Wallenberg (Raoul) Traditional High

Wallenberg (Raoul) Traditional High is one of the small four-year high schools in San Francisco, California, one of the schools within San Francisco Unified, with 522 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 838 students per school, that is 38% smaller than typical.

San Francisco Unified runs 106 schools in total, collectively educating 48,706 students. Wallenberg (Raoul) Traditional High is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Wallenberg (Raoul) Traditional High shows that the most-represented group is Asian (35%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 26% Hispanic, 15% White, 11% Black, 11% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with San Francisco County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Wallenberg (Raoul) Traditional High higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 51% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Wallenberg (Raoul) Traditional High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.3%, the actual is 45.8%, a residual of -3.5 points.

In the broader community, census data for San Francisco County shows median household income runs about $140,970, roughly 60% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across San Francisco County's 132 public schools (combined enrollment of about 56,505 students), Wallenberg (Raoul) Traditional High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is New Traditions Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Wallenberg (Raoul) Traditional High ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 68.2%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 18%: 637 students in 2018 compared to 522 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 56% to 35% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 21.7:1 in 2018 to 19.3:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.