International High School

150 Oak Street, San Francisco, CA 94118
Phone: 415-558-2084
Fax: 415-558-2085
Head of School
Ellen Deitsch Stern (Interim)
Director of Admission
Andrew Brown
Established: 1962
Grades: 9-12
Enrollment
  • 334
    Total student enrollment Grades 9-12
  • 145
    Boys
  • 189
    Girls
  • 35
    Percent students of color
  • 12:1
    Student: teacher ratio
  • 14
    Average class size
  • 68
    Faculty
  • 80
    Percent faculty with advanced degrees
  • 18
    Average years teaching
Admissions Process
  • January
    Application deadline (month)
  • $100
    Application fee
  • 300
    Number of 9th Grade applications
  • 50
    Average range of openings 9th Grade
  • 2-6
    Average range of openings 10th Grade
  • 2-6
    Average range of openings 11th Grade
Costs
  • $33,740
    Tuition (2013-2014)
  • January
    Financial aid deadline
  • $19,000
    Average grant
  • 27
    Percent students on financial aid
Academics
  • 1850
    Cumulative SAT score
  • 625
    Mean SAT score Verbal Reasoning
  • 615
    Mean SAT score Math
  • 610
    Mean score Writing
  • 100
    Percent students attending four year colleges/universities
Top five names of Colleges/ Universities attended by
7 or more students (2009-2013):
  • 22
    University of California, Berkeley
  • 20
    University of California, Davis
  • 20
    University of California, Santa Cruz
  • 14
    McGill University
  • 13
    Boston University
Sports
  • 9
    Number of Varsity sports offered
  • 9
    Number of Junior Varsity sports
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“Every day, we challenge our students to think critically and creatively, act independently and responsibly, question the apparent, and communicate across cultural boundaries. We bring the world into our classrooms even as we send students around the globe.

We offer a unique experience:

• Both the full International Baccalaureate Diploma Program, a challenging internationally respected, interdisciplinary program of study, and the equally highly regarded French Baccalaureate for students fluent in that language
• World-class faculty representing 27 nationalities, almost all of whom have advanced degrees and international teaching experience
• One of the most extensive international travel and exchange programs in the world, offering students the chance to visit and study in countries as diverse as Peru, India, Jordan, Italy, France, and China
• An excellent history of placing graduates into their choice of the top public and private colleges and universities around the world
• An unpretentious, eclectic and inclusive community located in the cultural heart of San Francisco

Add in our competitive sports and an arts program which challenges students to push personal and artistic boundaries, and you’ll see why there’s no place else like International.

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