Chin (John Yehall) Elementary vs West Portal Elementary

Chin (John Yehall) Elementary and West Portal Elementary are both San Francisco public elementary schools serving kindergarten through fifth grade, yet they sit far apart in statewide standing. Chin Elementary holds an overall rating of 9.6/10 against West Portal Elementary's 8.8/10 — a 0.8-point gap that translates into a stark difference in state rank: Chin Elementary places #20 of 9,533 California elementary schools while West Portal Elementary ranks #494 of the same pool. That 474-position gap signals that Chin is among the very top performers in a large and competitive state, not merely strong within San Francisco.

Academically, the separation is sharp. Chin (John Yehall) Elementary scores a perfect 10.0/10 on academics versus West Portal Elementary's already-strong 9.2/10 — a 0.8-point delta on a 10-point scale that, at the high end of the distribution, represents meaningful distance. Chin's growth score of 9.7/10 also outpaces West Portal's 9.0/10, meaning students at Chin are advancing at a faster rate relative to comparable peers, not just arriving with stronger baselines.

The two schools differ considerably in size and demographics. West Portal Elementary enrolls 590 students compared to Chin Elementary's 253, making West Portal more than twice as large. Chin's student-teacher ratio is 23.0:1 against West Portal's 24.6:1, a modest but real advantage in per-student attention. The free and reduced-price lunch rate diverges sharply: 75% of Chin students qualify versus 34% at West Portal. Chin is serving a substantially higher-need population and still earning a near-perfect academic score — a combination that signals exceptionally effective instruction rather than simply favorable demographics.

Both schools are limited to grades KG–05, so grade-span is not a differentiating factor for elementary families. The schools sit 5.1 miles apart within San Francisco, so geography within the city may be a practical constraint for some families before academic profile even enters the conversation.