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Harte (Bret) Elementary

Public Grades K-5

5773^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 1% of California elementary schools

Summary

Harte (Bret) Elementary is a K-5 public school serving 257 students in San Francisco's Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood, operating within the San Francisco Unified district, but it faces significant academic challenges, consistently ranking in the bottom 1% of California elementary schools.

Key challenges include very low proficiency rates in English, math, and science, and a chronic absenteeism rate of 46.6%, which is more than double the state average and a major barrier to learning. Interestingly, the school spends a substantial $27,880 per student, which is higher than some nearby schools with better results, such as Taylor (Edward R.) Elementary and Visitacion Valley Elementary. While most schools in the immediate area struggle, the nearby Bayshore school in a different district achieves better outcomes with similar student needs and lower funding, suggesting district-level approaches may influence performance.

Despite these systemic challenges, Harte shows relative strengths in serving Special Education students and English Language Learners. The school's decade-long trend of low rankings indicates deep-rooted issues, yet the success of a peer like Taylor (Edward R.) Elementary in the same community demonstrates that improvement is possible with effective strategies focused on attendance and resource utilization.

257

Students ?

20.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$27,880

Per pupil spending ?

80.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1035 Gilman Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94124-3710

(415) 330-1520

District: San Francisco Unified

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

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

63.8%

African American:

18.7%

Two or more races:

9.3%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 3rd percentile in 2013 → 1st in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (10% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (1st percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (47% vs 19% California)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school10%

District avg48%

California avg41%

5,773^rd of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 1%▬ steady since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

66^th of 71Elementary Schools in the San Francisco Unified

679^th of 1,543San Francisco Unified 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)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	7.1	5773 of 5857	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.7	5572 of 5869	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.5	5600 of 5859	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	8.6	5795 of 5883	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	5.1	5754 of 5789	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	4.5	5636 of 5662	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	6.3	5642 of 5692	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	6.7	5559 of 5614	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	8.6	5545 of 5611	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	8.1	5370 of 5530	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	23.1	4443 of 5390	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	10.2	5202 of 5377	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	3.7	5288 of 5314	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	8.1	5073 of 5193	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	4.2	5095 of 5113	0.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	49.1	2380 of 5113	53.5%	★★★☆☆
2006	38.3	2804 of 4818	41.8%	★★☆☆☆
2005	18.5	4069 of 4822	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	12.8	4495 of 4809	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2023	23.0	558 of 661	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	27.9	2698 of 3162	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.2	2727 of 3245	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.7	3171 of 3311	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	15.5	3219 of 3246	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	9.7	5446 of 5597	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	15.3	5098 of 5612	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	14.5	5189 of 5609	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	16.7	5021 of 5635	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	5.9	5456 of 5492	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	6.1	5376 of 5413	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	11.0	4938 of 5107	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.7	4840 of 5107	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	12.5	4923 of 5087	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.0	5032 of 5084	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	2.8	4830 of 4830	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	9.3	5341 of 5460	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	16.4	5055 of 5517	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	16.2	4948 of 5363	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.3	5199 of 5264	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	6.9	5120 of 5173	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	5.0	5065 of 5084	0.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	6.7	5573 of 5628	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.2	5475 of 5643	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	10.8	5473 of 5638	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	7.1	5636 of 5663	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	5.8	5479 of 5510	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	4.0	5426 of 5431	0.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	32.0	1699 of 2635	35.5%	★★☆☆☆

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)

Special Education (2024)36th percentile+30 vs school

African American (2023)16th percentile+11 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)15th percentile+10 vs school

Hispanic (2025)3rd percentile~ school

Female (2025)3rd percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)2nd percentile~ school

Male (2025)1st percentile~ school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy12%-37 vs state

