📍 501 Spruce Ave., South San Francisco, San Mateo County, 94080
Spruce Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in South San Francisco, San Mateo County. The school has 408 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Israel Castillo. It is part of the South San Francisco Unified school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 22.7:1.
Spruce Elementary enrolls 408 students across grades K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 18 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 22.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 82% Hispanic or Latino, 9.3% Asian and 3.4% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 333 | 82% |
| Asian | 38 | 9.3% |
| White | 14 | 3.4% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 8 | 2% |
| Two or more races | 7 | 1.7% |
| Black or African American | 5 | 1.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
250 of the school's 408 students (61%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Spruce Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Spruce Elementary is one of 17 schools in South San Francisco Unified, based in South San Francisco, California. The district serves 7,664 students district-wide and employs 396 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 408 students, Spruce Elementary is close to the district average of about 451 students per school.