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At 56,000 students, San Francisco Unified School District educates the greatest number of students in the Bay Area, but the results are inconsistent.

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At 56,000 students, San Francisco Unified School District educates the greatest number of students in the Bay Area, but the results are inconsistent.

For the past seven years, SFUSD has boasted the highest overall academic performance of any large urban district in the state. At the same time, it owns the largest academic achievement gap between Asians and whites on one end, and African Americans and Latinos on the other. These competing realities have led to a natural growth of charter schools in the city, schools that now serve more than 3,500 students. More charters are on the way as charter school waitlist numbers rise and as more parents see charter schools as the most viable education for their kids. A better portfolio of schools is coming to San Francisco…slowly but surely.

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Beating the Odds

George R. Moscone Elementary School
Located in San Francisco, California, George R. Moscone Elementary serves grades K-5 in the San Francisco Unified School District.

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Top Resources

Learn more about the education organizations in San Francisco.

United Way of the Bay Area Is helping children succeed in school, and ensure youth graduate healthy and prepared for their futures.

San Francisco Education Fund is connecting volunteers with schools within the San Francisco Unified School District. Become a volunteer.

The San Francisco School Alliance is ensuring students in public schools have access to world-class learning opportunities, prepared for higher education, employment, and citizenship in the 21st century.

Teach for America is meeting the need for highly qualified teachers to close the achievement gap throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.

Full Circle Fund's Education Circle strives to improve the effectiveness of public education in the Bay Area, especially for underserved communities.

EdVoice advocates for effective education reform by empowering parents and teachers to lobby their leaders and organize their communities.

New Leaders New Schools Bay Area ensures high academic achievement for every student by attracting and preparing outstanding leaders and supporting the performance of the urban public schools they lead at scale. The Bay Area team trains 12-15 residents each year.

The California Charter School Association offers public policy and grassroots advocacy to increase the quality and supply of California’s public charter schools.

Citizen’s Schools trains and supports Citizen Teachers to play powerful roles in the lives of kids, and builds strong links between parents and schools, neighborhoods and downtown institutions.