Webster (Daniel) Elementary vs Parker (Jean) Elementary

Parker (Jean) Elementary and Webster (Daniel) Elementary are both San Francisco elementary schools serving grades KG–05, but their overall ratings diverge sharply. Parker (Jean) Elementary scores 9.5 out of 10 compared to Webster (Daniel) Elementary's 9.0 — and the state rank gap makes that half-point concrete: Parker (Jean) Elementary sits at #30 of 9,533 California schools while Webster (Daniel) Elementary ranks #240 of 9,533. Both are strong performers, but Parker (Jean) Elementary operates near the very top of the state.

The academic gap drives most of that difference. Parker (Jean) Elementary holds a 9.2 out of 10 academic score versus Webster (Daniel) Elementary's 8.0 — a 1.2-point spread that reflects a meaningful proficiency advantage. Growth scores, however, are nearly identical: Webster (Daniel) Elementary earns a 9.8 and Parker (Jean) Elementary a 9.7, meaning both schools accelerate student learning at an exceptional rate regardless of where students start. Families prioritizing raw proficiency levels will find Parker (Jean) Elementary ahead; families focused on year-over-year growth will find both schools essentially equivalent.

The two schools look very different demographically. Webster (Daniel) Elementary enrolls 356 students with 31% qualifying for free or reduced lunch. Parker (Jean) Elementary is smaller — 125 students — with 80% of its population qualifying for free or reduced lunch. The student-teacher ratio at Parker (Jean) Elementary is 17.9:1 compared to Webster (Daniel) Elementary's 22.2:1, giving Parker students roughly four fewer peers per teacher. That smaller, more intensive environment coincides with Parker (Jean) Elementary's exceptional academic outcome despite serving a much higher-need population.

Both schools cover the same grade span — kindergarten through fifth grade — and sit 2.7 miles apart in San Francisco. The core distinction is that Parker (Jean) Elementary achieves a higher overall and academic rating while working with a predominantly low-income student body at smaller scale, whereas Webster (Daniel) Elementary serves a more mixed-income enrollment at larger scale with a slightly higher student-to-teacher load but equally strong growth performance.