Downtown High School

Introduction

Exterior of Downtown High School building
Downtown High School offers project-based learning that emphasizes critical thinking skills across curricular areas and a strong connection with the School-to-Career Program. We focus on each learner's need for alternative strategies and are rooted in the commitment to student mastery of the core curriculum.

Basics

School Type
  • High School
School Code
742
Grades
11
12

Location and Transportation

Address
693 Vermont Street
San Francisco
CA
94107
Neighborhood
  • Potrero Hill

Hours

Hours
Monday: 9:30 am-3:15 pm
Tuesday: 9:30 am-3:15 pm
Wednesday: 9:30 am-12:30 pm
Thursday: 9:30 am-3:15 pm
Friday: 9:30 am-3:15 pm
After School
Students can accelerate their credit recovery by taking online classes through our afterschool program. There is also a cooking class once a week after school.

Enrollment

School Life

School Meals
  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
School Tour

Arrange with counseling department

Sign up for a school tour at sfusd.edu/tours.

Contact Info

Main office

Phone

Principal Todd Williams

Assistant Principal Lara Schmidt

Programs

Languages

Special Education

Academic Enrichment

  • Credit recovery
  • Interdisciplinary studies
  • Project-based learning

Arts Enrichment

Digital arts, media and video productions, piano
  • Cooking or home economics
  • Creative writing
  • Dance
  • Drama
  • Guitar
  • Media arts
  • Performing arts
  • Visual arts

Athletics

Student Support

  • Counselor
  • Health and wellness center
  • On-site nurse
  • Social worker

College Counseling

  • Academic counseling
  • Cash for College or Financial Aid Night
  • College and/or career counseling
  • College application workshops
  • Job readiness programs

Career Technical Education Academies

School Data

School Accountability Report Card (SARC)

School Accountability Report Cards (SARCs) are required by state law and are intended to provide families with important information.

School Accountability Highlights

Published annually by SFUSD to provide access to key data points and three-year trends related to student achievement and school culture-climate. The highlights are available in English, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, Filipino, and Vietnamese.

Social-Emotional and Culture Climate Report

SFUSD annually surveys families and school staff on a range of school climate indicators that have been found to predict positive student academic achievement. The social-emotional learning of students in grades 4-12 is also assessed.

School Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA)

School communities gather twice a year to review data and previous actions in order to intentionally plan for the coming months. The School Plan for Student Achievement is the template on which this review and stakeholder engagement process is codified.