Mission High School (San Francisco)
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Mission High School is a public high school in the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) San Francisco, California.[5]
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Mission High School | |
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Address | |
3750 18th Street , 94114 United States | |
Coordinates | 37.761775°N 122.427306°W / 37.761775; -122.427306 |
Information | |
Established | 1890[1] |
Principal | Valerie Forero |
Faculty | 66[2] (2007-8) |
Grades | 9-12 |
Enrollment | 1,076 (2016-17) |
Campus | Urban |
Colour(s) | Brown and Gold |
Teams | Bears |
Graduates (2016) | 198[3] |
Website | Mission High |
Designated | February 9, 2007[4] |
Reference no. | 255 |
Serving grades 9-12, Mission is the oldest high school on its original site in San Francisco;[6] it has been on 18th Street, between Dolores and Church, since 1896. The original campus burned in 1922, and the replacement was completed in two stages, the west wing in 1925 and the main building was dedicated by San Francisco mayor James Rolph on June 12, 1927. Originally, girls and boys had separate courtyards. The boys' is overlooked by the "baby tower," about 100 feet (30 m) high, and the girls' (right) topped by a 127-foot (39 m)-high baroque dome. Mission Creek runs beneath the school.
The school is two blocks from Mission Dolores,[7] from which it gets its name. The current student body is diverse, with Latino and Asian students constituting the two largest ethnic groups, although neither group makes up a majority of the student body.[2]
The lobby leads to a theater that has 1,750 folding wooden seats on two levels and a gold-leaf ceiling. Grand as any movie palace, it was outfitted with twin 35 mm projectors. Funding failed to materialize for the elaborate pipe organ system as promised, but the chandeliers have been re-lamped.