Awards &
Recognition
This is what
success
looks like
At Sutro, we have a proud track record of academic achievement. Below are a selection of honors we have received over the years.
A California Distinguished School
Sutro was one of only 5 schools in SFUSD to be recognized as a 2023 California Distinguished School by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond.
The California Distinguished Schools Award celebrates exceptional schools, districts, teachers, and classified employees for their innovation, talent, and success in supporting students.
The California Distinguished Schools program recognizes schools for their excellent work in one of two categories: closing the achievement gap and achieving exceptional student performance based on assessment scores, chronic absenteeism rates, suspension rates, and socioeconomic data. Nearly 6,000 public and charter elementary schools in California were eligible, but only 350 were honored with this prestigious award.
Elementary schools are selected for this award every two years.
We made the Honor Roll!
Sutro has been recognized as a 2023 California Honor Roll school!
The Honor Roll includes top public schools that have outperformed their peers in closing achievement gaps, particularly among higher-poverty and historically disadvantaged student populations.
The Honor Roll is the only school recognition program in California based solely on objective student achievement data. The data comes from the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) English Language Arts and Math Assessments.
Only 3 elementary schools in the Richmond district and approximately 17% of eligible schools statewide made the Honor Roll list for 2023.
2025 Niche Best School
Sutro has been nationally recognized as one of the Best Schools in America by Niche, the country’s leading college and school search platform. In their 2025 rankings for Niche Standout Elementary Schools in the San Francisco Bay Area, Sutro was ranked #4 out of 85 schools!
This prestigious ranking reflects our exceptional performance across numerous factors analyzed by Niche including academic performance, extracurricular activity opportunities, data from sources like the U.S. Department of Education, and user input from current students, alumni and parents.
Title I Academic Achievement Award
Sutro has been named a Title I Academic Achievement Award School three times: in 2009, 2011, and 2014. Before being discontinued in California in 2017, this award recognized Title I schools that demonstrated success in significantly closing the achievement gap between high- and low-performing students.
