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Milk (Harvey) Civil Rights Elementary

Public Grades K-5
2573rd
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 5,817 California Elementary Schools
Better than 56% of California elementary schools
Summary

Milk (Harvey) Civil Rights Elementary is a K–5 school in San Francisco’s San Francisco Unified with 137 students, the smallest enrollment among the nearby district schools in the comparison. Its clearest current strength is science: proficiency is above both the state and district, while English language arts (ELA) and math are below both.

Science also stands out against nearby K–5 schools: Milk’s 47% proficiency is about 10 points above their 37% average, while its 46% in ELA is below their 49% average and its 37% in math is below their 47% average. Among the eight nearby K–5 schools in this comparison, Milk ranks fourth in ELA, sixth in math, and fourth in science. Statewide, its ELA result is 3 points below the state, math is 2 points below, and science is 11 points above. Compared with the district, Milk is 8 points below in ELA and 9 below in math, but 4 above in science. Its overall position is more middle-of-the-pack: SchoolDigger places it sixth among ten nearby district schools by percentile.

Results have fallen considerably since 2022–2023, when Milk was above the state in all three subjects. By 2025–2026, ELA proficiency had dropped from 69% to 46%, math from 57% to 37%, and science from 63% to 47%; science remains the relative bright spot. SchoolDigger gives the school 3 stars and ranks it 2,568th of 5,804 California schools, at the 56th percentile. The 2024–2025 student-teacher ratio was 21, within the nearby range, and 35% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. SchoolDigger’s measure of how well the school serves Low Socio Economic Status Students placed it at the 27th percentile in 2023–2024, compared with the school’s overall 80th percentile. For Female Students, the measure fell from the 89th percentile in 2024–2025 to the 46th in 2025–2026, while the overall percentile moved from 68 to 56.

137
Students ?
21.0
Student/teacher ratio ?
$22,860
Per pupil spending ?
35.0%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
All students in California receive free school meals.
≥ 95%
Kindergartners with all required immunizations (2024-25)
 4235 19th St.
       San Francisco, CA  94114-2415

(415) 241-6276

District: San Francisco Unified


Students who attend Milk (Harvey) Civil Rights Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Everett Middle
High:    Academy (The)- SF @McAteer
    Asawa (Ruth) SF School of the Arts A Public School
    Balboa High
    Burton (Phillip and Sala) Academic High
    More...
Racial breakdown:

White:
36.5%
Hispanic:
22.6%
African American:
18.2%
more
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 62nd percentile in 2015 → 56th in 2026
Strengths
✓Above the California median (56th percentile)
Worth a look
!High chronic absenteeism (26% vs 18% California)
!Ranking has slipped — down 6 percentile points since 2015
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school42%
District avg49%
California avg42%
2,573rd of 5,817
California public elementary schools ?
Top 44%▲ up 1 pts since 2016
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
38th of 70Elementary Schools in the San Francisco Unified
702nd of 1,530San 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

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202650.62573 of 581755.8%★★★☆☆
202563.61898 of 585767.6%★★★☆☆
202479.51175 of 586980.0%★★★★☆
202383.11049 of 585982.1%★★★★☆
202288.9748 of 588387.3%★★★★☆
201933.33672 of 578936.6%★★☆☆☆
201827.64023 of 566228.9%★☆☆☆☆
201733.83525 of 569238.1%★★☆☆☆
201648.72557 of 561454.5%★★★☆☆
201556.22114 of 561162.3%★★★☆☆
201343.93081 of 553044.3%★★☆☆☆
201245.62913 of 539046.0%★★☆☆☆
201144.02950 of 537745.1%★★☆☆☆
201067.31607 of 531469.8%★★★☆☆
200947.52635 of 519349.3%★★☆☆☆
200847.12539 of 511350.3%★★★☆☆
200749.82346 of 511354.1%★★★☆☆
200652.52073 of 481857.0%★★★☆☆
200555.01954 of 482259.5%★★★☆☆
200424.43600 of 480925.1%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202641.63039 of 558145.5%★★☆☆☆
202589.9599 of 559789.3%★★★★☆
202471.71420 of 561274.7%★★★★☆
202385.8846 of 560984.9%★★★★☆
202287.7742 of 563586.8%★★★★☆
201941.43018 of 549245.0%★★☆☆☆
201828.93833 of 541329.2%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202429.04046 of 551726.7%★☆☆☆☆
20196.05137 of 51730.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20184.55069 of 50840.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202567.61627 of 562871.1%★★★★☆
202481.51025 of 564381.8%★★★★☆
202372.51388 of 563875.4%★★★★☆
202287.1778 of 566386.3%★★★★☆
201929.33851 of 551030.1%★★☆☆☆
201828.33839 of 543129.3%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202583.6284 of 259889.1%★★★★☆
202488.4131 of 265195.1%★★★★★
202382.7318 of 266188.0%★★★★☆
202290.1104 of 272696.2%★★★★★
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)
White (2025)89th percentile+21 vs school
Male (2025)71st percentile+3 vs school
Female (2026)46th percentile-10 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2024)27th percentile-53 vs school
By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?
Science47%+11 vs state
English Language Arts/Literacy46%-3 vs state
Mathematics37%~ state avg

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Students at Milk (Harvey) Civil Rights Elementary are 36% White, 23% Hispanic, 18% African American, 18% Two or more races, 3% Asian.

In the 2024-25 school year, 137 students attended Milk (Harvey) Civil Rights Elementary.

Milk (Harvey) Civil Rights Elementary ranks 2573rd of 5817 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

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Latest California data All new data »
2013–14 through 2024–25 immunization rates (updated)NewOct 19, 2026
2025–26 attendance data, dropout rates & graduation ratesOct 15, 2026
2025–26 CAST, CSA Spanish & Smarter Balanced Assessments scoresOct 15, 2026
2024–25 school spending dataJul 1, 2026


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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