Mathematics9%-28 vs state

Science8%-25 vs state

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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
Harte (Bret) Elementary	Public	K-5	1035 Gilman Ave.	San Francisco	94124	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 330-1520	257	13	20.5	80.9%	1 (0.4%)	48 (18.7%)	164 (63.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (7.4%)	24 (9.3%)	7.1	5773^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	1.4%		11.7	5572^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	5.1%	201	8.1		8.1	7.9	14.3	13.9				12.1	10.5	9.3	8.3				9.4	94.6	96.4	96.4		96.4	96.4	$27,880	$2,999	$24,881
KIPP Bayview Elementary	Public, Charter	K-4	948 Hollister	San Francisco	94124	San Francisco County	KIPP Bayview Elementary District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 404-2602	135	9	15.1	89.6%	0 (0.0%)	66 (48.9%)	41 (30.4%)	3 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (5.2%)	18 (13.3%)	8.8	5693^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	2.8%		12.9	5490^th of 5869 public elementary schools	6.5%	203				16.7	16.0					16.3	16.7	12.0					14.0	21.2	51.5	36.4	36.4	63.6	33.3	$47,064	$2,046	$45,018
Carver (George Washington) Elementary	Public	K-5	1360 Oakdale Ave.	San Francisco	94124	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 330-1540	93	5	20.6	83.9%	0 (0.0%)	50 (53.8%)	21 (22.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	13 (14.0%)	8 (8.6%)	6.8	5785^th of 5857 public elementary schools	1.2%		8	5775^th of 5869 public elementary schools	1.6%	10				14.3	10.5					10.0	14.3	10.5					10.0							$30,159	$2,609	$27,550
Drew (Charles) College Preparatory Academy	Public	K-5	50 Pomona Ave.	San Francisco	94124	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 330-1526	200	9	23.5	73.5%	0 (0.0%)	110 (55.0%)	63 (31.5%)	4 (2.0%)	1 (0.5%)	3 (1.5%)	19 (9.5%)	11.4	5544^th of 5857 public elementary schools	5.3%		7.9	5780^th of 5869 public elementary schools	1.5%	236	11.5		11.5	27.3	22.6	19.2				22.8	13.6	6.5	7.7				8.9							$29,147	$2,728	$26,419
El Dorado Elementary	Public	K-5	70 Delta St.	San Francisco	94134	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 330-1537	128	4	32.0	71.9%	2 (1.6%)	22 (17.2%)	61 (47.7%)	17 (13.3%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (13.3%)	9 (7.0%)	4.5	5846^th of 5857 public elementary schools	0.2%		8.6	5744^th of 5869 public elementary schools	2.1%	102	8.3		8.3	0.0	11.1	0.0				4.9	0.0	5.6	0.0				2.4							$31,716	$3,563	$28,153
Taylor (Edward R.) Elementary	Public	K-5	423 Burrows St.	San Francisco	94134	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 330-1530	564	22	26.1	79.3%	2 (0.4%)	17 (3.0%)	206 (36.5%)	309 (54.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.7%)	26 (4.6%)	47.9	2710^th of 5857 public elementary schools	53.7%		51	2509^th of 5869 public elementary schools	57.2%	201	28.3		28.3	38.9	43.0	46.9				43.0	38.5	46.0	39.4				41.4	93.1	96.0	97.0	96.0	95.1	97.0	$23,946	$2,960	$20,986
Malcolm X Academy	Public	K-5	350 Harbor Rd.	San Francisco	94124	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 695-5950	97	6	17.6	81.4%	0 (0.0%)	60 (61.9%)	10 (10.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (10.3%)	17 (17.5%)	12.7	5451^st of 5857 public elementary schools	6.9%		8.1	5767^th of 5869 public elementary schools	1.7%	316	6.3		6.3		35.7	12.5				23.1	0.0	21.4	6.3				9.8	72.7	77.3	90.9	77.3	77.3	77.3	$34,731	$3,720	$31,011
Visitacion Valley Elementary	Public	K-5	55 Schwerin St.	San Francisco	94134	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 469-4796	239	11	21.2	79.1%	3 (1.3%)	20 (8.4%)	74 (31.0%)	109 (45.6%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (7.1%)	16 (6.7%)	26.4	4282^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	26.9%		37.1	3364^th of 5869 public elementary schools	42.7%	918	18.6		18.6	24.0	28.0	46.5				33.1	24.5	24.0	27.8				25.5	92.0			96.0	94.0	96.0	$26,076	$2,177	$23,899
Bayshore	Public	K-8	155 Oriente St.	Daly City	94014	San Mateo County	Bayshore Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 467-5443	342	17	20.0	63.7%	23 (6.7%)	8 (2.3%)	160 (46.8%)	101 (29.5%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (6.4%)	28 (8.2%)	25.3	4368^th of 5857 public elementary schools	25.4%		31.9	3794^th of 5869 public elementary schools	35.4%	574	21.6	14.6	17.7	23.7	32.1	32.4	26.9	51.4	36.2	34.3	31.6	46.4	13.5	14.8	32.4	39.6	30.2							$20,357	$3,291	$17,066
Hillcrest Elementary	Public	K-5	810 Silver Ave.	San Francisco	94134	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 469-4722	317	13	23.7	81.1%	0 (0.0%)	31 (9.8%)	224 (70.7%)	44 (13.9%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.6%)	13 (4.1%)	5.7	5821^st of 5857 public elementary schools	0.6%		9.1	5726^th of 5869 public elementary schools	2.4%	95	2.0		2.0	3.9	11.6	18.8				11.3	3.9	0.0	10.2				4.9	89.1	96.4	92.7	92.7	96.4	96.4	$22,976	$2,366	$20,610

Frequently Asked Questions about Harte (Bret) Elementary

What district is Harte (Bret) Elementary in?

San Francisco Unified

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

Is Harte (Bret) Elementary a good school?

Harte (Bret) Elementary ranks in the bottom 1.4% of California elementary schools.

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

Students at Harte (Bret) Elementary are 64% Hispanic, 19% African American, 9% Two or more races, 7% Pacific Islander.

How many students attend Harte (Bret) Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 257 students attended Harte (Bret) Elementary.

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