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Serra (Junipero) Elementary

Public Grades K-5

4815^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 18% of California elementary schools

Summary

Serra (Junipero) Elementary is a K-5 public school serving 283 students in San Francisco's Excelsior/Bernal Heights area, operating within the San Francisco Unified district, and it currently faces significant academic challenges with proficiency rates below district and state averages, particularly in science and math.

When compared to nearby schools, Serra's performance is in the middle of the pack; it scores higher than schools like Hillcrest Elementary but lags behind others such as Monroe Elementary and Glen Park Elementary. A major concern is chronic absenteeism, which at 38.2% is the second-highest among these schools and is closely linked to lower academic achievement. Interestingly, Serra spends significantly more per student—about $33,212—than its neighbors, yet this high investment has not translated into top-tier test scores, creating a notable puzzle for the school community.

The school's academic standing has been unstable over the past decade, and there are inconsistent results across different grade levels and student groups, with a particularly large performance gap between male and female students. For parents, the key takeaways are that Serra has substantial resources and outperforms some schools with similar challenges, but its path to improvement likely depends on effectively tackling attendance issues, ensuring resources are strategically used, and creating more consistent academic support for all students across every grade.

283

Students ?

23.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$33,212

Per pupil spending ?

67.8%

Free/discounted lunch ?

625 Holly Park Cir.
San Francisco, CA 94110-5815

(415) 695-5685

District: San Francisco Unified

Students who attend Serra (Junipero) Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Hoover (Herbert) 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:

75.3%

Asian:

9.5%

Two or more races:

6.0%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 15th percentile in 2013 → 18th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (22% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (18th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (38% vs 19% California)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school22%

District avg48%

California avg41%

4,815^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 18%▼ down 13 pts since 2015

From bottom 31% (2015) to bottom 18% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

54^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	20.1	4815 of 5857	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	37.2	3348 of 5869	43.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	31.5	3757 of 5859	35.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	21.3	4714 of 5883	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	26.4	4234 of 5789	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	40.9	3091 of 5662	45.4%	★★☆☆☆
2017	42.2	2964 of 5692	47.9%	★★☆☆☆
2016	54.6	2261 of 5614	59.7%	★★★☆☆
2015	27.9	3867 of 5611	31.1%	★★☆☆☆
2013	20.3	4715 of 5530	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	15.0	4957 of 5390	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	19.7	4709 of 5377	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	26.0	4155 of 5314	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	42.2	2926 of 5193	43.7%	★★☆☆☆
2008	36.0	3203 of 5113	37.4%	★★☆☆☆
2007	37.8	3053 of 5113	40.3%	★★☆☆☆
2006	32.4	3150 of 4818	34.6%	★★☆☆☆
2005	18.9	4044 of 4822	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	18.8	4042 of 4809	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	42.6	1637 of 3162	48.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	53.1	1045 of 3245	67.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	29.7	2633 of 3311	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	53.0	1092 of 3275	66.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	56.0	1008 of 3246	68.9%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	13.7	5202 of 5597	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	37.7	3218 of 5612	42.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	22.9	4433 of 5609	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.3	4870 of 5635	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	26.9	4080 of 5492	25.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	44.6	2803 of 5413	48.2%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	16.4	4679 of 5107	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	33.5	3455 of 5107	32.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	29.4	3753 of 5087	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.9	4449 of 5084	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	31.9	3560 of 4963	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	49.2	2280 of 4830	52.8%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	25.4	4331 of 5460	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	40.3	3120 of 5517	43.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	38.4	3188 of 5363	40.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	26.4	4124 of 5264	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	30.8	3809 of 5173	26.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	51.7	2246 of 5084	55.8%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	32.7	3652 of 5628	35.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	37.8	3227 of 5643	42.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	44.8	2751 of 5638	51.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	26.0	4136 of 5663	27.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	28.5	3896 of 5510	29.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	37.2	3207 of 5431	41.0%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	23.8	2377 of 2847	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

English Language Learner (2024)48th percentile+5 vs school

Male (2025)35th percentile+17 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)21st percentile+3 vs school

Special Education (2025)17th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)8th percentile-9 vs school

Female (2025)7th percentile-11 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy26%-23 vs state

Mathematics21%-16 vs state

Science14%-19 vs state

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What people are saying

by a parent
Monday, August 12, 2013

I love this school!! My daughter has been in attendance here since kinder. I had a wonderful relationship with her teacher Mrs.Applin she's a great teacher for getting young ones over the transition of starting school. As my daughter started 1st grade her teacher Mrs.Hong( another one of J.Serras wonderful teachers) was warm and friendly and quickly became a smiling inspiration to her students. Not to say the least about anyone on their staff but they are under the always smiling but watchful eye of their principal Ms.Cheung who is fun and energetic and knows all of the students by first name. Well I can go on and on but I just thought to give credit where credit is due.

