Gateway Middle

Located at 1512 Golden Gate Ave., in San Francisco, California, Gateway Middle is an one-room-style middle school that enrolls 247 students (grades 6 through 8), operated by Gateway Middle District. Compared to the state average of about 659 students per school, that is 63% below typical.

Gateway Middle is a school of Gateway Middle District, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Gateway Middle records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 35%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 25% White, 19% Black, 11% multiracial, 9% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 16%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 54% of students at Gateway Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for San Francisco County put median household income runs about $140,970, 60% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across San Francisco County's 132 public schools (combined enrollment of about 56,505 students), Gateway Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Creative Arts Charter, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Gateway Middle operates from a downtown location. Gateway Middle operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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