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Monroe Elementary

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Monroe Elementary ranks 2040 th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-5

2040^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 65% of California elementary schools

Summary

Monroe Elementary is a K-5 public school serving 533 students in the San Francisco Unified district, consistently ranking in the top third of California elementary schools despite serving a community with significant economic need.

The school stands out for its strong academic results, particularly in mathematics, which are significantly higher than at other nearby schools with similar student demographics, such as Hillcrest Elementary and Cleveland Elementary. Monroe is also exceptionally effective in supporting English Language Learners and has done a remarkable job managing chronic student absenteeism, with a rate much lower than the district average and most surrounding schools like Glen Park Elementary and Serra (Junipero) Elementary.

Monroe achieves these outcomes efficiently, with a higher student-teacher ratio and lower per-student spending than several comparable schools. While it shows consistent performance, there is notable variation in achievement among nearby schools, from top-performing Sunnyside Elementary to others that are struggling, highlighting the diverse educational landscape within a small geographic area.

533

Students ?

26.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$23,466

Per pupil spending ?

75.8%

Free/discounted lunch ?

260 Madrid St.
San Francisco, CA 94112-2055

(415) 469-4736

District: San Francisco Unified

Students who attend Monroe 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:

52.5%

Asian:

40.0%

Two or more races:

3.6%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 49th percentile in 2013 → 65th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the California average (47% vs 41% meeting standards)

✓Ranking is trending up — up 16 percentile points since 2013

✓Above the California median (65th percentile)

Worth a look

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

!Large classes — about 26 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school47%

District avg48%

California avg41%

2,040^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Top 35%▼ down 4 pts since 2015

From top 30% (2015) to top 35% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

37^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	60.5	2040 of 5857	65.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	60.4	2050 of 5869	65.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	57.6	2159 of 5859	63.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	47.3	2683 of 5883	54.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	50.6	2571 of 5789	55.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	52.3	2430 of 5662	57.1%	★★★☆☆
2017	66.7	1713 of 5692	69.9%	★★★☆☆
2016	61.5	1921 of 5614	65.8%	★★★☆☆
2015	65.2	1702 of 5611	69.7%	★★★☆☆
2013	47.7	2808 of 5530	49.2%	★★☆☆☆
2012	49.8	2629 of 5390	51.2%	★★★☆☆
2011	48.7	2671 of 5377	50.3%	★★★☆☆
2010	60.1	1984 of 5314	62.7%	★★★☆☆
2009	50.0	2486 of 5193	52.1%	★★★☆☆
2008	47.9	2497 of 5113	51.2%	★★★☆☆
2007	45.8	2571 of 5113	49.7%	★★☆☆☆
2006	45.1	2437 of 4818	49.4%	★★☆☆☆
2005	42.7	2564 of 4822	46.8%	★★☆☆☆
2004	35.3	2928 of 4809	39.1%	★★☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	57.8	652 of 1203	45.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	49.0	768 of 1205	36.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	41.4	834 of 1190	29.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	34.0	859 of 1154	25.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.1	972 of 1149	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	48.2	687 of 1071	35.9%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	66.4	502 of 3162	84.1%	★★★★☆
2023	72.7	431 of 3245	86.7%	★★★★☆
2022	60.4	746 of 3311	77.5%	★★★★☆
2019	62.4	754 of 3275	77.0%	★★★★☆
2018	45.0	1506 of 3246	53.6%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	57.0	2096 of 5597	62.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	57.4	2067 of 5612	63.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	56.0	2129 of 5609	62.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	49.0	2469 of 5635	56.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	39.1	3167 of 5492	42.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	52.9	2333 of 5413	56.9%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	26.2	4029 of 5107	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	38.9	3053 of 5107	40.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	29.1	3782 of 5087	25.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	27.7	3893 of 5084	23.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	33.8	3408 of 4963	31.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	23.4	4016 of 4830	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	75.7	978 of 5460	82.1%	★★★★☆
2024	74.4	1082 of 5517	80.4%	★★★★☆
2023	65.0	1475 of 5363	72.5%	★★★★☆
2022	63.2	1505 of 5264	71.4%	★★★★☆
2019	55.3	2047 of 5173	60.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	58.5	1822 of 5084	64.2%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	61.9	1894 of 5628	66.3%	★★★☆☆
2024	62.1	1882 of 5643	66.6%	★★★☆☆
2023	57.1	2078 of 5638	63.1%	★★★☆☆
2022	44.6	2732 of 5663	51.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	61.9	1875 of 5510	66.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	50.5	2422 of 5431	55.4%	★★★☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	33.2	441 of 610	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	31.2	1928 of 2847	32.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	17.9	2501 of 2635	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)84th percentile+19 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)82nd percentile+17 vs school

Male (2025)66th percentile~ school

Female (2025)63rd percentile-3 vs school

Asian (2025)46th percentile-19 vs school

Special Education (2025)32nd percentile-33 vs school

Multi-racial (2022)28th percentile-27 vs school

Hispanic (2025)21st percentile-44 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy50%~ state avg

Mathematics46%+8 vs state

Science43%+10 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
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
Cleveland Elementary	Public	K-5	455 Athens St.	San Francisco	94112	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 469-4709	300	14	22.2	69.7%	1 (0.3%)	10 (3.3%)	250 (83.3%)	21 (7.0%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (1.0%)	14 (4.7%)	10.4	5610^th of 5857 public elementary schools	4.2%		7.9	5778^th of 5869 public elementary schools	1.6%	168	7.8		7.8	23.1	1.9	20.6				15.5	19.2	7.6	14.1				13.6	88.9	91.1		93.3	93.3		$25,118	$2,011	$23,107
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
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
McLaren (John) Children Centers	Public	K	2055 Sunnydale Ave.	San Francisco	94134	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(415) 469-4519	16			50.0%	1 (6.3%)	2 (12.5%)	5 (31.3%)	5 (31.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (18.8%)								(n/a)
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
Sunnyside Elementary	Public	K-5	250 Foerster St.	San Francisco	94112	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 469-4746	366	15	24.3	33.1%	133 (36.3%)	13 (3.6%)	85 (23.2%)	71 (19.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.9%)	57 (15.6%)	77.7	1253^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	78.6%		78	1243^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	78.8%	10	43.1		43.1	72.7	64.4	54.0				64.0	75.4	72.4	31.4				60.8	96.7		96.7				$22,125	$1,802	$20,323
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
Guadalupe Elementary	Public	K-5	859 Prague St.	San Francisco	94112	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 469-4718	273	11	24.8	78.4%	7 (2.6%)	5 (1.8%)	207 (75.8%)	41 (15.0%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.7%)	10 (3.7%)	21.7	4689^th of 5857 public elementary schools	19.9%		21.6	4709^th of 5869 public elementary schools	19.8%	20	21.1		21.1	20.0	23.4	23.7				22.4	30.0	22.2	31.6				27.6							$23,917	$2,356	$21,561

Frequently Asked Questions about Monroe Elementary

What schools do graduates of Monroe Elementary attend?

Students who attend Monroe 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

Is Monroe Elementary a good school?

Monroe Elementary ranks 2040^th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

What is the racial makeup of Monroe Elementary?

Students at Monroe Elementary are 53% Hispanic, 40% Asian, 4% Two or more races, 3% White.

How many students attend Monroe Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 533 students attended Monroe Elementary.

What district is Monroe Elementary in?

San Francisco Unified

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