SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL Go back
125 EXCELSIOR AVE
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94112
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Phone: 415-469-4739
School Information
  • GreatSchools Rating: 5
  • Educational Climate: Average
  • Technology Measure: Medium
  • Type: Public
  • Grades: Kindergarten - 8th Grade
  • District: San Francisco Unified School District
  • Students/Teacher: 17
  • Students/Grade: 32.1
  • Number Students: 289
  • Number Teachers: 17
  • Number Classrooms: 14
  • Expense/Pupil: $5,600.00 - 5,899.99
  • Poverty Level: 6 - 15.9 PERCENT
  • Number Computers: 48
  • Number PCs: 030
  • Number Macs: 018
  • Principal: Ms Jessica Fishman
  • CHARTER SCHOOL
  • GIFTED AND TALENTED PROGRAMS
  • ESL
  • SPECIAL EDUCATION
  • ADVANCED PLACEMENT
  • BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS
  • ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS
  • YEAR ROUND CLASSES
  • VOC-TECH
  • ADULT EDUCATION
  • NCLB SCHOOL
  • BLUE RIBBON SCHOOL
  • COALITION OF ESSENTIAL SCHOOLS
  • AYP SCHOOL
  • INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE
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School Ratings & Reviews

School Ratings (37 ratings)
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    School Reviews (34 Reviews)
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    Parent Review | Rating:
    Posted 2012-05-15
    "My son has thrived here. He is in 2nd grade and wants to get to school early and doesn't want to come home. He's developed great conflict resolution skills, and is reading far above grade level (Harry Potter in one week, Lemony Snicket the next). He likes to learn, which is a hard thing to teach. Projects on the human body, birds, health, etc. have enabled him to learn a lot more than would be taught from a textbook. It suffers from lack of resources like any other PS, but it has committed teachers, and an overall positive vibe. Some parents have not found it to be a good match for their kids, but this even happens at well-reputed schools like Clarendon and Rooftop b/c everyone has different values. Make your own decision. Check it out for your self."
    Parent Review | Rating:
    Posted 2012-05-15
    "There are amazing social ideals and great academic theories behind the model of SFC, but because the staff is quite busy achieving and enforcing a lofty and undefined goal of "equity", the factors that make for safe and joyful, learning are often overlooked. The result is chaotic classrooms, a revolving door of teachers, disengaged families and, most serious of all, an uncurbed culture of rampant bullying among the students. Sadly, this is not a safe nor appropriate learning environment, do not send your children here, there is always an alternative."
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    Posted 2011-05-29
    "Very disappointed! Was told this school was a hidden gem. More like a lump of coal! No discipline, no structure, no consistency and just plain chaos in the K/1 class that my dtr was in. She was bullied by other kids, she became more upset about going to school, "didn't like learning", didn't want to go to school, her behavior deteriorated in school and home. The teacher was inexperienced and didn't have enough support. Kids w/ "behavior" problems were given different rules, which confused my dtr who didn't understand why soandso didn't have to sit still, but she would get in trouble. When she had a problem, the teacher would ignore her or not follow up...she couldn't trust her teacher to help her. She'd be left crying b/c the teacher "had 20 other kids to worry about". She was becoming one the the problem kids! The head teacher didn't show up at the parent/tchr mtg to discuss this and never returned my emails/messages. I took her out and put her into a small private school. She's now happy, likes learning and loves/trusts her teacher. I do too. I called and left 3 messages w/ SFC to let them know I took her out. They called me 2 WKS later to find out why she was absent!"
    Parent Review | Rating:
    Posted 2011-05-21
    "Our family has thoroughly enjoyed my child's first two years at SFC despite the shrinking resource problem plaguing ALL the public schools. The project-based learning has been a highlight, as has the garden program and elementary P.E., both of which we hope will be funded again next year. The school has many long-term, committed staff and wonderful families who contribute their time and money. It is not a perfect place; no school is! But our child loves to go and has done a lot of learning there."
    Parent Review | Rating:
    Posted 2011-05-21
    "After 4 years with SF Community, our family is very pleased with the school. The teachers and staff are excellent. Besides being very skilled as teachers and child-mentors, they truly love the children. They also seem to love what makes the school special, like project-based learning, fairly small class sizes and a democratic, "Head-teacher-led" model of running the school instead of a "Principal-led" model. They do a lot of interesting field trips and integrate them with learning projects about things like animals, science and music. The after-school program is free, it goes until 6:30pm, and its teachers are amazing. Given the socio-economic (and ethnic) diversity of the students, SF Community has achieved very good test scores. When I researched public schools a few years ago, they also had one of the most physically healthy student bodies in San Francisco. Like most SF public schools, this school is way underfunded. But it accomplishes a lot with a little. Our two daughters (3rd grade and kindergarten) are very different, and both are thriving at SF Community. My wife and I feel very fortunate to have our children in school here."
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