Convent High School

What makes this school special

All-girls high school headquartered in the Flood Mansion, a Pacific Heights landmark with Bay views that show up in every admissions brochure
Educating SF girls since 1887: the oldest Sacred Heart school west of the Rockies, part of a global network
Runs a coordinate model with Stuart Hall: single-sex classrooms, with shared programs and social life
One of the few SF schools offering the IB Diploma alongside APs

Academics

Curriculum

IB Diploma and honors

What's the IB?

Advanced coursework

21 AP courses · 62 UC-approved honors courses

See the list filed with UC

World languages

French, Spanish, Mandarin, Latin

Schedule

Block (rotating)

Signature programs

Global education exchanges (Costa Rica, Rome, Japan)
100-hour community service requirement

College matriculation

Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Duke, Georgetown, Harvard, Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCLA, University of Chicago, University of Pennsylvania, USC, Boston College, NYU, Wellesley

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UC admissions · For fall 2025 entry

applied: 48
admitted to at least one campus: 28
enrolled at a UC: 14

See UC’s data

What these numbers can and can’t tell you

Athletics, arts & activities

Athletics · Bay Area Conference — BCL West & BCL Central

Badminton (coed)Baseball (coed)BasketballBeach VolleyballCross Country (coed)Fencing (coed)Field HockeyFootball (coed)GolfLacrosseSailing (coed)SoccerSwimming (coed)TennisTrack & Field (coed)VolleyballWrestling (coed)

Arts

Visual ArtVocal MusicJazz BandTheaterMusical TheaterDance

Clubs & activities · 35+

Model UNMock TrialInvestment ClubCoding ClubWomen in TechGSAEco ClubYearbookAAPI ClubPeople of Color Student UnionGlobal Women's RightsRed CrossSports MedicineFilipino CultureSurf ClubWriting Club

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Applying

Key dates

Applications open: Late August
Application due: January 7, 2027
Financial aid application due: January 7, 2027
Decisions released: March 12, 2027
Enrollment contract due: March 19, 2027

Tours and events

The application

Convent admits through its own application on the Sacred Heart Schools (Sacred SF) portal, with no entrance test and an early-January deadline.

Application requirements

Application via the Sacred SF portal ($100 fee, waiver available)
Transcript from current school
Three recommendations (principal, math teacher, English teacher)
20-minute interview

Testing

Test-free

Sources

Convent & Stuart Hall 2025-26 High School Profile — enrollment (248 at Convent), students of color (46%), need-based aid (47%)
Convent HS 2024-25 Profile — AP/IB, languages, schedule, matriculation
Sacred Heart SF — At a Glance — founding, combined enrollment, sports
High School Admissions — deadlines, requirements, email
Tuition & Financial Assistance — tuition, aid
Food Program — lunch included
High School Athletics — sports, league
Clubs & Activities — clubs
IB Diploma Programme — academic model
NCES via ProPublica — Convent HS — enrollment, ratio
Wikipedia — Convent of the Sacred Heart HS — founding, notable alumni
Cor Unum Statement — motto ("cor unum et anima una" / "one heart and one soul," the Society of the Sacred Heart's foundational precept)
Bay Area Conference — conference structure and division membership
UC A-G course list — Convent of The Sacred Heart High School — the 2026-27 course list the school files with the University of California: 21 AP courses and 62 UC-approved honors courses beyond AP. The school's 2025-26 profile counts 17 APs; we carry the filed number

Details checked August 2026

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