Schools · San Francisco
San Francisco, CA schools
San Francisco’s public schools score well above California’s averages: 77% of students are proficient in reading against 48.5% statewide, and 87% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.6%. Kids attend one of 76 schools through grade 8, then one of 72 middle schools, one of 21 middle schools and one of 10 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
A
San Francisco’s School Grade: A
The public schools San Francisco’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 91% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
ATest scoresCGraduation
California school districts we grade (1,139)Better than 91%
Lower resultsHigher results
California towns with similar household incomes (349)Better than 94%
Lower confidence. Built on 73 tested students and a graduating class of 3,997. With numbers this small, one year can move the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on California’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of California only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in California with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where San Francisco kids go to school
Grades 8
72 middle schoolsDepends on your address · see the list San Francisco Unified School DistrictGrades 8
21 middle schoolsDepends on your address · see the list San Francisco Unified School DistrictGrades 9–12
10 high schoolsDepends on your address · see the list San Francisco Unified School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well above the state in reading
Reading (grades K–12, San Francisco Unified)77%
State average 48.5%
Math (grades K–12, San Francisco Unified)67%
State average 33.4%
Graduation · class of 2020
87% graduate on time
Graduation rate
87%
CA: 87.6%
Graduating class
3,997
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #443 of 720 CA towns →
Districts
The district serving San Francisco
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 221 schools in San Francisco
Showing 1–30 of 221 schools
Lilienthal (Claire) ElementaryElementary · Grades K–8 · 673 students
PublicLau (Gordon J.) ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 653 students
PublicLawton AlternativeElementary · Grades K–8 · 600 students
PublicYu (Alice Fong) ElementaryElementary · Grades K–8 · 594 students
PublicWest Portal ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 588 students
APublicBuena Vista/ Horace Mann K-8Elementary · Grades K–8 · 586 students
PublicRooftop ElementaryElementary · Grades K–8 · 575 students
PublicThomas Edison Charter AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 574 students
CharterTaylor (Edward R.) ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 564 students
PublicCarmichael (Bessie)/FECElementary · Grades K–8 · 555 students
PublicKey (Francis Scott) ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 552 students
PublicAlvarado ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 538 students
PublicClarendon Alternative ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 533 students
PublicMonroe ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 533 students
PublicUlloa ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 520 students
PublicJefferson ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 511 students
PublicMission PreparatoryElementary · Grades K–8 · 491 students
A-CharterLafayette ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 471 students
PublicLongfellow ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 466 students
PublicThe New School of San FranciscoElementary · Grades K–8 · 457 students
CharterRevere (Paul) ElementaryElementary · Grades K–8 · 453 students
PublicStevenson (Robert Louis) ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 442 students
PublicCreative Arts CharterElementary · Grades K–8 · 440 students
B+CharterHuerta (Dolores) ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 418 students
PublicLakeshore Alternative ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 416 students
D-PublicOrtega (Jose) ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 410 students
PublicChinese Immersion School at DeAvilaElementary · Grades K–5 · 407 students
PublicSunset ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 402 students
D-PublicChavez (Cesar) ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 397 students
PublicGrattan ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 392 students
D-PublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.