Lick-Wilmerding High School

755 Ocean Avenue, San Francisco, CA
Phone: 415-333-4021
Fax: 415-337-9990
Website: www.lwhs.org
Head of School
Eric J. Temple
Director of Admission
Lisa Wu
Established: 1895
Grades: 9-12
Enrollment
  • 460
    Total student enrollment Grades 9-12
  • 55
    Percent students of color
  • 9:1
    Student: teacher ratio
  • 15
    Average class size
  • 72
    Faculty
  • 74
    Percent faculty with advanced degrees
Admissions Process
  • January
    Application deadline (month)
  • $95
    Application fee
  • 750
    Number of 9th Grade applications
  • 112
    Average range of openings 9th Grade
Costs
  • $36,539
    Tuition (2013-2014)
  • January
    Financial aid deadline
  • 41
    Percent students on financial aid
Academics
  • 16
    HL courses offered
  • 189
    AP exams taken
  • 132
    Students taking AP exams
  • 92
    Percent scoring 3 or above
  • 2028
    Cumulative SAT score
  • 676
    Mean SAT score Verbal Reasoning
  • 661
    Mean SAT score Math
  • 691
    Mean score Writing
  • 99
    Percent students attending four year colleges/universities
  • 1
    Percent students attending two year colleges
Top five names of Colleges/ Universities attended by
7 or more students (2009-2013):
  • 18
    University of Southern California/ New York University
  • 17
    Stanford University
  • 12
    Brown University
  • 10
    Tufts/ University of California, Berkeley
Sports
  • 10
    Number of Varsity sports offered
  • 10
    Number of Junior Varsity sports
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LWHS celebrates all types of diversity within our school community and is nationally recognized as the only independent school in the nation that offers students a rigorous college preparatory curriculum and unparalleled courses in the Technical Arts. Also, because of the school’s commitment to an inclusive community, we are able to give Flexible Tuition grants totaling $4 million to ensure that the LWHS experience is truly accessible to students and families from all walks of life.

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