Elementary · California

Pacifica Independent Home Study

Alternative

Pacifica Independent Home Study, a public elementary school in Pacifica, California: grades k–8, 12 students, 12.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Pacifica.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
12
Teachers (FTE)
1.0
Students per teacher
12.5
Grades
K–8
Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 98% of elementary schools in California

Median 22.4 · 5,918 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 73% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 99% of elementary schools in California

Median 455 · 5,933 schools compared

Smaller than 99% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on California's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

California: 47%

Not published: too few students tested.

Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

California: 38%

Not published: too few students tested.

Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Elementary · Grades K–8
Type
District school · Alternative
Instruction
In person
Area
Large suburb
Run by
Pacifica

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Pacifica.

Location

Address
1283 Terra Nova Blvd, Pacifica, CA 94044
Phone
(650)738-6670
City or town
Pacifica

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Ortega ElementaryFree meals for all
K–540421.351%56%
Cabrillo ElementaryFree meals for all
K–852422.556%52%
Vallemar ElementaryFree meals for all
K–850024.061%60%
Portola ElementaryFree meals for all
K–637827.059%57%
John Muir ElementaryFree meals for all
K–648628.962%64%
K–536022.572%74%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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