Being accepted into college may be the post-secondary goal for some students. We have looked at San Francisco schools: private; public; and everything in between, such as public charters, in attempt to answer the question “which SF school is the best in terms of University of California (UC) admissions?” With 2022 UC admissions data and inspired by an SF Chronicle article here is the first of a three blog series culminating in a San Francisco High School UC Admissions Champion!

Blog 1: A Quantitative Ranking: a numerical look at the sheer number of admissions over the applicants

Blog 2: A Qualitative Assessment: not all UCs are the same, what is the story behind the numbers?

Blog 3: The San Francisco High School UC Admissions Championship– putting the first two parts together

For those students who do choose to apply they may strategically target multiple colleges. Below are the percentage applicants who received UC admissions ranked for SF schools with highest percentage:

Rank	School	Percentage of UC admissions/applicants (NOTE: for seniors who apply, not the entire high school class)
1	Mission High	91%
2	Proof School	89%
3	Lycee Francais	83%
4	San Francisco High School of the Arts	80%
5	S.F. International High	78%
6	Gateway High	78%
7	Burton (Phillip and Sala) Academic High	77%
8	Washington (George) High	76%
9	Jordan (June) School for Equity	75%
10	Marshall (Thurgood) High	75%
11	Lowell High	74%
12	The Academy – San Francisco at McAteer	72%
13	Lincoln (Abraham) High	72%
14	KIPP San Francisco College Preparatory	72%
15	O’Connell (John) High	71%
16	Balboa High	71%
17	City Arts and Leadership High*	71%
18	Immaculate Conception Academy	69%
19	Galileo High	69%
20	Academy of Thought and Industry	67%
21	Lick-Wilmerding High School	64%
22	Ruth Asawa School of the Arts	63%
23	Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory	63%
24	Convent & Stuart Hall**	63%
25	Archbishop Riordan High School	61%
26	Wallenberg (Raoul) Traditional High	61%
27	French American International School	60%
28	Independence High	60%
29	St. Ignatius College Preparatory	56%
30	Drew School	55%
31	Jewish Community High School of the Bay	52%
32	San Francisco Waldorf School	50%
33	Urban School of San Francisco	48%
34	San Francisco University High School	45%
35	The Bay School of San Francisco	40%
	The below schools have differing entries in UC data & CDE and we have chosen to combine them for this table
*	City Arts and Tech	80%
*	Leadership High	67%
**	Convent of the Sacred Heart High School-	65%
**	Stuart Hall High School	62%

References: UC admissions: UCLA, Berkeley acceptance rates for every CA school (sfchronicle.com)

High School Inquiry Form | Convent & Stuart Hall (sacredsf.org)

Raw data: Admissions by source school | University of California

California Department of Education School Directory

Disclaimer: This is not a ranked list of the best private and public high schools in SF as education and college admissions are multifaceted. In this assessment we make assumptions and broad-brush stroke categorizations looking at the student body and the UC system as a whole.

Take this with a grain of salt, UCs are not the be all-and-end-of colleges. Although many UCs are Public Ivies, Seniors who chose this route may strategically divert their college application energy to Ivy League, International universities, or other “Little/ Hidden/ Southern/ Black/ Legacy” colleges. Finally, a student may consider other factors that make a post-secondary institution a better fit for a particular goal or ambition. We understand that individuals’ decisions and circumstances are different. We also understand that college admissions themselves consider multiple dimensions of students’ application

The Road to UC Admissions Championship: San Francisco High Schools (Blog 1: A Quantitative Ranking)