- 500 Clarendon Ave.
- San Francisco, CA 94131
- (415) 759-2796
Magnet | Grades K-5 | San Francisco Unified School District
About Clarendon Alternative Elementary School
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Clarendon Alternative Elementary School is located in San Francisco, CA and is one of 74 elementary schools in San Francisco Unified School District. It is a magnet school that serves 534 students in grades K-5.
Magnet schools are public schools that offer a specialized curriculum or educational philosophy, often with a specific focus or theme. Magnet schools promote student diversity because they are open to students outside the normal school district boundaries and often attract high caliber students through competitive programs.
Clarendon Alternative Elementary School made AYP in 2009. Under No Child Left Behind, a school makes Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) if it achieves the minimum levels of improvement determined by the state of California in terms of student performance and other accountability measures. See Clarendon Alternative Elementary School's test results to learn more about school performance.
A school's Academic Performance Index (API) is a scale that ranges from 200 to 1000 and is calculated from the school's performance in the Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program. The state has set 800 as the API target for all schools to meet.
Clarendon Alternative Elementary School had an API growth score of 950 in 2009. California uses the Academic Performance Index (API) to measure annual school performance and year-to-year improvement. Clarendon Alternative Elementary School's 2009 base score was 926 and the school did meet its 2009 school-wide growth target.
In 2008, Clarendon Alternative Elementary School had 18 students for every full-time equivalent teacher. The California average is 21 students per full-time equivalent teacher. Learn more about Clarendon Alternative Elementary School's students and teachers.
Clarendon Alternative Elementary School Student Diversity
- Students by Ethnicity (2008)
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Asian
34 %
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White
34 %
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Multiple or No Response
14 %
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Hispanic
8 %
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Black
5 %
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Filipino
3 %
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American Indian/Alaskan Native
2 %
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Pacific Islander
< 1 %
- Students by Gender (2008)
- Female 50%
- Male 50%
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About San Francisco, CA
- Population Median Age 39 years
- Median Household Income $55,221
- Average Household Size 2.3 persons
- % of Homes with Kids 19%
- % Owning / % Renting 35% / 65%
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Based on 2000 Census (latest available)
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One point to note. There are two separate programs at Clarendon each comprising ~50% of students. The first is called Second Community and is a regular Elementary program with Italian taught as an enhancement to the program. The Second is the Japanese Bilingual Bicultural Program (JBBP) which is a Japanese language immersion program. Both are top tier!
Websites for both programs:
http://www.secondcommunity.org/
http://parents.clarendonjbbp.org/