About our school...

Phillip and Sala Burton Academic High School was established in 1984 as a result of a Consent Decree between the City of San Francisco and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Although it opened its doors in the Silver Terrace neighborhood, today it is located at 400 Mansell Avenue, in the Southeastern corner of San Francisco. Today its has a multicultural, multi-enthnic and multi-racial student body of approximately 1,600 students and roughly 110 faculty.

Burton has a Computer Science, Mathematics and Science focus, and each student is required to follow the rigorous curriculum of four (4) years of math, four (4) years of science, three (3) years of compuer science, and three (3) years of Foreign language (Chinese, Japanese, French, Spanish or German).

Our school was named after Phillip Burton, a member of the California Assembly from 1957 - 1964 and a U.S. Representative of California from 1964 - 1983. As a democrat, Phillip Burton championed the civil rights of others. Mr. Burton also served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict and was a delegate to Democratic National Convention from California in 1968.

Our choir, the Touch of Class Choir, has performed around the world and has performed for mayors and even Presidents.

The quality of instruction and leadership at Burton can best be evaluated by the product owe send to the colleges and universities of this nation. Each year, 98% of the graduating class enrolls in colleges and universities. We have students attending the following schools of higher learning: Columbia University, New York University, Penn State, M.I.T., University of California Berkeley, Fisk University, Spelman College and Dillard University. Our students compete, maintain their placements, and graduate. We view this as our Mission.

See the Burton Site Plan and the Burton Action Plan

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