Galileo High

Galileo High, a big high school in San Francisco, California, operated by San Francisco Unified, educates 1,750 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Galileo High sits 109% bigger than that benchmark.

Within San Francisco Unified, which oversees 106 schools and 48,706 students, Galileo High is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Galileo High lists that the most-represented group is Asian (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 33% Hispanic, 8% White, 6% multiracial, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 35% Asian, putting the school's mix visibly more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Galileo High reports 89 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.8:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 63% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above San Francisco County's rate of about 54%.

After controlling for student poverty, Galileo High is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 42.0%; this one delivers 58.7%, a residual of +16.7 points.

Around the school, census data for San Francisco County shows median household earnings sit near $140,970, about 60% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across San Francisco County's 132 public schools (combined enrollment of about 56,505 students), Galileo High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Yick Wo Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Galileo High. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Galileo High ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 48.2%.

Galileo High operates from a metropolitan location.

Over the past 7-year window. Galileo High's enrollment has shrank 4% since 2018, when it stood at 1,831 (now 1,750). Asian enrollment moved from 64% to 48% across the same window.

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