Value proposition

We provide each and every student the quality instruction and equitable support required to thrive in the 21st century.

Established in 1851, San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) is the seventh-largest school district in California and educates over 57,000 students who live in the 49-square-mile area of the City and County of San Francisco.

Our mission is to provide each student with an equal opportunity to succeed by promoting intellectual growth, creativity, self-discipline, cultural and linguistic sensitivity, democratic responsibility, economic competence, and physical and mental health so that each student can achieve his or her maximum potential.