Lowell High School (San Francisco)
| Lowell High School | |
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Seal of Lowell High School
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1101 Eucalyptus Drive San Francisco, California 94132 United States |
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| Coordinates | 37°43′51″N 122°29′01″W / 37.73083°N 122.48361°WCoordinates: 37°43′51″N 122°29′01″W / 37.73083°N 122.48361°W |
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| 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 |
| Dean | Ivan Yee |
| Principal | Andrew W. Ishibashi |
| Assistant principal | Holly Giles |
| Assistant principal | Margaret Peterson |
| Assistant principal | Dacotah Swett |
| Faculty | ~150 |
| Number of students | 2,685 (2015-2016) |
| Campus type | Urban |
| School colour(s) |
Cardinal White |
| Song | The Lowell Hymn |
| Mascot | Cardinal |
| Team name | Cardinals |
| Accreditation | Western Association of Schools and Colleges |
| USNWR ranking | 52nd |
| Academic Performance Index average | 948 |
| Newspaper | The Lowell |
| Yearbook | The Red and White |
| Honor society | Shield & Scroll Honor and Service Society |
| Website | https://lhs-sfusd-ca.schoolloop.com |
Lowell High School is a public magnet school in San Francisco, California. The school opened in 1856 as the Union Grammar School and attained its current name in 1896. Lowell moved to its current location in the Merced Manor neighborhood in 1962.
Run by the San Francisco Unified School District, Lowell is open to all San Francisco residents and charges no tuition. Admission is contingent on submission of an application and based primarily on evaluation of test scores and prior academic record.
Lowell contains a wide-ranging and rigorous curriculum and is noted for its academic excellence and prominent alumni. The school has been named a California Distinguished School seven times and a National Blue Ribbon School four times. Lowell is currently ranked 52nd by U.S. News & World Report in its "Best High Schools in America" for 2015, making it the 2nd highest ranking school in the nation with over 2000 students. Lowell was also ranked 49th by Newsweeks America's Best High Schools 2012 list and 66th by Newsweeks 2013 list.
Lowell High School began in 1856 as the Union Grammar School. In 1894, the school was renamed to honor the distinguished poet James Russell Lowell, chiefly by Pelham W. Ames, a member of the school board and ardent admirer of James Russell Lowell. The school relocated in January 1913 to an entire block on Hayes Street between Ashbury and Masonic. Lowell remained there for 50 years and established its position as the city's college preparatory high school. In 1952, the school sought a new location near Lake Merced and moved there (its present address) in 1962.
In 1983, the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) attempted to ensure racial desegregation at Lowell and other schools by implementing a race-based admissions policy as a result of San Francisco NAACP v. San Francisco Unified School District and the 1983 Consent Decree settlement.
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