San Francisco Unified


Summary:

The San Francisco Unified district contains 106 schools serving grades K-12, representing a district of extreme contrasts where world-class academic institutions exist alongside schools facing profound challenges.

Top-performing schools like Lowell High, Sunset Elementary, and Giannini (A.P.) Middle rank among the best in California, boasting high test scores and graduation rates with low chronic absenteeism. Notably, some schools like Chin (John Yehall) Elementary and Ulloa Elementary achieve this high performance while serving significant populations of economically disadvantaged students, demonstrating that poverty does not universally preclude success.

Conversely, schools such as Mission High, Revere (Paul) Elementary, and Buena Vista/ Horace Mann K-8 rank in the bottom quartile statewide, struggling with low proficiency rates and very high chronic absenteeism, despite often receiving the highest per-student spending in the district. This creates a significant equity gap, where a student's educational experience varies drastically depending on which school they attend.

District Detail

 555 Franklin St.
San Francisco, CA 94102-5207

 (415) 241-6000

SchoolDigger Rank:
679th of 1543 California districts

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Grades served: K-12
Students: 48,706

Primary Schools: 76
Middle Schools: 13
High Schools: 17
Alternative Schools: 0
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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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