Under “No Child Left Behind,” public schools are required to ensure that all students are at grade level (proficient) or above by 2013-14 in English Languge Arts and mathematics. Elementary students in grades 2nd through 5th are tested in April at each school.

To achieve this goal, the state sets a yearly Annual Measurable Objective (AMO) for each district. This year, the state has set SFUSD’s 2005-06 Annual Measurable Objective (AMO) at 23% for English Language Arts and 23.7% for mathematics. This means that 23% of the students in the District must test at grade level/proficient or above in English Language Arts and 23.7% for mathematics.
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The results are shown in the percentage of the school’s students that tested above proficient, proficient (grade level), basic and far below basic. The results are then provided by the state in the following August. You can see SFUSD’s results at: http://star.cde.ca.gov/star2006/Viewreport.asp

If we look at the elementary school scores, we find that fourteen of SFUSD’s elementary schools had more than 70% of the population tested at proficient (grade level) or above in both English Language Arts and mathematics:

1. Alamo ES, 250 23rd Avenue (77%) (API-884)
2. Argonne ES, 680 18th Avenue (69%) (API-860)
3. Clarendon ES, 500 Clarendon (78%) (API-872)
4. Commodore Sloat ES, 50 Darien (71%) (API-842)
5. Jefferson ES, 1725 Irving (74%) (API-862)
6. Lawton ES, 1570 31st Avenue (76%) (API-877)
2. John Yehall Chin ES, 350 Broadway (72%) (API-873)
7. Lilienthal ES, 3950 Sacramento (75%) (API-868)
10. R. L. Stevenson ES, 2051 34th Avenue (77%) (API-881)
12. Ulloa ES, 2650 42nd Avenue (76%) (API-868)
13. West Portal ES, 5 Lenox (78%) (API-899)
14. Alice Fong Yu, 1541 12th Avenue (87%) (API-922)

John Yehall Chin Elementary School is probably the least known school in this group. Located in Chinatown, it is a great school with an outstanding staff and great parent support. The goal is to have the highest number of students performing at a high level. Alice Fong Yu Elementary School meets that goal with 87% of their students performing at above or proficiency.

Another thirty seven schools also meet the Annual Measurable Objectives for all of their grades in both categories in 2005-06. The happy surprise is that the list includes schools that have struggled in the past, including Dr. Charles Drew Elementary (a Dream School), Bessie Carmichael ES (the only school in the SOMA) and Bret Harte Elementary School which is located near Candlestick Park.

1. Alvarado ES, 625 Douglass (56%) (API-812)
2. Buena Vista Elementary School, 2641 25th St. (39%) (API-700)
3. Bryant Elementary, 1050 York Street (30%) (API-671) (22.4)
4. Carmichael Elementary School, 375 7th St. (43%) (API-684)
5. Cesar Chavez Elementary, 825 Shotwell (35%) (API-723)
6. Dr. Charles Drew Elementary School, 50 Pomona (39%) (API-614)
7. Garfield Elementary School, 420 Filbert (64%) (API-812)
8. Glen Park Elementary School, 151 Lippard (52%) (API-755)
9. Grattan ES , 165 Grattan (51%) (API-758)
10. Guadalupe Elementary, 859 Prague (50%) (API-751)
11. Junipero Serra ES, 625 Holly Park Circle (43%) (API-702)
12. Bret Harte Elementary School, 1035 Gilman (45%) (API-648)
13. Francis Scott Key ES, 1530 43rd Avenue (65%) (API-843)
14. Gordon Lau Elementary, 950 Clay (61%) (API-789)
15. McCoppin ES, 651 6th Avenue (59%) (API-774)
16. Harvey Milk ES, 4235 19th Street (53%) (API-766)
17. Monroe ES, 260 Madrid (46%) (API-714)
18. New Traditions ES, 2049 Grove (50%) (API-675)
19. Lafayette, 4545 Anza (60%) (API-804)
20. Lakeshore, 22o Middlefield (61%) (API-805)
21. Longfellow ES, 755 Morse (60%) (API-783)
22. McKinley ES, 1025 14th Avenue (42%) (API-771)
23. Moscone Elemenary, 2576 Harrison (64%) (API-835)
24. Jose Ortega ES, 400 Sargent (53%) (API-732)
25. Jean Parker ES, 840 Broadway (61%) (API-764)
26. George Peabody ES, 251 6th Avenue (60%) (API-796)
27. Redding ES, 1421 Pine (49%) (API-777)
28. Rooftop ES, 443 Burnett (63%) (API-818)
29. SF Community School, 125 Excelsior (61%) (API-768)
30. Sheridan ES, 431 Capitol Avenue (61%) (API-785)
31. Sherman ES, 1651 Union (68%) (API-824)
32. Spring Valley ES, 1451 Jackson (59%) (API-825)
33. Sunnyside ES, 250 Foerster (52%) (API-764)
34. Sunset ES, 1920 41st Avenue (61%) (API-833)
35. Sutro ES, 235 12th Avenue (65%) (API-805)
36. E. R. Taylor, 423 Burrows (59%) (API-789)
37. Visitacion Valley, 55 Schwerin (55%) (API-747)
38. Yick Wo, 2245 Jones (68%) (API-849)

