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Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory

1055 ELLIS ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94109

Compared to its its local public school district, where the student body was predominantly Asian American, this school had a lower share of such students during the 2019–20 school year.

However, the school’s student body had about the same racial diversity as the district’s. What does this mean?

Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory (2019–20)
San Francisco Unified School District (2019–20)
  • White
  • Black
  • Hisp.
  • Asian Am.
  • Am. Ind. / Ala. Nat.
  • Haw. / Pac. Isl.
  • Multi.
  • Not spec.

Sources: Private School Survey, Common Core of Data

Information about this school comes from the Private School Universe Survey, a national dataset collected by the National Center for Education Statistics since 1989 that is aimed at gathering information about private schools across the United States. Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory has completed the survey 14 times, most recently for the 2019–20 school year. As the information is reported by the school, there may be errors.

Demographics Over Time

Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory
San Francisco Unified School District

Enrollment White Black Hisp. Asian Am. Am. Ind. / Ala. Nat. Haw. / Pac. Isl. Multi.
Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory 1,329 43.5% 2.6% 14.4% 22.1% 0.4% 0.7% 16.4%
San Francisco Unified School District 61,354 14.6% 7.9% 32.2% 33.1% 0.3% 0.8% 10.9%

Sources: Private School Survey, Common Core of Data (2019–20)

Private School Survey Responses

School Year Enrollment White Black Hisp. Asian Am. Am. Ind. / Ala. Nat. Haw. / Pac. Isl. Multi. Teachers Student-Teacher Ratio
2019–2020 1,329 43.5% 2.6% 14.4% 22.1% 0.4% 0.7% 16.4% 59 23:1
2017–2018 1,322 51.6% 2.5% 11.3% 33.6% 0.2% 0.9% 0.0% 95 14:1
2015–2016 1,297 23.4% 3.9% 17.7% 39.6% 0.2% 0.0% 15.3% 76 17:1
2011–2012 1,257 31.3% 5.1% 14.0% 36.1% 0.0% 0.6% 13.0% 110 11:1
2009–2010 1,270 30.4% 4.8% 15.9% 35.9% 0.0% 0.5% 12.5% 104 12:1

Other Nearby Private Schools

School School Type Grades Religion Distance
Millennium School of San Francisco Early childhood/day care center 6th–8th Nonsectarian 0.29 mi.
Convent of the Sacred Heart High School Regular elementary or secondary 9th–12th Roman Catholic 0.42 mi.
Mission Montessori Montessori KG–4th Nonsectarian 0.52 mi.
Del. Marillac Academy Regular elementary or secondary 4th–8th Roman Catholic 0.56 mi.
International High School Special program emphasis 9th–12th Nonsectarian 0.56 mi.

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About This Data

Where is this data from?

Most of the data we use comes from the National Center for Education Statistics’ Private School Universe Survey, which has aimed to gather information about U.S. private schools every other year since 1989. Because the regulation of private schools is handled differently by state, there is no comprehensive list of every private school in the country. The PSS attempts to approximate such a list using various sources, including state education departments, private school associations and religious organizations, and, in some areas, online yellow pages and local government offices.

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