San Francisco Flex Academy: Full Guide

Location: San Francisco, CA

Are you a student or parent at San Francisco Flex Academy? Want to understand how to get the most out of high school?

We've written the best guide to San Francisco Flex Academy available. Here we'll cover:

• Breakdowns of student ethnicity, gender, and family income
• How safe San Francisco Flex Academy is to attend
• SAT/ACT/AP scores earned by San Francisco Flex Academy students
• Which AP/IB classes you can take at San Francisco Flex Academy
• Every sports team you can join at San Francisco Flex Academy

Let's get started!

Basic Information

San Francisco Flex Academy is a public school, supporting grades 6 to 12 . It's located in San Francisco, CA in San Francisco County.

Based on its location, San Francisco Flex Academy is classified as a school in a large city. Here's the location on a map:

Contact Information

Mailing address:

San Francisco Flex Academy
555 Post St.
San Francisco, CA 94102-1228

Phone number: 4157628800

San Francisco Flex Academy homepage: http://www.sfflex.org/

Principal: Steve Henderson
Email the principal: [email protected]

Student Demographics

Student Enrollment

The total enrollment at San Francisco Flex Academy is 120 students, making it a somewhat small high school, in the bottom half of all California high schools by size.

As a smaller-sized high school, San Francisco Flex Academy will feel like a cozy learning environment. With fewer than 100 students in your class, you'll likely get to know most other students and your teachers well. This will give you the feeling of a small liberal arts college.

But with a smaller student body, you won't have as many activities and clubs to choose from. If you find San Francisco Flex Academy lacking for your interests, consider looking to your local community to supplement your interests.

Growth in Student Body Size

Is San Francisco Flex Academy growing or shrinking? This will help you see trends in where the school is headed.

From our calculations, the enrollment at San Francisco Flex Academy has decreased over the past few years. We calculate this by comparing enrollment in grades 9 to 12.

	Male Students	Female Students	All Students
9th grade	7	8	15
10th grade	16	10	26
11th grade	21	22	43
12th grade	17	19	36

As you can see in the table above, the senior class is 21 students larger than the freshman class. This suggests that San Francisco Flex Academy is shrinking in size and taking on fewer students.

There are a few reasons this can happen. The population of San Francisco could be decreasing, thus sending fewer students into San Francisco Flex Academy. Alternatively, other schools (like charter or private schools) might be appearing, drawing students away.

Gender Split

Are there more boys or girls at San Francisco Flex Academy?

From our statistics, San Francisco Flex Academy has a 51:49 split between male and female students in the high school grades.

San Francisco Flex Academy has a balanced male-female ratio that's largely representative of the general population in San Francisco County. Since the student body is roughly half and half, it should feel like there are equal numbers of boys and girls in your classes.

This usually means that San Francisco Flex Academy doesn't strongly select for either males or females, unlike other schools that have a large majority of males or females.

Ethnicity Breakdown

What's the racial diversity at San Francisco Flex Academy? Does one ethnicity make up most of the student body, or is it fairly balanced?

From our statistics, San Francisco Flex Academy has a diverse student body. No single ethnicity composes more than 50% of all students, which means you'll be surrounded by a diverse set of students in class. Only a third of California schools show this much diversity.

The most common ethnicity at San Francisco Flex Academy is white. In California, white students make up 26.3% of all California students, and are the second most common ethnicity after Hispanic students.

	Percentage	Number
American Indian/Alaska Native	0.8%	1
Asian	16.6%	20
Hispanic	15.8%	19
Black	21.6%	26
White	35.8%	43
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander	3.3%	4
Two or more races	5.8%	7

High schools usually reflect the population in the surrounding area, so the ethnicities of students likely resembles those of San Francisco. If you'd like to see how other nearby schools look in diversity, just google "[name of school] prepscholar" to find our guide to that specific school.

Income Level of San Francisco Flex Academy Families

What are the family incomes of students at San Francisco Flex Academy? To determine this, we look at the number of students who qualify for free or reduced lunches, a classification by the US federal government.

To qualify for a reduced price meal, family income needs to be below 185% of the federal poverty guidelines. For a family of 4, this means an income of around $45,000 or below.

