Baden High (Continuation)

Located at 825 Southwood Dr., in South San Francisco, California, Baden High (Continuation) is a tiny senior high that caters to 130 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by South San Francisco Unified. Enrollment runs roughly 84% smaller than the state mean of about 838.

South San Francisco Unified runs 15 schools in total, collectively educating 7,644 students. Baden High (Continuation) is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Baden High (Continuation) shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 68%; the rest comes out to 15% Asian, 10% White, 6% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

In terms of school funding signals, Baden High (Continuation) logs 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against San Mateo County (around 34%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for San Mateo County indicate median household earnings sit near $158,855, about 54% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Baden High (Continuation) is one of 176 public schools in San Mateo County (combined enrollment of about 82,403 students).

Ponderosa Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an urban site.

Five-year trend. Baden High (Continuation)'s enrollment has climbed 40% since 2018, when it stood at 93 (now 130). The Asian share of enrollment climbed from 6% to 15% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

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