Jean Parker Elementary School

Our Elementary School is located in the Chinatown/North Beach area, providing public education for approximately 240 students who primarily live in the neighborhood and other surrounding communities in San Francisco. Our predominate student group is Chinese-American; they represent approximately 81% of the school's student population. Other diverse student demographics consist of 9% Latino, 4% African American, 3% Students with multiple ethnic backgrounds, 1% Filipino, 2% European American. Jean Parker offers two language pathways for students: Chinese-Bi-Literacy and English only pathways. We are a school-wide Title 1 school, serving over 85% of our students who are socioeconomically disadvantaged, and 69% are identified as English Language Learners.

We have an active PTO, and our parent community is involved in our school by regularly attending various of family education functions and student celebrations. Such family functions include Literacy Night and Principal Chats. Our teaching staff use and adopt a variety of instructional strategies to meet the needs of our students, especially our English Learners. In addition, we also prioritize our resource to promote a positive student climate and environment. One easily identifiable component is our positive behavior system. You will observe that students are celebrated when they are caught “Beeing” safe – kind – responsible.