Alamo Elementary vs Parker (Jean) Elementary

Parker (Jean) Elementary outrates Alamo Elementary overall by 0.7 points — 9.4 versus 8.7 on a 10-point scale. The state rank gap is the more striking figure: Parker (Jean) Elementary sits at #81 of 9,533 California elementary schools, placing it in the top 1 percent statewide, while Alamo Elementary ranks #612 — a strong result in isolation but well outside Parker's tier. The two schools sit 4.0 miles apart within San Francisco, yet they occupy very different positions on the state performance ladder.

At the subject-score level, Alamo Elementary holds a narrow academic edge, scoring 9.4 to Parker (Jean) Elementary's 9.2. The growth story flips that advantage sharply: Parker (Jean) Elementary earns a 9.7 growth score against Alamo Elementary's 8.6 — a 1.1-point gap signaling that Parker's students gain ground faster than their incoming performance levels would predict. Families who weigh how much students advance, not just where they start, will find Parker (Jean) Elementary's growth advantage the more meaningful number.

The two schools serve demographically distinct populations. Parker (Jean) Elementary enrolls 80 percent of students on free or reduced lunch; Alamo Elementary's FRL rate is 41 percent. Parker also operates at a fraction of Alamo's scale — 125 students versus 393 — and that size difference shows in the classroom: Parker's student-teacher ratio is 17.9:1 compared to Alamo Elementary's 23.1:1, more than five additional students per teacher. Parker's top-1-percent state rank alongside high economic need marks it as a school outperforming its demographics by a significant margin.

Both Alamo Elementary and Parker (Jean) Elementary span grades KG through 5, so neither school extends the grade range. The structural difference is size and community feel. Alamo Elementary's 393-student enrollment supports a broader peer cohort and likely a wider activity roster. Parker (Jean) Elementary's 125-student body creates a setting where individual children are harder to overlook. Families choosing between them are effectively choosing between Alamo's larger, academically high-floor environment and Parker's smaller, faster-growth environment with tighter adult-to-student attention.