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Burton (Phillip and Sala) Academic High

400 Mansell St., San Francisco, San Francisco County, 94134

1,060
Pupils
20.2
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Burton (Phillip and Sala) Academic High is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in San Francisco, San Francisco County. The school has 1,060 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Suniqua Thomas. It is part of the San Francisco Unified school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 52.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.2:1.

School details

Principal
Suniqua Thomas
School district
San Francisco Unified

Enrollment & staffing

Burton (Phillip and Sala) Academic High enrolls 1,060 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 52.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.2:1.

Male students
581 (55%)
Female students
476 (45%)
Teachers (FTE)
52.5
Student-teacher ratio
20.2:1
Grade span
9–12

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 42% Asian, 40% Hispanic or Latino and 8.3% Black or African American.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Asian43942%
Hispanic or Latino42340%
Black or African American888.3%
Two or more races605.7%
White242.3%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander212%
American Indian or Alaska Native2<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

650 of the school's 1,060 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.

School setting & status

City, LargeGrades 9–12Title I

Burton (Phillip and Sala) Academic 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.

School district: San Francisco Unified

Burton (Phillip and Sala) Academic 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 1,060 students, Burton (Phillip and Sala) Academic High is larger than the district average of about 433 students per school.

48,902
District students
113
Schools
2,316
Teachers (FTE)

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