Summary:
This analysis covers two public high schools, both operated by the San Francisco Unified district and sharing an address in the 94131 zip code, serving grades 9-12 with dramatically different performance profiles.
The clear standout is the Asawa (Ruth) SF School of the Arts A Public School, an elite institution ranked in the top 4% of all California high schools with a near-perfect 96.7% graduation rate and strong academic proficiency across English, math, and science. In contrast, Academy (The)- SF @McAteer is a much smaller school showing notable improvement, having moved from the 34th to the 59th percentile in state rankings, but it faces significant challenges with much lower proficiency in math and science and a higher chronic absenteeism rate.
Despite being located at the same address, the schools serve different student populations; The Academy @ McAteer has a higher percentage of students qualifying for free/reduced lunch and benefits from a very low student-teacher ratio and higher per-student spending, yet it achieves lower academic results. Both schools significantly outperform the district's average graduation rate, highlighting them as positive outliers within the wider San Francisco Unified system. Parents should note the specialized, arts-focused model of Ruth Asawa SOTA versus the smaller, support-intensive environment of The Academy @ McAteer.
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