NCES CCD 2024-25 20 schools CA

Best-Resourced Schools in Daly City, CA

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20 public K-12 schools in Daly City from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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20
Schools
8,164
Students
32.9/100
Avg Resource Index
21.3:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Daly City has more public-school enrollment than 74% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Daly City's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

14 of Daly City's 20 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 2 middle and 4 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 24-point gap between Franklin Delano Roosevelt Elementary and Junipero Serra Elementary shows the range hidden by Daly City's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 26%
School count
Top 15%
Resource Index average
19th percentile
Teacher staffing
11th percentile

Westmoor High accounts for 15.7% of all Daly City public-school enrollment

That concentration means Daly City-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Daly City school enrollment varies 14× across entities

Daly City school enrollment ranges from 89 students (lowest) to 1,278 students (highest), a spread of 1,189 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Daly City operates 6 school districts — among the most fragmented governance structures in the country

Each school district has independent budgeting, hiring, and service delivery authority. The fragmentation reflects historical patterns of inter-municipal boundary lines that pre-date modern city growth, students in different parts of the same city can attend different districts with different per-pupil spending, calendars, and graduation requirements. Per-region variation is largest in fragmented systems because each school district sets its own budget, contracts, and priorities without higher-level coordination above the regulatory floor.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Daly City student-teacher ratio is 21.3:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Elementary 46
2. Bayshore 41
3. Thornton High 41
4. Marjorie H. Tobias Elementary 39
5. Westmoor High 38
6. Fernando Rivera Intermediate 37
7. Thomas Edison Elementary 36
8. Jefferson High 35
9. George Washington Elementary 35
10. Margaret Pauline Brown Elementary 33
11. Thomas R. Pollicita Middle 32
12. Daniel Webster Elementary 32
13. Susan B. Anthony Elementary 30
14. John F. Kennedy Elementary 29
15. Skyline Elementary 28
16. Woodrow Wilson Elementary 27
17. Summit Public School: Shasta 26
18. Westlake Elementary 26
19. Panorama Elementary 24
20. Junipero Serra Elementary 22

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Daly City

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Panorama Elementary 69.5/100
  2. 2 Bayshore 67.8/100
  3. 3 Franklin Delano Roosevelt Elementary 67.3/100
  4. 4 Westlake Elementary 66.8/100
  5. 5 Margaret Pauline Brown Elementary 65.5/100

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Which Daly City school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Elementary has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Daly City schools in this federal-data comparison at 46/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Daly City, CA? ▼

Daly City has 20 public schools with a total enrollment of 8,164 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 21.3:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.