S.F. County Special Education
San Francisco · CA · San Francisco County Office of Education · Public · K-12 combined
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Thornton High → S.F. County Opportunity (Hilltop) → Academy (The)- SF @McAteer → S.F. County Civic Center Secondary → Island High (Continuation) → Baden High (Continuation) → Gateway to College High at Laney College → Ralph J. Bunche Continuation High →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 14% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How S.F. County Special Education compares for families
What families should know about S.F. County Special Education.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Thornton High, S.F. County Opportunity (Hilltop), Academy (The)- SF @McAteer and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Mixed-income school
Below Title I eligibility threshold (FRPL < 35%)
25-34% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Below the federal Title I threshold but a meaningful share of the population is income-eligible for free lunch.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +105.3%/year, projecting from 2024's 120 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thornton High Daly City |
Public | 4.1 | 89 | +36.9% |
| S.F. County Opportunity (Hilltop) San Francisco |
Public | 5.0 | 67 | -25.6% |
| Academy (The)- SF @McAteer San Francisco |
Public | 2.8 | 123 | -64.6% |
| S.F. County Civic Center Secondary San Francisco |
Public | 4.9 | 60 | — |
| Island High (Continuation) Alameda |
Public | 12.1 | 76 | +5.6% |
| Baden High (Continuation) South San Francisco |
Public | 7.4 | 130 | +17.1% |
| Gateway to College High at Laney College Oakland |
Public | 13.4 | 104 | +50.7% |
| Ralph J. Bunche Continuation High Oakland |
Public | 12.7 | 58 | -28.4% |