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San Francisco Unified

San Francisco, California · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

48,902
Students enrolled
113
Public schools
2,327
Classroom teachers (FTE)
21.0:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Kindergarten 4,717
  • Grade 1 3,732
  • Grade 2 3,814
  • Grade 3 3,801
  • Grade 4 3,792
  • Grade 5 3,774
  • Grade 6 3,247
  • Grade 7 3,320
  • Grade 8 3,447
  • Grade 9 3,580
  • Grade 10 3,836
  • Grade 11 3,881
  • Grade 12 3,961

By race/ethnicity

  • Asian 35%
  • Hispanic/Latino 33%
  • White 13%
  • Two or more races 12%
  • Black or African American 6%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Race not reported <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

54% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 26,523 of 48,706 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 50%
  • Reduced-price lunch 4%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$25,173 spent per student on day-to-day operations California median: $19,068 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $14,412
  • Support services $9,921
  • Other (food service, etc.) $840

Where the money comes from

  • Local 57%
  • State 37%
  • Federal 7%

Total revenue $1.5 billiontotal spending $1.4 billion

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

KG to 12

Locale (NCES)

City: Large

Total staff (FTE)

4,392

District office

555 Franklin St., San Francisco CA 94102

County

San Francisco County

Official website

NCES District ID

634410

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About San Francisco Unified

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

The San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) is the eighth largest school district in California, educating over 56,000 students every year. Our mission is to provide each student with an equal opportunity to succeed by promoting intellectual growth, creativity, self-discipline, cultural sensitivity, and democratic responsibility
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Public Schools in San Francisco Unified (123)

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Galileo High

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Balboa High

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Giannini (A.P.) Middle

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Burton (Phillip and Sala) Academic High

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Mission High

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Presidio Middle

San Francisco, CA · Grades 06–08 · 992 students · Middle

Hoover (Herbert) Middle

San Francisco, CA · Grades 06–08 · 963 students · Middle

Aptos Middle

San Francisco, CA · Grades 06–08 · 911 students · Middle

Denman (James) Middle

San Francisco, CA · Grades 06–08 · 807 students · Middle

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Lilienthal (Claire) Elementary

San Francisco, CA · Grades KG–08 · 673 students · Elementary

Roosevelt Middle

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San Francisco, CA · Grades KG–05 · 653 students · Elementary

Marina Middle

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Buena Vista/ Horace Mann K-8

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San Francisco, CA · Grades KG–08 · 555 students · Elementary