Private high schools

Best private high schools in San Francisco, ranked by college outcomes

21 private high schools in San Francisco have a profile page on Reach, and 13 of them have a UC Reach Score for 2025. The highest score is 66, at Immaculate Conception Academy, from 41 UC admits counted at each campus for 62 seniors. Tuition runs from $29,000 to $69,899 among the 12 that publish it. 5 publish a college list with counts.

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Which private high schools in San Francisco have the best college outcomes?

Among the 13 private high schools in San Francisco with a 2025 UC Reach Score, Immaculate Conception Academy ranks first at 66, followed by San Francisco University High School (60) and Archbishop Riordan High School (59).

# School City Grades Tuition Entrance exam Application deadline UC Reach Score UC admits 2025 Seniors Publishes a counted college list Top 3 named colleges
1 Immaculate Conception Academy San Francisco 9–12 — None posted — 66 41 62 No —
2 San Francisco University High School San Francisco 9–12 $68,090
2026-27
 None required Jan 5, 2027 60 67 111 Yes Stanford University, University of Chicago, University of California, Berkeley
3 Archbishop Riordan High School San Francisco 9–12 $29,000
2026-27
 HSPT Nov 20, 2026 59 164 280 No —
4 Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep San Francisco 9–12 $29,550
2026-27
 HSPT Nov 19, 2026 57 186 326 No —
5 Lycee Francais De San Fran San Francisco 9–12 — School's own test — 56 24 43 No —
6 Lick Wilmerding High School San Francisco 9–12 $64,900
2026-27
 None required Jan 5, 2027 55 77 139 Yes University of California, Berkeley, Stanford University, University of California, Los Angeles
7 Bay School of San Francisco San Francisco 9–12 $69,899
2026-27
 None required Jan 5, 2027 53 73 138 No —
8 St. Ignatius College Preparatory San Francisco 9–12 $35,700
2026-27
 HSPT Nov 16, 2026 51 186 363 No —
9 Rise University Preparatory San Francisco 9–12 — School's own test Dec 18, 2026 45 9 20 No —
10 Urban School of San Francisco San Francisco 9–12 $68,241
2026-27
 None posted Jan 5, 2027 37 37 99 Yes New York University, University of California, Los Angeles, University of Oregon
11 Drew School San Francisco 9–12 $66,800
2026-27
 None posted Jan 5, 2027 20 16 80 No —
12 Jewish Community High School of the Bay San Francisco 9–12 $67,418
2026-27
 None posted Jan 5, 2027 19 9 48 Yes University of Oregon, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Davis
13 San Francisco Waldorf High School San Francisco -1–12 $59,400
2026-27
 None posted Jan 5, 2027 8 3 40 No —

Also in San Francisco

8 more private high schools have a page here but no 2025 UC Reach Score, listed alphabetically.

School City Grades Tuition Entrance exam Application deadline UC Reach Score UC admits 2025 Seniors Publishes a counted college list Top 3 named colleges
Cambridge Intrntl Prep School San Francisco — — — — — — — No —
Convent of the Sacred Heart High School San Francisco 9–12 $63,230
2026-27
 None required Jan 7, 2027 — 56 — No —
Fusion Academy-San Francisco San Francisco 6–12 — — — — — — No —
International High School Fais San Francisco — — — — — — — No —
Proof School San Francisco 6–12 — School's own test Jan 5, 2027 — 14 — Yes Carnegie Mellon, UC Berkeley, UCSB-CCS
San Francisco Christian School San Francisco — — — — — — — No —
Stuart Hall High School San Francisco 9–12 $63,230
2026-27
 None required Jan 7, 2027 — 21 — No —
Woodside International School San Francisco 9–12 — — — — — — No —

What does tuition cost at San Francisco private high schools?

12 of the 21 private high schools publish tuition: the lowest is $29,000 at Archbishop Riordan High School and the highest is $69,899 at Bay School of San Francisco, with a median of $64,065.

The five lowest and five highest of 12 published tuitions; every school's figure is in the table above.

Which entrance exam do San Francisco private high schools require?

16 of the 21 private high schools have an entrance-exam entry on file; by exam: None posted, 5; None required, 5; HSPT, 3; School's own test, 3. Each school's exam, test dates and source page are on the entrance exams in San Francisco page.

When are applications due at San Francisco private high schools?

14 of the 21 private high schools have an upcoming application deadline on file: the earliest is St. Ignatius College Preparatory on Nov 16, 2026 and the latest is Stuart Hall High School on Jan 7, 2027.

The earliest 10 of 14 upcoming deadlines.

Other metros are on the private high schools by metro index, and every California private school's tuition is ranked on the tuition page. For public and charter schools too, use the county index or the California high school rankings. To compare private and public schools, see San Francisco County, or is a private school worth the tuition?

UC Reach Score is top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors in 2025, counted at each campus, so a student admitted to several campuses counts at each; a dash means the University of California published no admit counts for that school. Tuition, entrance exam, grades and application deadline come from each school's own admissions pages and are shown only where the school publishes them; deadlines already past are omitted. A school "publishes a counted college list" when its own published list carries a count beside each college; the three colleges shown are the three with the largest counts on that list. The list excludes nonclassroom-based online schools and schools the California Department of Education records with no 12th grade.