Ruth Asawa School of the Arts
The Ruth Asawa School of the Arts is a San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD), public high school (grades 9 - 12), offering a rigorous college preparatory curriculum in addition to visual and performing art classes daily.
Current 8th grade students with a strong interest in a single art discipline are encouraged to apply and audition for 9th grade.
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Applicants must live in San Francisco and AUDITION to be considered for placement.
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Students AUDITION into a single art department/strand (8 art departments/10 strands) and continue in that department for four years.
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All AUDITIONING students are considered no matter their experience or arts background.
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Students attending Asawa SOTA are expected to perform and/or rehearse outside the regular school hours.
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There are 175 spots for incoming 9th grade students. Tenth (10th), eleventh (11th), and twelfth (12th) grade students are considered only if space is available.
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Asawa SOTA has an early Application and Audition Assignment deadline, December 15, 2023, for the 2024-25 school year.
This page was last updated on October 2, 2023