Five Keys Independence HS (SF Sheriff's)
San Francisco · CA · Five Keys Independence HS (SF Sheriff's) District · Public charter
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Five Keys Charter (SF Sheriff's) → S.F. International High → Downtown High → S.F. County Civic Center Secondary → Sterne School → Cumberland Chinese School → O'Connell (John) High → Fusion Academy San Francisco →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 40% of US high schools
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 9% (Bottom 1% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Five Keys Independence HS (SF Sheriff's) compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Five Keys Charter (SF Sheriff's), S.F. International High, Downtown High and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 1% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +13.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 3,447 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $14,637 per student in district revenue, the 3,071 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $44,950,227/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Five Keys Charter (SF Sheriff's) San Francisco |
Public · charter | 0.0 | 201 | +131.0% |
| S.F. International High San Francisco |
Public | 1.1 | 382 | +30.4% |
| Downtown High San Francisco |
Public | 1.1 | 174 | +29.9% |
| S.F. County Civic Center Secondary San Francisco |
Public | 1.2 | 60 | — |
| Sterne School San Francisco |
Private | 1.3 | 173 | -4.9% |
| Cumberland Chinese School San Francisco |
Private | 1.3 | 66 | — |
| O'Connell (John) High San Francisco |
Public | 1.4 | 460 | -13.2% |
| Fusion Academy San Francisco San Francisco |
Private | 1.7 | 29 | — |