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Asawa (Ruth) SF Sch of the Arts A Public School
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Asawa (Ruth) SF Sch of the Arts A Public School
Located at 555 Portola Dr., in San Francisco, California, Asawa (Ruth) SF Sch of the Arts A Public School is a cozy senior high that hosts 680 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by San Francisco Unified.
San Francisco Unified runs 106 schools in total, collectively educating 48,706 students. Asawa (Ruth) SF Sch of the Arts A Public School is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, Asawa (Ruth) SF Sch of the Arts A Public School logs that 37% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 23% Hispanic, 18% multiracial, 17% Asian, 4% Black. Compared to San Francisco County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
On the resource side, The school currently runs with 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.3:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 22% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against San Francisco County (around 54%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (San Francisco County) reports that median household income runs about $140,970, about 60% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, San Francisco County runs 132 public schools (combined enrollment of about 56,505 students), of which Asawa (Ruth) SF Sch of the Arts A Public School is one.
The closest other public school is Academy (The)- SF @McAteer, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Asawa (Ruth) SF Sch of the Arts A Public School.
The school occupies a high-density site.
Over the past 7-year window. Asawa (Ruth) SF Sch of the Arts A Public School's enrollment has contracted 10% since 2018, when it stood at 756 (now 680). Hispanic enrollment moved from 15% to 23% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 23.6:1 in 2018 to 20.3:1 today.
Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Asawa (Ruth) SF Sch of the Arts A Public School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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