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Does Lowell High have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
2,571
High
DISTRICT 892 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED·NCES 063441005643
Lowell High
1101 Eucalyptus Dr., San Francisco, CA 94132 · (415) 759-2730 · San Francisco County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,571 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% of California public high schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public high schools
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
123 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.9:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
1,093 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 684 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 584 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 661 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 642 | 25% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
87.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -5.0pp since 2014
Math
71.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -13.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 55.2% | 31.8% | 8.8% | 4.2% |
| Math | 45.6% | 25.7% | 13.9% | 14.8% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 87.0% | 71.4% |
| 2023-24 | 84.5% | 66.3% |
| 2022-23 | 93.4% | 83.2% |
| 2021-22 | 96.4% | 85.4% |
| 2018-19 | 92.9% | 83.9% |
| 2017-18 | 93.3% | 86.7% |
| 2016-17 | 94.6% | 89.6% |
| 2015-16 | 94.0% | 89.0% |
| 2014-15 | 92.0% | 85.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
77.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+22.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 55% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 23 points, placing it in California's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Lowell High
Lowell High's state test result (77.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lowell High this school | 2,571 | 42.5% | 77.3% |
| Troy High Fullerton | 2,504 | 39.7% | 81.2% |
| Washington High Fremont | 1,957 | 36.4% | 64.8% |
| Arnold O. Beckman High Irvine | 2,776 | 44.5% | 72.7% |
| Cerritos High Cerritos | 1,996 | 43.1% | 70.4% |
| Washington (George) High San Francisco | 2,068 | 51.8% | 64.6% |
Matched among California high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Lowell High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Francisco County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.3% | #39 of 1,052 | #1 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.4% | #40 of 1,056 ▲ 9 | #1 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #33 of 1,056 ▲ 24 | #1 of 10 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -11.7pp | #27 of 1,044 | #3 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,571 | #83 of 2,093 | #2 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.0:1 | #688 of 1,352 | #13 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.6% | #236 of 1,351 | #7 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.5% | #1,251 of 1,575 | #20 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.9% | #597 of 802 | #6 of 10 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
2,571
-215 (-8%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 2,714
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
was 24.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 2,571 | 122.5 | 21.0:1 | 43% (1,093) |
| 2023-24 | 2,540 | 128.5 | 19.8:1 | 39% (984) |
| 2022-23 | 2,632 | 110.9 | 23.7:1 | 37% (978) |
| 2020-21 | 2,786 | 113 | 24.6:1 | 34% (936) |
| 2017-18 | 2,731 | 125.6 | 21.8:1 | 35% (963) |
| 2015-16 | 2,685 | 130 | 20.6:1 | 40% (1,067) |
| 2010-11 | 2,580 | N/A | N/A | 40% (1,035) |
| 2000-01 | 2,506 | 116 | 21.6:1 | 20% (502) |
| 1990-91 | 2,714 | 121 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lowell High.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (2,731 to 2,571); teachers down 2% (125.6 to 122.5).
About Lowell High
Federal records list Lowell High as a high school in San Francisco, California. It has an enrollment of 2,571 students in grades 9 through 12. High schools in California average about 838 students, which makes this school 207% above average.
San Francisco Unified, which runs Lowell High, has 106 schools and 48,706 students.
About 52% of the student body at Lowell High is Asian. Other groups make up 17% Hispanic, 15% White, 12% multiracial, and 2% Black. County-wide, 35% of San Francisco County residents are Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 66%.
Its staff includes 122.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 21.0 students per teacher. The average for high schools in California, 18.2:1, is lower. Lowell High has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 43%. Across public schools in San Francisco County, the average is 54%.
Lowell High earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 92% of California public high schools.
A school in California with Lowell High's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 54.6%. Lowell High scores 77.3%.
In the wider San Francisco County area, the median household earns about $140,970 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 60% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Across San Francisco County, 132 public schools serve about 56,505 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Lakeshore Alternative Elementary, is about 0.2 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Lowell High ranks 1st of 9 on average proficiency.
Lowell High is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 2,786 (2020-21) to 2,571 (2024-25). In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 24.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 21.0:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
San Francisco County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
830,235
Census ACS
Median income
$140,970
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
60%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
132
56,505 students
Quick facts
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Other Lowell High schools
One other US public school is named Lowell High. Lowell High is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Lowell HighLowell, MA · 3,446 students
Nearby schools
- Lakeshore Alternative Elementary0.2 mi · 416
- Feinstein (Dianne) Elementary0.6 mi · 356
- Sloat (Commodore) Elementary0.7 mi · 364
- Aptos Middle0.9 mi · 911
- Ulloa Elementary1.0 mi · 520
- Lincoln (Abraham) High1.1 mi · 2,074
Frequently asked questions
About Lowell HighWhat is the total enrollment at Lowell High?
Lowell High enrolls approximately 2,571 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Lowell High serve?
Lowell High serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Lowell High?
Approximately 21.0:1 students per teacher at Lowell High.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lowell High?
At Lowell High, the student body is approximately 15% White, 17% Hispanic, 2% Black, 52% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Lowell High in?
Lowell High is part of San Francisco Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.