But there were 22 schools that had specific grades that didn’t meet one or more of the AMOs. This means that the principal, staff and parents are working together to get those students to grade level. It is interesting to note that it appears that the District’s students have more difficulty passing the English Language tests than the math tests.

One surprise is Creative Arts Charter Academy. As one of the more affluent schools in the district and the only charter elementary school in San Francisco, it’s interesting that it appears that they need to work with their 3rd graders on both English Language Arts and mathematics. The schools that do not meet the AMO are:

1. George Washington Carver Elementary, 1360 Oakdale (28%) (3rd and 5th grade-English & 3rd grade-math) (API-678)
2. Willie Brown Academy, (18%), (4th and 5th grade-English Language Arts and 5th grade-math/Willie Brown is a 4-5th grade school) (API-592)
3. Chinese Education Center, 657 Merchant St. (32%) (2nd, 3rd and 5th grade-English Language Arts) (Student population is recent immigrant students that are not English-proficient.) (API-600)
4. Cleveland Elementary School, 455 Athens (29%) (3rd & 4th grade-English Language Arts and 4th grade-math) (API-705)
5. Cobb Elementary School, 2725 California (30%) (2nd and 5th grade-English Language Arts) (API-655)
6. Creative Arts Charter School (36%) (3rd grade-English Language Arts and math) (API-758)
7. El Dorado Elementary School, 70 Delta (41%) (3rd grade-English Language Arts) (API-737)
8. Fairmount Elementary School, 65 Chenery (31%) (2nd, 3rd and 5th grade-English Language Arts) (API-686)
9. Leonard Flynn Elementary, 3125 Cesar Chavez (39%) (2nd, 3rd and 5th grade-English Language Arts and 5th grade-math) (API-
10. Hillcrest Elementary, 810 Silver (35%) (3rd and 5th grade-English Language Arts) (API-634)
11. Marshall ES, 1575 15th St. (28%) (2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th grade-English Language Arts) (API-633)
12. Harvey Milk , 4235 19th Street (2nd and 3rd grade math) (API-766)
13. Malcolm X Academy, 350 Harbor (23%) (2nd, 4th and 5th grade-English Language Arts and 5th grade-math) (API-620)
14. Mission Education Center, 1670 Noe (2%) (All grades-English Language Arts and math) (Mission Education Center serves recent immigrant children that are not English Language proficient.) (API-382)
15. Miraloma ES, 175 Omar Way (37%) (5th grade-math) (API-653)http://star.cde.ca.gov/star2006/viewreport.asp?ps=true&lstTestYear=2006&lstTestType=C&lstCounty=38&lstDistrict=10389&lstSchool=&lstGroup=1&lstSubGroup=1
16. John Muir ES, 380 Webster (24%) (2nd, 3rd and 5th grade-English Language Arts and 5th grade-math) (API-636)
17. Rosa Parks ES, 1501 O’Farrell (33%) (5th grade-English Language Arts and math) (API-640)
18. Paul Revere ES, 555 Tompkins (18%) (2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th grade-English Language Arts and 2nd & 4th grade-math) (API-639)
19. Sanchez ES, 325 Sanchez (35%) (2nd and 3rd grade math)(API-648)
20. Starr King ES, 1215 Carolina (31%) (3rd grade-English Language Arts) (API-721)
21. Tenderloin ES, 627 Turk (31%) (2nd and 3rd grade-English Language Arts) (API-687)
22. Daniel Webster Elementary School, 465 Missouri (33%) (3rd and 5th grade-English Language Arts) (API-704)