Mission High School 2022-2023 Profile

Administration:

Principal: Valerie Forero
Assistant Principal: Fakhra Shah, Dayna Soares

Location:

3750 18th Street
San Francisco, CA 94114
Phone: (415) 241-6240
Fax: (415) 626-1621

Recent Accolades:

2011, 2014, 2015: Boys Football City Champs
2014: Mission HS honored by Nancy Pelosi & Chef Tom Colicchio for modeling what healthy school meals should look like across the nation
2015: Mission High, an award winning book profiling the work of MHS students and staff is published
2016: MHS Football Team featured in SF Chronicle for athletic activism
2017: Varsity Boys Basketball Division 3 State Championship
2019: Varsity Boys Soccer Division 5 State Championship
2020: Principal Pirette McKamey and Mission High School's Anti-Racist Teaching featured in The Atlantic and NPR
2022: of the 83% Mission High students who applied to the University of California for the 2021-22 school year, we had an acceptance rate of 90% - higher than any other school in SFUSD.

Students:

Mission High School has a diverse student body with the majority eligible for free or reduced lunch. Currently, 56% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.

Enrollment: 1,082
Newcomer Enrollment: 219
Student Diversity: 65% Latinx, 13% African American, 8% Asian/Pacific Islander, 8% White, 6% Other

2021 Senior Class Post-Secondary Rate:

  • 85% attending 4-yr and 2-yr college
  • 60% attending 4-yr university

College Preparatory Curriculum:

Mission High School offers students a comprehensive college preparatory program which meets UC, CSU and SFUSD graduation requirements. 11th and 12th grade Mission students can take a maximum of 3 AP or Honors classes per school year, and are recommended for these courses by their teachers. Counselors and staff review these course lists to ensure that the demographics of each class reflects the demographics of our student body. 2021-2022 AP/Honors Course List:

  • AP ART
  • AP CALCULUS AB
  • AP COMPUTER SCIENCE
  • AP ENGLISH LANGUAGE
  • AP ENGLISH LITERATURE
  • AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
  • AP STATISTICS
  • AMERICAN DEMOCRACY HONORS
  • AMERICAN LITERATURE HONORS
  • ECONOMICS HONORS
  • ETHNIC STUDIES HONORS
  • SPANISH 3 HONORS
  • US HISTORY HONORS

COVID-19 Impact:

SFUSD converted to district-wide Credit/No Credit grading for Spring 2020, as well as a Distance Learning system due to the COVID-19 pandemic. GPAs were not impacted by this temporary grading policy change. 

Williams Compliance Information

Information on SFUSD compliance on the Williams Act

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This page was last updated on September 26, 2023