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The highest-performing public high schools in reading in San Francisco, California

10 public high schools in San Francisco, California appear in this ranking of the highest-performing public high schools in reading, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Lowell High leads the list at 87.0%, against a median of 56.3% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

San Francisco, California

Top % Proficient (Reading)

87.0%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

56.3%

BEST IN READING · SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)	Rank change
1	Lowell High	San Francisco, CA	San Francisco Unified	High	2,571	87.0%	no change
2	Washington (George) High	San Francisco, CA	San Francisco Unified	High	2,068	69.1%	no change
3	Balboa High	San Francisco, CA	San Francisco Unified	High	1,238	65.7%	no change
4	Lincoln (Abraham) High	San Francisco, CA	San Francisco Unified	High	2,074	64.0%	no change
5	Burton (Phillip and Sala) Academic High	San Francisco, CA	San Francisco Unified	High	1,047	56.5%	▲ 1
6	Wallenberg (Raoul) Traditional High	San Francisco, CA	San Francisco Unified	High	522	56.1%	▲ 1
7	Galileo High	San Francisco, CA	San Francisco Unified	High	1,750	55.4%	▼ 2
8	O'Connell (John) High	San Francisco, CA	San Francisco Unified	High	460	41.3%	no change
9	Mission High	San Francisco, CA	San Francisco Unified	High	993	17.0%	no change
10	Marshall (Thurgood) High	San Francisco, CA	San Francisco Unified	High	475	9.3%	no change

Rank change counts the places a school moved since its prior test year, among the schools on this list that were tested both years. A dash means the school has no prior-year result.

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