San Francisco Sun

In the 2023-24 school year, 10th grade was the largest grade in San Francisco Unified School District, with 7,266 students making up 13.1% of the student body, according to the California Department of Education. This represents a decline of 0.1% compared to the previous year.

The grade with the second highest number of students was kindergarten, with 4,672 students, or 8.4% of the student body.

The school that had the highest number of 10th grade students in San Francisco Unified School District during the period was Lowell High School, while Downtown High School and Wells (Ida B.) High School had the fewest.

Overall, San Francisco Unified School District enrolled 55,386 students, ranking as the sixth highest enrolled district in California for the 2023-24 school year. It also ranked sixth highest in the previous school year.

California's public schools face a growing financial crisis driven by declining enrollment and an increase in chronic absenteeism, both impacting the state's school funding model.

Enrollment, which peaked at 6.3 million students in the early 2000s, has steadily declined to under 6 million today, with projections indicating it could fall below 5.2 million by 2032. This trend is attributed to lower birth rates, slowed immigration, and families relocating out of state due to high housing costs. Rural and coastal districts have been particularly affected, facing tough decisions such as school closures and staffing reductions.

At the same time, chronic absenteeism has surged from 12% pre-pandemic to 25%, disproportionately impacting younger students and jeopardizing their long-term success.

School	Total Enrollment
Academy (the)- SF @McAteer	265
Alamo Elementary School	393
Alvarado Elementary School	518
Aptos Middle School	857
Argonne Elementary School	368
Asawa (Ruth) SF School of the Arts A. Public School	680
Balboa High School	1,251
Brown Jr. (Willie L) Middle School	313
Bryant Elementary School	240
Buena Vista/ Horace Mann K-8	585
Burton (Phillip and Sala) Academic High School	1,031
Carmichael (Bessie)/FEC	557
Carver (George Washington) Elementary School	97
Chavez (Cesar) Elementary School	411
Chin (John Yehall) Elementary School	253
Chinese Immersion School at DeAvila	382
Clarendon Alternative Elementary School	529
Cleveland Elementary School	306
Cobb (William L.) Elementary School	137
Denman (James) Middle School	790
Downtown High School	147
Drew (Charles) College Preparatory Academy	187
El Dorado Elementary School	123
Everett Middle School	467
Feinstein (Dianne) Elementary School	383
Flynn (Leonard R.) Elementary School	383
Francisco Middle School	511
Galileo High School	1,741
Garfield Elementary School	191
Giannini (A.P.) Middle School	1,193
Glen Park Elementary School	321
Grattan Elementary School	384
Guadalupe Elementary School	279
Harte (Bret) Elementary School	247
Hillcrest Elementary School	328
Hoover (Herbert) Middle School	948
Huerta (Dolores) Elementary School	381
Independence High School	197
Jefferson Elementary School	502
Jordan (June) School for Equity	206
Key (Francis Scott) Elementary School	562
King (Thomas Starr) Elementary School	335
King Jr. (Martin Luther) Academic Middle School	371
Lafayette Elementary School	474
Lakeshore Alternative Elementary School	421
Lau (Gordon J.) Elementary School	650
Lawton Alternative Elementary School	601
Lee (Edwin and Anita) Newcomer	12
Lick (James) Middle School	476
Lilienthal (Claire) Elementary School	670
Lincoln (Abraham) High School	2,037
Longfellow Elementary School	454
Lowell High School	2,540
Malcolm X. Academy	105
Marina Middle School	654
Marshall (Thurgood) High School	477
Marshall Elementary School	247
McCoppin (Frank) Elementary School	242
McKinley Elementary School	247
McLaren (John) Children Centers	28
Milk (Harvey) Civil Rights Elementary School	154
Miraloma Elementary School	350
Mission Education Center	124
Mission High School	1,084
Monroe Elementary School	522
Moscone (George R.) Elementary School	352
Muir (John) Elementary School	226
New Traditions Elementary School	254
Noriega Children Center	44
O'Connell (John) High School	483
Ortega (Jose) Elementary School	374
Parker (Jean) Elementary School	125
Parks (Rosa) Elementary School	344
Peabody (George) Elementary School	270
Presidio Middle School	980
Redding Elementary School	246
Revere (Paul) Elementary School	463
Rooftop Elementary School	570
Roosevelt Middle School	657
S. F. International High School	392
San Francisco Community Alternative	274
San Francisco Public Montessori	112
Sanchez Elementary School	275
Serra (Junipero) Elementary School	260
Sheridan Elementary School	190
Sherman Elementary School	282
Sloat (Commodore) Elementary School	381
Spring Valley Elementary School	214
Stevenson (Robert Louis) Elementary School	438
Stockton (Commodore) Children Center	22
Sunnyside Elementary School	350
Sunset Elementary School	403
Sutro Elementary School	248
Taylor (Edward R.) Elementary School	588
Tenderloin Community	278
Tule Elk Park Children Center	89
Ulloa Elementary School	521
Visitacion Valley Elementary School	263
Visitacion Valley Middle School	311
Wallenberg (Raoul) Traditional High School	551
Washington (George) High School	2,008
Webster (Daniel) Elementary School	356
Wells (Ida B.) High School	179
West Portal Elementary School	590
Yick Wo Elementary School	199
Yu (Alice Fong) Elementary School	589