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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 94116

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At a glance

Schools

4,877

Students

Districts

5-star school

Top rankedSunset Elementary235^th of 5,817 California elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Hoover (Herbert) Middle up 3 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Feinstein (Dianne) Elementary 20.6 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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1 school without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

ZIP code 94116 has seven schools serving elementary, middle, high school, and alternative-school students, with 4,877 students enrolled; four are elementary schools, one is a middle school, and one is a high school. The elementary schools’ 2025–2026 averages were above state results in all three subjects, with the largest advantage in math: 30 percentage points, compared with 18 points in ELA and 24 in science. The clearest area-wide finding is that elementary achievement is strong relative to the state, especially in math, but results vary substantially by school and grade.

Sunset Elementary is the clearest elementary standout: its all-grades results were 81% in ELA and math, versus 54% and 54% at Feinstein (Dianne) Elementary, gaps of 27 and 26 points. Sunset also led Feinstein by 23 points in science; both schools were above state results in all-grades subjects, though Feinstein was 1 point below the state in grade 5 ELA, while Sunset was 40 points above. Stevenson (Robert Louis) Elementary ranked second in all-grades ELA and math and led the elementary schools in grade 5 math and science. Hoover (Herbert) Middle was above state results in every reported grade-level subject. Lincoln (Abraham) High had a more mixed picture: all-grades ELA and science were above state results, but math was below.

Across the six schools with numeric all-grades scores in both years, average results fell from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 by 4 points in ELA, 4 in math, and 1 in science, while state results rose in all three subjects. Lincoln had especially large declines—8 points in ELA, 11 in math, and 11 in science—while Sunset’s science score rose 10 points. SchoolDigger’s latest rankings place Sunset at the 96th percentile and Feinstein at the 71st among schools with rank histories; Ulloa Elementary moved from the 95th to the 84th percentile. The reported free/reduced lunch eligible shares for 2024–2025 ranged from 30% at Feinstein to 57% at Ulloa; they are context, not an explanation for results. Elementary student-teacher ratios ranged from 20.6 at Feinstein to 26.7 at Stevenson, so neither measure neatly tracks achievement.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CAST Science (2026)					Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2026)								Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)								Vaccination (2024-25)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Vaccination: Kindergartners with all required immunizations	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Lincoln (Abraham) High	Public	9-12	2162 24th Ave.	San Francisco	94116	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 759-2700	2,074	93	22.4	54.5%	197 (9.5%)	124 (6.0%)	547 (26.4%)	1,007 (48.6%)	3 (0.1%)	15 (0.7%)	179 (8.6%)	67.2	670^th of 2135 public high schools	68.6%		84.4	325^th of 2162 public high schools	85.0%	345			41.9	21.4	41.3							55.9	55.9							36.2	36.2			$14,870	$13,534	$1,336
Hoover (Herbert) Middle	Public	6-8	2290 14th Ave.	San Francisco	94116	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 759-2783	963	42	23.1	63.2%	72 (7.5%)	21 (2.2%)	286 (29.7%)	522 (54.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	62 (6.4%)	75.4	561^st of 2740 public middle schools	79.5%		76	564^th of 2761 public middle schools	79.6%	3		44.0			44.0				57.5	65.4	57.1		60.0				50.0	50.0	50.2		50.1			$14,517	$13,016	$1,501
Stevenson (Robert Louis) Elementary	Public	K-5	2051 34th Ave.	San Francisco	94116	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 759-2837	442	17	26.7	40.0%	39 (8.8%)	2 (0.5%)	29 (6.6%)	314 (71.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	57 (12.9%)	91.1	584^th of 5817 public elementary schools	90.0%		92.7	498^th of 5857 public elementary schools	91.5%	86	68.1				68.1	71.4	64.3	84.7					73.6	65.7	65.7	81.9					71.2	≥ 98%		$14,397	$13,134	$1,263
Ulloa Elementary	Public	K-5	2650 42nd Ave.	San Francisco	94116	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 759-2841	520	23	22.3	57.3%	28 (5.4%)	4 (0.8%)	23 (4.4%)	421 (81.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	43 (8.3%)	84.1	958^th of 5817 public elementary schools	83.5%		91.6	573^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	90.2%	385	61.4				61.4	50.6	60.0	77.7					62.7	64.4	62.5	72.7					66.5	≥ 98%		$17,607	$16,026	$1,581
Sunset Elementary	Public	K-5	1920 41st Ave.	San Francisco	94116	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 759-2760	402	16	25.6	33.6%	78 (19.4%)	3 (0.7%)	27 (6.7%)	235 (58.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (14.4%)	96	235^th of 5817 public elementary schools	96.0%		96.3	215^th of 5857 public elementary schools	96.3%	20	66.2				66.2	81.0	71.9	89.2					80.7	85.7	78.5	78.5					80.8	≥ 98%		$16,669	$15,118	$1,551
Feinstein (Dianne) Elementary	Public	K-5	2550 25th Ave.	San Francisco	94116	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 615-8460	356	17	20.6	29.5%	104 (29.2%)	6 (1.7%)	53 (14.9%)	130 (36.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (17.7%)	68.4	1664^th of 5817 public elementary schools	71.4%		69.9	1605^th of 5857 public elementary schools	72.6%	59	43.6				43.6	44.0	68.6	48.2					53.5	52.0	61.5	50.0					54.4	≥ 98%		$15,708	$14,436	$1,272
S.F. County Special Education	Public, Alternative	K-12	3045 Santiago St.	San Francisco	94116	San Francisco County	San Francisco County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 759-2222	120	4	27.5	30.0%	29 (24.2%)	14 (11.7%)	29 (24.2%)	31 (25.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (14.2%)								(n/a)																								$2,342	$00	$2,342

Cities Near Zip Code 94116

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
San Francisco	0.24 mi	149	427^th
Daly City	2.5 mi	21	393^rd
Colma	3.17 mi	2	644^th
Brisbane	5.71 mi	2	107^th
South San Francisco	5.74 mi	14	489^th

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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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