San Francisco County high schools by UC admissions, fall 2025

Year

Ranked by the share of each school's seniors (12th graders) admitted to at least one UC campus: admits and seniors from the same year, so large and small schools compare fairly.

See CSU rankings

Include schools with under 50 seniors

Showing 1–31 of 31 schools


The International School of San Francisco Private	84	88%	74%	65%	—
KIPP San Francisco College Preparatory San Francisco · Public	63	67%	95%	63%	100%
Lowell High School San Francisco · Public	642	69%	84%	58%	93%
Lick-Wilmerding High School Private	139	84%	68%	57%	—
Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts San Francisco · Public	181	71%	80%	56%	89%
Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory Private	326	68%	83%	56%	—
St. Ignatius College Preparatory Private	363	73%	67%	48%	—
Archbishop Riordan High School Private	280	62%	77%	48%	—
The Bay School of San Francisco Private	138	71%	67%	48%	—
Convent & Stuart Hall, Schools of the Sacred Heart - San Francisco Private	110	75%	63%	47%	—
George Washington High School San Francisco · Public	510	56%	83%	46%	77%
San Francisco University High School Private	111	71%	65%	46%	—
Drew School Private	80	68%	65%	44%	—
Galileo Academy of Science and Technology San Francisco · Public	408	52%	83%	44%	66%
Urban School of San Francisco Private	99	80%	54%	43%	—
Gateway High School San Francisco · Public	120	57%	72%	42%	100%
Abraham Lincoln High School San Francisco · Public	505	53%	77%	41%	59%
Mission High School San Francisco · Public	262	38%	97%	37%	67%
Balboa High School San Francisco · Public	332	46%	79%	36%	62%
Raoul Wallenberg Traditional High School San Francisco · Public	145	39%	77%	30%	63%
Phillip and Sala Burton Academic High School San Francisco · Public	252	37%	76%	28%	62%
S.F. International High School San Francisco · Public	108	28%	93%	26%	56%
City Arts & Leadership Academy San Francisco · Public	115	30%	68%	20%	100%
Thurgood Marshall High School San Francisco · Public	110	19%	71%	14%	46%
Independence High School San Francisco · Public	87	23%	50%	11%	30%
Brightworks School Private	—	—	—	—	—
Downtown High School San Francisco · Public	94	—	too few	—	65%
Five Keys Independence High School (SF Sheriff's) San Francisco · Public	191	—	—	—	—
Ida B. Wells High School San Francisco · Public	82	—	too few	—	—
John O'Connell High School San Francisco · Public	102	7%	too few	—	46%
June Jordan School for Equity San Francisco · Public	54	9%	too few	—	73%

Fall 2025. Seniors are 12th graders enrolled that October. Ticks mark the county median. "Too few" means under 10 applicants or counts the source hides. A–G complete is the share of graduates who finished the UC/CSU required courses (public schools, latest published class).

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