Los Cerritos Elementary
Public · Grades K–5 · 304 students
Ponderosa Elementary
295 Ponderosa Rd., South San Francisco, CA 94080
Grades
K–5
Elementary
Students
359
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
22.4 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
South San Francisco Unified
San Mateo County
Schola Grade B · Above average
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 5,632 California elementary schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other California elementary schools; the line marks the middle. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About Ponderosa Elementary
Ponderosa Elementary is a public elementary school in South San Francisco, California, serving grades K–5. It is part of South San Francisco Unified. The school is located in a large suburb in San Mateo County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 359 students were enrolled, with about 22.4 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is larger than the typical California elementary school (21.4 students per teacher). Its Schola Grade is B (above average), compared with 5,632 California elementary schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades K–5
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Public School · What this means
- Level
- Elementary
- Grades offered
- K–5
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 359 students
- Students per teacher
- 22.4 to 1
- Charter school
- No
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- Suburb — Large
- School district
- South San Francisco Unified
- County
- San Mateo County
- NCES school ID
- 063753006349
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School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.