Presidio Middle

Presidio Middle, a big 6-8 campus in San Francisco, California, overseen by San Francisco Unified, enrolls 992 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so Presidio Middle sits 51% larger than that benchmark.

Presidio Middle is one of 106 schools operated by San Francisco Unified, a district that hosts 48,706 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Presidio Middle records that the largest single group is Asian at 38%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 22% White, 19% multiracial, 17% Hispanic, 3% Black. That composition is broadly in line with San Francisco County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.7:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 40% of students at Presidio Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, San Francisco County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Presidio Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.6%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for San Francisco County indicate median household income runs about $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), Presidio Middle is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Washington (George) High, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Presidio Middle. On composite proficiency, Presidio Middle comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 68.6%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Presidio Middle's enrollment has shrank 8% since 2018, when it stood at 1,077 (now 992). Over the same period, the Asian share shrank from 50% to 38%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 24.2:1 in 2018 to 20.7:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Presidio Middle community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.