District overview
Jefferson Elementary School District
Funding structure, how it compares to peers, and where major projects stand.
Who decides for Jefferson Elementary schools?
Jefferson Elementary School District is the Daly City-area K-8 system, separate from Jefferson Union High School District. Its five-member Governing Board approves district budgets, contracts, curriculum, facilities, and principal appointments.
Districtwide decisions sit with one board
The same board governs elementary and middle schools across Daly City and nearby communities.
School Site Councils shape campus plans
The board record repeatedly approves individual School Plans for Student Achievement developed by each school's council and staff.
A consolidation process is starting
The district commissioned a two-phase school consolidation study and formed an advisory committee for the 2026-27 year.
The public Board Actions records summarize decisions but omit many attachments, so they establish what the board approved more clearly than the detailed rationale behind each choice.
Where the district stands
NCES 2024-25 context.
NCES 2025-26 directory context.
Every trailing-year Board Actions record was reviewed.
NCES fiscal context from 2022-23; not a current-year budget figure.
Major projects
School consolidation study
Study commissionedThe board hired Total School Solutions for a two-phase consolidation study and appointed two board representatives to a superintendent advisory committee.
- Board approves the two-phase study
- Board appoints representatives to the advisory committee
Funding
General Fund
$39,800 for Phase 1 and $49,600 for Phase 2, including expenses.
Westlake office addition and site improvements
At least four months lateThe district approved extended construction management after reporting the project was at least four months beyond its original timeline.
- Additional inspection contingency approved because of extended duration
- Board records a delay of at least four months
Funding
Fund 40
The action record cites a $156,000 original construction-management contract and a further $7,800 change order.
Workforce housing project closeout
Legal costs increasedThe board's legal-services purchase order for the workforce housing project rose from $190,000 to $500,000 in March after an anticipated construction-contract claim appeared in January.
- Board discloses anticipated litigation tied to a construction contract claim
- Legal-services purchase order increases to $500,000
Funding
Enterprise Fund
The March increase was $310,000.
Based on the district's complete public Board Actions archive for the trailing year, with NCES directory and fiscal data used only as context.
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