📍 1000 Cayuga Ave., San Francisco, San Francisco County, 94112
Balboa High is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in San Francisco, San Francisco County. The school has 1,278 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Catherine Arenson. It is part of the San Francisco Unified school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 59.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 21.7:1.
Balboa High enrolls 1,278 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 59.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 21.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 54% Asian, 31% Hispanic or Latino and 4.8% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Asian | 684 | 54% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 391 | 31% |
| Black or African American | 61 | 4.8% |
| Two or more races | 60 | 4.7% |
| White | 52 | 4.1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 25 | 2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
784 of the school's 1,278 students (61%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Balboa High is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Balboa High is one of 113 schools in San Francisco Unified, based in San Francisco, California. The district serves 48,902 students district-wide and employs 2,316 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,278 students, Balboa High is larger than the district average of about 433 students per school.