You've all heard us at PPS advise you to balance your school choices, not just with the top requested schools, but some of the other great schools out there that have better odds, in order to maximize your chances of getting one of your seven choices.
Dr. Adams Dudley, a Peabody Elementary School parent, developed this tool to help him in his own kindergarten search, and he has offered to share it with everyone. Adams' Spreadsheet is a helpful tool to ensure you've struck a balance based on the number of requests per seat. Dr. Dudley has worked very hard to include all the SF public elementary schools in this spreadsheet. It currently does not include middle or high school data.
Adams' Spreadsheet includes:
There are other factors that may ultimately influence your assignment that are not included in Adams' Spreadsheet, such as:
Neighborhood school preference
The Diversity Index
Your child's home language (especially if you are applying to a language program)
Instructions, FAQs and Advice for Adams' Spreadsheet (34kb,pdf)
UPDATED 9/09
Adams' Spreadsheet (260kb, xls)
We would like to give a special THANK YOU to
Dr. Adams Dudley for all his hard work and commitment to public schools!