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School Profile
Mission Statement
The San Francisco School cultivates and celebrates the intellectual, imaginative, and humanitarian promise of each student in a community that practices mutual respect, embraces diversity, and inspires a passion for learning.
History
Founded and incorporated not for profit in 1966. Read more about our history.
School Community
Total Enrollment - 276
Preschool & Kindergarten (ages 3-6) - 74
Elementary School (1st-5th) - 106
Middle School (6th-8th) - 96
Students of Color - 52%
African American/Multiracial - 14%
Asian American/Multiracial - 22%
Latino/Multiracial - 13%
Middle Eastern - 3%
Caucasian - 48%
LGBT Families - 9%
Adopted - 6%
Single Parent - 6%
Zip Codes Represented - 26
Families Receiving Indexed Tuition - 29%
Faculty and Administration of Color - 37%
LGBT Faculty - 10%
Class Size
Preschool & Kindergarten - 2 classrooms, 37 students and 4 teachers per class
Elementary School - 1 classroom per grade, 22 students and 2 teachers per class
Middle School - 32 students per grade, 16 students per class
Hours of Operation
Preschool & Kindergarten - 9:00 am – 2:45 pm
Elementary School - 8:30 am – 3:00 pm
Middle School - 8:15 am – 3:00 pm
Extended Day - 7:30 am – 6:00 pm
School Calendar - September 4 – June 1
Facility
Building - 22,560 sq. ft.
Land - 1.3 Acres
Lunch
Preschool through Elementary School students provided daily snack with healthy home-cooked hot lunches.
Middle School students bring lunch daily.
Tuition
Preschool & Kindergarten - $17,940
Elementary School - $17,940
Middle School - $19,350
Families Receiving Indexed Tuition - 29%
Finances
Operating Budget - $4,934,000
Allocation for program services - 87%
Program Support/Operations/Capital - 13%
Parent Participation in 2006-07 Annual Fund - 91%
Sources of Operating Income:
Tuition and Fees - 90%
Annual Giving and Event - 8%
Investments & Endowment Income - 2%
Program
Preschool and Kindergarten are Montessori based programs. In addition to our core academic curriculum, Elementary & Middle School programs include:
Specialist Courses
- Art
- Music
- Dance
- Drama
- Physical Education
- Library and Technology
- Spanish
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Elementary School
- Daily Morning Meetings
- Journals
- Environmental Studies
- Community building through “School Families” & daily Singing Time
- Interdisciplinary curriculum
- Multicultural education
- Classroom responsibilities
- Outdoor Education
- Service Learning
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Middle School
- Advanced Spanish
- Math Electives
- Interdisciplinary Study
- Advisory Program
- Field Experience/Career Week
- Drug & Alcohol Education
- Health Education
- Service Learning
- Student Government & Town Meeting
- Mentoring Activities with Elementary Grades
- Student Clubs & Sports Teams
- Outdoor Education Program: Yosemite, Pinnacles, Mexico
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High Schools Attended In Past Three Years
Independent
- Bay School
- Drew School
- International High School
- Lick-Wilmerding
- Menlo
- Preparatory
- University
- Urban
- Waldorf High School
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Parochial
- Archbishop Riordan
- Convent
- Jewish Community High School
- Mercy
- Sacred Heart
- Cathedral
- Saint Ignatius Preparatory
- Stuart Hall
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Public
- Burton
- Gateway
- Leadership
- Lincoln
- Lowell
- Metro
- Arts and Technology
- School of the Arts
- Terra Nova
- Thurgood Marshall
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