Parks (rosa) Elementary, San Francisco CA

Original Research by School Decision on Parks (rosa) Elementary

Rosa Parks Elementary sits on O'Farrell Street in San Francisco's Western Addition neighborhood, part of San Francisco Unified. It serves kindergarten through fifth grade, so there is no graduation rate to report, and no high school program data applies here.

The school enrolls a modest number of students for a K-5 school in a large urban district. Its student body is genuinely diverse: Hispanic students make up the largest single group, followed by multiracial students, Black students, and Asian students, with smaller shares of white and Pacific Islander children. A substantial majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, placing this squarely among San Francisco Unified's higher-need campuses. Data on English learner rates and special education participation were not available in what was provided.

State testing results from the most recent year are available for third, fourth, and fifth graders in English language arts, math, and science. In ELA, third grade posted the strongest results, with roughly half of students scoring at or above standard. Fourth grade was considerably lower, and fifth grade sat in between. Math tells a similar story: third grade was the strongest of the three, while fourth grade was notably weaker and fifth grade fell in the middle. The fifth-grade science assessment followed a pattern consistent with the math results. Taken across all tested subjects and grades, the school's overall proficiency index lands just above the midpoint relative to districts in San Francisco County, which gives some context, though comparisons within San Francisco Unified itself were not available in the data. A parent who wants to understand why fourth-grade results dip relative to the other grades would do well to ask the school directly.

Trend data covers only a single year, so it is not possible to say whether these results represent improvement, decline, or stability over time.

Program information was not available in the data provided. Civil rights data, chronic absenteeism, and discipline rates were also absent.

The school sits in one of the most expensive housing markets in the country. Home values in the surrounding zip code are dramatically above both the California and national medians, and asking rents are high enough that rent consumes a very large share of a typical household's income. Year-over-year, both home values and rents have risen meaningfully in the area, making this a difficult market for families seeking to settle nearby. That pressure is a background reality for the school's community, which, given the free-and-reduced-lunch rate, includes many families navigating significant economic strain alongside steep local costs.

San Francisco itself is a compact, dense city where most errands and school commutes can be handled on foot or by Muni, the city's bus and light-rail network. The Western Addition is a central neighborhood served by multiple transit lines, and the school's location on O'Farrell is accessible from much of the city. The district is a large, city-wide system, which means families do have some school-choice options across San Francisco Unified, though how Rosa Parks compares within that system in terms of programs or support is not something the data here can answer.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 348%

School 48% · District 52% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 425%

School 25% · District 49% · ▼ 25 pts below district

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 21 pts below county median

Grade 533%

School 33% · District 46% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▲ 2 pts above state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 352%

School 52% · District 47% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 12 pts above state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Grade 432%

School 32% · District 51% · ▼ 19 pts below district

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 20 pts below county median

Grade 549%

School 49% · District 55% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▲ 4 pts above state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Science

Grade 533%

School 33% · District 42% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

This schoolSan Francisco Unified, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income26%Higher-income74%48 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income14%Higher-income75%62 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income33%Higher-income68%35 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income21%Higher-income70%49 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income3%Higher-income75%72 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income13%Higher-income56%43 pp gap