Summary:
Zip code 94080 has three South San Francisco Unified high schools serving grades 9–12: South San Francisco High, El Camino High, and Baden High (Continuation). Enrollment ranges from 130 at Baden to 1,239 at South San Francisco High. Results vary widely: El Camino is above the state in ELA and science, while Baden is well below it in all three subjects. The most important area-wide concern is math: the schools’ average proficiency was 19%, compared with 38% statewide.
El Camino High stands out at the top, leading the group with 70% proficiency in ELA, 37% in math, and 47% in science; those results were 21 points above the state in ELA and 11 points above in science, while math was 2 points below. Baden High (Continuation) was lowest in each subject, at 17% in ELA, 0% in math, and 14% in science—33, 38, and 22 points below the state, respectively. South San Francisco High falls between them: its ELA result was 7 points above the state, but math was 20 points below and science 4 points below. Graduation and attendance figures also favor El Camino: its graduation rate was 97% and chronic absenteeism 9%, versus 57% and 62% at Baden.
Recent test-score movement is mixed. From 2024–25 to 2025–26, the three-school average fell 1 point in ELA and 5 points in math, but rose 6 points in science. El Camino’s scores declined in all three subjects; Baden’s science rose 14 points, while its math fell 2 points. SchoolDigger’s percentile rankings shifted from 74 to 58 for South San Francisco High, 88 to 83 for El Camino, and 18 to 21 for Baden. Baden’s student–teacher ratio is the smallest at 12.4, compared with 17.6 at El Camino and 18.2 at South San Francisco High, yet its outcomes are weakest. All three report the same income measure, free/reduced lunch eligible, for 2024–25: 25% at El Camino, 42% at South San Francisco High, and 47% at Baden; these figures provide context, not an explanation for results.
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