Lowell High School Overview

Overview

Lowell High School offers a rigorous curriculum focused on honors-level and Advanced Placement courses. Enrollment in AP courses is competitive, but qualifying students can earn college credit in a variety of courses, including chemistry, calculus, and economics. Lowell High School also offers six different foreign languages, and its athletic teams claim more city championships than any other public high school in San Francisco. Distinguished Lowell alumni include two Nobel Prize winners and famed gorilla researcher Dian Fossey.

Rankings / Awards

This details how this school compares to others based on U.S. News ranking criteria.

Medal Awarded	Gold
National Rank
#43
State Rank
#8

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Students / Teachers

These counts and percentages of students and teachers are from data reported by schools to the government.

Total Enrollment	2,580
Total Minority Enrollment (% of total)	86%
Total Economically Disadvantaged (% of total)	40%
Full-Time Teachers	N/A

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Test Scores

U.S. News calculates these values based on student performance on state exit exams and internationally available exams on college-level coursework (AP®/IB exams).

Academic Performance Index Evaluation	Achieves CA goal
College Readiness Index	89.6

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School Data

School profile information is based on government data.

Grades Served	09 – 12
Setting	Large City
Charter School	No
Magnet School	No
Receives Title I Funding	No

District

This information relates to high schools run by this school's state operating agency. Many districts contain only one high school.

Total Schools	23
Total Students	17,997
Academic Performance Index Evaluation	Does not achieve CA goal
College Readiness (district average)	36.2