Summary:
Downtown High is a public high school located in San Francisco, California, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 103 students. The school is part of the San Francisco Unified School District, which is ranked 651 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Downtown High has consistently ranked in the bottom 10-15% of California high schools over the past decade, with rankings ranging from 1,692 out of 2,238 schools in 2008-2009 to 2,164 out of 2,323 schools in 2023-2024. The school has maintained a 0 or 1-star rating from SchoolDigger during this time period. Downtown High's performance is particularly concerning for certain student subgroups, such as female and male students, as well as Hispanic students and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds. The school has struggled with low graduation rates, ranging from 44.6% to 60.4% over the past five years, and correspondingly high dropout rates, ranging from 8.6% to 24.3% during the same period. Additionally, Downtown High has an alarmingly high chronic absenteeism rate, ranging from 81.5% to 95.4% over the past five years, which is significantly higher than the district and state averages.
Interestingly, Downtown High is located in close proximity to several other public high schools, including Marshall (Thurgood) High, Wells (Ida B.) High, O'Connell (John) High, and Mission High, which generally perform better than Downtown High across various metrics. Additionally, the analysis includes data on several charter high schools in the San Francisco area, such as KIPP San Francisco College Preparatory and Life Learning Academy Charter, which tend to outperform Downtown High in areas like graduation rates, test scores, and chronic absenteeism.
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Detail:
Public 9-12
District:
San Francisco Unified
SchoolDigger Rank:
2164th of 2,323 California High Schools
Per Pupil Expenditures: $6,103
Student/teacher ratio: 15.7
Number of students: 103
Racial breakdown:
Hispanic:
48.5%
African American:
30.1%
Two or more races:
7.8%
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White:
3.9%
Asian:
3.9%
American Indian:
2.9%
Pacific Islander:
2.9%
Free/discounted lunch recipients: 71.8%
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