Total enrollment
48,706
-2,996 (-6%) vs SY 2020-21
113 schools in San Francisco Unified
California · 48,706 students · 1 city
San Francisco Unified's public-school directory holds 113 schools, serving about 48,706 K-12 students inside California (an average of 431 per school).
4-year change in San Francisco Unified
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
106
-1 (-1%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How San Francisco Unified ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In California | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.6% | #154 of 534 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 48,706 | #7 of 587 | #95 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 106 | #3 of 587 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.9:1 | #214 of 587 | #8,516 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 54.5% | #360 of 587 | #3,527 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.2% | #18 of 530 | #140 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside San Francisco Unified
State test results across the district's 92 scored schools run from Sunset Elementary at 86.4% proficient to Mission Education Center at 0.0%, a gap of 86.4 points. That is the widest gap among 458 California districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 102 district schools that reported both years went from 52,271 to 48,556 students (down 7%) and from 2,503 to 2,319 full-time teachers (down 7%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About San Francisco Unified
As a mid-sized district in California, San Francisco Unified serves 48,706 students across 113 schools.
Looking at the level breakdown, San Francisco Unified is made up of 83 elementary, 13 middle, and 17 high schools.
On a per-school basis, San Francisco Unified runs about 431 students per school, 25% lower than the state mean of roughly 578.
Five-year track record. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment declined 6%: 51,702 students in SY 2020-21 versus 48,706 in SY 2024-25. Over that span, San Francisco Unified closed 1 school, going from 107 to 106.
In the discussion threads here, the community for San Francisco Unified discusses sports rivalries, cross-district programs, and shared facilities. Discussions cut across districts, schools, and grade levels.