.8	89.2		91.9				$23,322	$1,688	$21,634
Flynn (Leonard R.) Elementary	Public	K-5	3125 Cesar Chavez St.	San Francisco	94110	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 695-5770	381	18	21.1	63.0%	54 (14.2%)	36 (9.4%)	241 (63.3%)	7 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)	37 (9.7%)	30.9	3883^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	33.7%		33.1	3678^th of 5869 public elementary schools	37.3%	205	30.2		30.2	27.3	32.7	39.3				33.3	32.7	28.3	23.0				27.8	92.6	95.7		93.6	95.7	94.7	$23,693	$1,921	$21,772

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What is the racial makeup of Thomas Edison Charter Academy?

Students at Thomas Edison Charter Academy are 78% Hispanic, 10% White, 4% Two or more races, 3% Asian, 3% African American.

Is Thomas Edison Charter Academy a good school?

Thomas Edison Charter Academy ranks 4080^th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Thomas Edison Charter Academy?

In the 2024-25 school year, 574 students attended Thomas Edison Charter Academy.

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