Lowell High School (San Francisco)
| Lowell High School | |
|---|---|
Lowell High School's Main Entrance | |
| Location | |
1101 Eucalyptus Drive , 94132 United States | |
| Coordinates | 37°43′51″N 122°29′01″W / 37.73083°N 122.48361°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Motto | Fiat Scientia ("Let there be knowledge") |
| Founded | 1856 (as Union Grammar School) |
| School board | San Francisco Board of Education |
| School district | San Francisco Unified School District |
| School number | 697 |
| CEEB code | 052970 |
| Principal | Jan Bautista |
| Teaching staff | 128.51 (FTE) |
| Enrollment | 2,540 (2023–2024) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 19.76 |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Colors | Cardinal White |
| Song | The Lowell Hymn |
| Mascot | Cardinal |
| Team name | Cardinals |
| Accreditation | Western Association of Schools and Colleges |
| USNWR ranking | 78th |
| Academic Performance Index average | 948 |
| Newspaper | The Lowell |
| Yearbook | The Red and White |
| Honor society | Shield & Scroll Honor and Service Society |
| Website | beta |
Lowell High School (LHS) is a co-educational, magnet public high school in San Francisco, California, first established in 1856. It is a part of the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD). Situated on the West Side of the city, the school is south of Parkmerced and the Parkside district, west of Stonestown Galleria, north of San Francisco State University, northeast of Lake Merced, and east of Lakeshore Elementary School.
LHS uses merit-based admissions, unlike other schools in the district, which use a lottery system or receive students from a specified attendance area. The admissions process requires submitting scores from standardized testing from the previous school year and a writing supplement. Previously an entrance exam was required, but after reports of racism in the admissions department and the COVID-19 pandemic, the exam was waived in 2021. However, because academic performance of the school declined, it reinstated use of standardized test scores.