Schools in Zip Code 94108

Zip code 94108 has one listed school, Lau (Gordon J.) Elementary, serving kindergarten through fifth grade, with 653 students. In 2025–2026, Lau’s proficiency was 55% in English language arts (ELA), 63% in math and 47% in science, compared with 49%, 38% and 36%, respectively, statewide. Lau also scored above San Francisco Unified in all three subjects. Its state advantage was largest in math, at 25 percentage points, and smallest in ELA, at 6 points. The most important takeaway is that Lau remains above California in every reported subject, with math its clearest strength.

There is no top or bottom school among local peers to identify because this list contains only Lau. Within Lau, third grade had the strongest reported results in both ELA and math: 62% in ELA and 74% in math. Fifth grade was lowest in both, at 51% in each; it remained above the state by 2 points in ELA and 15 points in math. The gap between third and fifth grade was 11 points in ELA and 22 points in math. Lau’s reported chronic-absenteeism rate was also lower than the district and state rates: 7%, compared with 33% and 18%, respectively.

Scores fell from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 in all three subjects: 8 points in ELA, 6 in math and 4 in science. California’s scores rose by less than 1 point in ELA, 1 point in math and 3 points in science, so Lau’s leads narrowed but remained positive. SchoolDigger rated Lau four stars and placed it at the 77th percentile, rank 1,341 of 5,804 schools, down from the 84th percentile in 2024–2025 and 82nd in 2023–2024. For additional context, Lau reported a 25.1 student-teacher ratio and 82% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025; these figures do not show what explains the school’s results.