International High School of San Francisco
| International High School | |
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| Address | |
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150 Oak Street San Francisco, California 94102 United States |
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| Information | |
| Type | Private, Coeducational |
| Established | 1962 |
| Principal | Joel Cohen |
| Head of school | Melinda Bihn, Ed. D. |
| Faculty | 65 |
| Enrollment | 386 (2016-17) |
| Average class size | 16 |
| Campus | Urban |
| Color(s) | Red/Blue |
| Athletics | 10 sports, 20 teams |
| Athletics conference | BCL Central |
| Mascot | Jaguar |
| Average SAT scores (2015) | Critical Reading 655 Math 642 Writing 645 |
| Website | www.internationalsf.org |
International High School of San Francisco (familiarly known as International or IHS) is a private high school in Hayes Valley in San Francisco, California. Graduates earn either the International Baccalaureate ("IB") or the French Baccalaureate ("French Bac"). The IB curriculum is taught in English, while the French Bac is taught in French. A common misconception is that French is required to attend IHS. This is not true. Non-French speakers follow the IB curriculum. Approximately two-thirds to three-quarters of the students graduate with the IB diploma. (The IB is an internationally recognized degree program, with the fastest growth coming in the United States. Stuart Hall/Convent in San Francisco and Berkeley High School are two schools in the Bay Area that also offer the IB diploma.)
IB and French Bac graduates earn substantial college credit from pursuing these challenging programs. Many graduates attend the most respected universities in the world. At IHS, for example, 61 out of 239 graduates (37%) in the last three graduating classes (2015-17) matriculated at the following institutions: University of Chicago (10), UC Berkeley (9), NYU (8), Carnegie Mellon (7), Stanford (6), UCLA (6), King's College London (5), St. Andrews (4), Harvard (3), Columbia (3), Cornell (3), Washington University (3), Johns Hopkins (3), Georgetown (3), MIT (2), Brown (2), Williams (2), Penn (2), University College London (2), Carleton (2), Davidson, Emory, London School of Economics, and Wellesley.
The IHS faculty is unique in that it is recruited from all over the world and represents over 20 nationalities. The average number of years of teaching experience is just under 20, and more than 75% of the faculty hold master's degrees or higher.
International High School's campus consists of a main building at 150 Oak St., a gymnasium and outdoor recreational space across the street, and an Arts Pavilion on 66 Page St. The school has acquired the lots at 98 Franklin and 84 Page and is currently in the process of selecting designs for the development of an expanded urban campus. The main building at Oak Street houses classrooms and science labs, teacher workrooms, administrative offices, the library, the design lab, as well as the rooftop deck. The Arts Pavilion houses the music, film, visual arts, and theater programs. The lower floors of the main building house Chinese American International School (CAIS) and French American International School (FAIS), both K-8 schools.
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