How do you transfer high schools in San Francisco?

Why are there so few strong high schools in San Francisco itself?

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• Answer:

  I think the answer starts with the fact that a high percentage of affluent SF residents either (a) do not have children or (b) leave the city when their children reach school age.  In San Francisco, 13.5% of the population is under 18, that is, school-aged.  In San Jose, that percentage is 24.8%, compared to the California average of roughly 25%.  So San Francisco has nearly 50% fewer children than one would expect for a city of its size, and the children that remain tend to be poorer and less English-proficient. In the response discussing Bay Area schools generally, the schools listed are primarily in places like Cupertino, Palo Alto, San Jose, and San Ramon.  These are all communities where people are (a) highly educated and (b) reasonably  affluent.  As discussed above, in San Francisco, those people frequently leave the city once their children are ready to go to school.