P.S. "The kids are also GREAT!!! 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
Serra (Junipero) Elementary	Public	K-5	625 Holly Park Cir.	San Francisco	94110	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 695-5685	283	12	23.9	67.8%	11 (3.9%)	12 (4.2%)	213 (75.3%)	27 (9.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.1%)	17 (6.0%)	20.1	4815^th of 5857 public elementary schools	17.8%		37.2	3348^th of 5869 public elementary schools	43.0%	1467	14.0		14.0	12.8	35.7	25.0				25.9	10.5	33.3	14.6				21.3							$33,212	$10,097	$23,115
Huerta (Dolores) Elementary	Public	K-5	65 Chenery St.	San Francisco	94131	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 695-5669	418	18	23.2	51.9%	83 (19.9%)	2 (0.5%)	290 (69.4%)	7 (1.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (8.4%)	52.8	2447^th of 5857 public elementary schools	58.2%		40.9	3131^st of 5869 public elementary schools	46.7%	684	32.1		32.1	41.9	45.9	52.8				46.6	42.9	45.2	39.3				42.5	94.2	94.2	96.2	94.2	96.2	96.2	$22,737	$1,834	$20,903
Revere (Paul) Elementary	Public	K-8	555 Tompkins Ave.	San Francisco	94110	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 695-5656	453	25	18.4	72.2%	7 (1.5%)	34 (7.5%)	349 (77.0%)	27 (6.0%)	5 (1.1%)	3 (0.7%)	28 (6.2%)	6.4	5798^th of 5857 public elementary schools	1.0%		6	5839^th of 5869 public elementary schools	0.5%	41	7.0	4.9	5.8	3.5	7.3	14.0	20.0	7.8	13.1	11.2	7.0	12.2	0.0	6.8	5.9	3.3	5.8	91.7	95.0	95.0	91.7	93.3	93.3	$24,570	$2,496	$22,074
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
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
Glen Park Elementary	Public	K-5	151 Lippard Ave.	San Francisco	94131	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 469-4713	348	16	21.7	55.2%	81 (23.3%)	23 (6.6%)	185 (53.2%)	14 (4.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (12.6%)	46.3	2807^th of 5857 public elementary schools	52.1%		44.8	2877^th of 5869 public elementary schools	51.0%	70	36.4		36.4	34.0	52.2	42.9				42.6	33.3	47.8	31.8				37.3	90.2	94.1	96.1	90.2	94.1	94.1	$24,722	$1,803	$22,919
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
Monroe Elementary	Public	K-5	260 Madrid St.	San Francisco	94112	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 469-4736	533	20	26.2	75.8%	16 (3.0%)	5 (0.9%)	280 (52.5%)	213 (40.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.6%)	60.5	2040^th of 5857 public elementary schools	65.2%		60.4	2050^th of 5869 public elementary schools	65.1%	10	42.7		42.7	44.7	45.4	59.6				49.8	46.0	41.7	49.4				45.6							$23,466	$2,923	$20,543
San Francisco Community Alternative	Public	K-8	125 Excelsior Ave.	San Francisco	94112	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 469-4739	230	12	18.8	50.0%	40 (17.4%)	26 (11.3%)	104 (45.2%)	29 (12.6%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (12.6%)	49.3	2634^th of 5857 public elementary schools	55.0%		60.5	2044^th of 5869 public elementary schools	65.2%	590	44.8	27.8	38.3	46.4	51.6	48.3	20.8	36.4	29.4	40.7	46.4	46.7	31.0	16.7	18.2	22.2	32.9	93.8	93.8	93.8		93.8		$22,548	$2,210	$20,338
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

Frequently Asked Questions about Serra (Junipero) Elementary

Is Serra (Junipero) Elementary a good school?

Serra (Junipero) Elementary ranks in the bottom 17.8% of California elementary schools.

What district is Serra (Junipero) Elementary in?

San Francisco Unified

How many students attend Serra (Junipero) Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 283 students attended Serra (Junipero) Elementary.

What schools do graduates of Serra (Junipero) Elementary attend?

Students who attend Serra (Junipero) Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Hoover (Herbert) 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

What is the racial makeup of Serra (Junipero) Elementary?

Students at Serra (Junipero) Elementary are 75% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 6% Two or more races, 4% African American, 4% White, 1% Pacific Islander.

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