O'Connell (John) High

As a low-enrollment 9-12 campus in San Francisco, California, O'Connell (John) High educates 460 students from grades 9 through 12, part of San Francisco Unified. Enrollment runs roughly 45% smaller than the state mean of about 838.

Within San Francisco Unified, which oversees 106 schools and 48,706 students, O'Connell (John) High is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, O'Connell (John) High shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 78%. Other groups include 7% Black, 5% multiracial, 5% Asian, 3% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 16%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.8:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 70% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of San Francisco County's rate of about 54%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, O'Connell (John) High sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 37.5%; actual is 10.4%, a gap of -27.1 points.

In the area at large, 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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, San Francisco County runs 132 public schools (combined enrollment of about 56,505 students), of which O'Connell (John) High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Moscone (George R.) Elementary, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around O'Connell (John) High. On composite proficiency, O'Connell (John) High comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 19.8%.

O'Connell (John) High operates from an urban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. O'Connell (John) High's enrollment has ticked down 3% since 2018, when it stood at 475 (now 460). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 50% to 78% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.

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