Aptos Middle

Aptos Middle is a medium-sized junior high in San Francisco, California, one of the schools within San Francisco Unified. The school hosts 911 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 38% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 659 students.

San Francisco Unified comprises 106 schools with combined enrollment of 48,706 students; Aptos Middle is among them.

In terms of who attends, Aptos Middle logs that the largest single group is Asian at 45%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 24% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 12% White, 6% Black. That is considerably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 35%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Aptos Middle has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 59% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Aptos Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.5%, the actual is 54.9%, a residual of +10.4 points.

In the area at large, San Francisco County reports that the typical household earns roughly $140,970 per year, 60% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Aptos Middle is one of 132 public schools in San Francisco County (combined enrollment of about 56,505 students).

Sloat (Commodore) Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Aptos Middle. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Aptos Middle at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 61.6%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Aptos Middle has decreased 4%, going from 948 students in 2018 to 911 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.