📍 1570 31st Ave., San Francisco, San Francisco County, 94122
Lawton Alternative is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in San Francisco, San Francisco County. The school has 597 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Armen Sedrakian. It is part of the San Francisco Unified school district. It serves grades K–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 29.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.6:1.
Lawton Alternative enrolls 597 students across grades K–8. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 29.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 73% Asian, 12% Two or more races and 5.9% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Asian | 437 | 73% |
| Two or more races | 73 | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 35 | 5.9% |
| White | 34 | 5.7% |
| Black or African American | 15 | 2.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
278 of the school's 597 students (47%) 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.
Lawton Alternative 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.
Lawton Alternative 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 597 students, Lawton Alternative is larger than the district average of about 433 students per school.