To qualify for a free meal, family income needs to be below 130% of the federal poverty guidelines. For a family of 4, this means an income of around $32,000 or below.

The lower the percentage of students who qualify for free or reduced price meals, the higher the income levels are likely to be.

At San Francisco Flex Academy, 6.6% of students qualify for reduced-price lunches, and 16.6% qualify for free lunches.

This means San Francisco Flex Academy has a low poverty level. The overwhelming majority of students at San Francisco Flex Academy don't qualify for free or reduced price lunches. San Francisco is thus likely to be an affluent community, with quite high family incomes.

	Number	Percent
Reduced-price lunches	8	6.6%
Free lunches	20	16.6%
Do not qualify for reduced-price or free lunches	92	76.6%

As with ethnicity, this likely reflects the surrounding community in San Francisco and doesn't speak much about the school itself.

Because San Francisco Flex Academy is in the top quartile of schools by family income, it's likely to be well-funded relative to other high schools in California. This means you'll likely have access to advanced coursework like AP/IB classes and better-funded extracurriculars and sports.

It's still up to you, though, to take advantage of the resources San Francisco Flex Academy has to offer. If you work hard and spend your time effectively, you'll likely be well positioned to succeed in college and beyond.

School Safety

How safe is San Francisco Flex Academy to attend? Can you expect a lot of conflict as a student here?

To study this, we look at disciplinary data for two types of incidents at San Francisco Flex Academy: referrals to law enforcement (when incidents are reported to police), and arrests.

These are the most serious disciplinary actions available to school administration and are more severe than suspensions or expulsions. Suspensions are often discretionary and can be given just for being disruptive in class. In contrast, law enforcement referrals and arrests often indicate incidents that put the safety of other San Francisco Flex Academy students at risk.

Academic Performance

Now we get to a major aspect of assessing a high school: academic performance. How good of an education will you get at San Francisco Flex Academy? Will you be competitive for college? Will you have access to advanced classes?

We've compiled everything we could find about San Francisco Flex Academy's academics here.

Standardized Testing

Next, we'll look at another major piece of high school academics: standardized testing performance for San Francisco Flex Academy students. These are tests that are administered to large populations of students for comparison purposes.

Let’s start by taking a look at the data for nationally administered standardized tests.

SAT Scores

As you probably know, the SAT is a critical test used for college admissions. The higher the score you get, the better your academic performance compared to students nationwide, and the easier it is to get into top colleges.

We did in-depth research and found the average San Francisco Flex Academy SAT scores.

Here's a breakdown of SAT scores by section:

Average SAT Scores (2013-2014)

Source	Critical Reading	Math	Writing	Composite
San Francisco Flex Academy	509	514	500	1520
California	498	510	496	1504
United States	495	511	484	1490

Note that the SAT has since changed to a 1600 scale, but the trends above for your high school are likely to continue. Just use this guide to convert between the old 2400 scale and the new 1600 scale.

To learn more about SAT percentile rankings, read our guide on what SAT percentiles really mean.

How good is 1520 as an SAT score? Find out with our complete 1520 SAT score guide, including which colleges you can get into with a 1520 or any other SAT score!

Advanced Placement (AP)

Advanced Placement (AP) classes are college-level courses that are an additional academic challenge may give San Francisco Flex Academy students credit for college.

Here's what we're looking for: high average AP test scores as well as high AP passing rates.

AP Test-Taking Statistics

One way to gauge the quality of a school's AP program is to see how many AP students actually took AP exams at San Francisco Flex Academy. If a lot of students enroll in AP courses but don't actually take the AP tests, it can be a sign that students don't feel adequately prepared to take the test, or the school isn't encouraging students to take the exams enough.

Note: The most recent data we have available is from 2012, so the statistics may have changed since then. Most likely, however, the trends are likely to continue - above average schools are likely to stay above average, and below average schools are likely to stay below average.

AP Passing Rates

For AP students at San Francisco Flex Academy who take the exam, it's important to know how they do. Here we have specific data on how many students got a passing grade (a 3 or above) on all, some, or none of the AP exams that they took.