San Francisco neighborhoods
Pacific Heights
Pacific Heights is one of San Francisco’s established north-side residential neighborhoods, known for hilltop blocks, older homes, and proximity to the Presidio, Fillmore, and Laurel Village corridors. Private-school families often like the neighborhood’s central-north location, crosstown bus routes, and access to parks and cultural amenities.
- Setting
- ≈north-central residential neighborhood
- Nearby corridors
- ≈Fillmore Street, California Street, Jackson Street
2 schools in Pacific Heights
DREW High School
Drew is a small, urban college preparatory school. Our mission is to engage and support the academic talents, initiative, and self-confidence of each of our students while encouraging them to be respectful, responsible citizens. We draw together a varied student body with diverse and emerging talents. We offer a rigorous education in a friendly, cooperative environment, where each kid counts. We encourage our students to discover relationships between areas of knowledge and to understand the world. We create opportunities for growth, self-expression, proficiency, and leadership. We foster in each member of the Drew community a joy of active, lifelong learning.
San Francisco University High School
San Francisco University High School offers a high school program centered on active, collaborative learning and a diverse school community. Students engage with academics, arts, athletics, clubs, social impact work, and signature programs such as Independent Study, Breakthrough Summerbridge, Civilization & the Arts, Responsive Education, and the Professional Artist Series. The school emphasizes inquiry, care, integrity, agency, and interconnection, with students encouraged to develop their own sense of purpose and success.