News Analysis
SAN FRANCISCO—More and more San Francisco parents are willing to pay to send their children to private schools for 7th to 12th grades, according to an analysis of private school enrollment data collected by the California Education Department.
Enrollment in grades 7 through 12 in private schools in San Francisco has been mostly trending upward since the 2014–2015 school year. Such enrollment increased from 11,102 in 2015 to 12,315 in 2024, according to data obtained by The Epoch Times.
In the same period, private school enrollment for grades K through 6 in the city dropped from 13,117 in 2015 to 11,755 in 2024.
Both trends started a year after the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) adopted a controversial policy in 2014 eliminating Algebra I in 8th grade….