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Independent · Hayes Valley · AKA: IHS, French American

International

“This is how we make the world a better place.”

Students
~360
Tuition
$64k

What makes this school special

  • Juniors and seniors choose between the full IB Diploma and the French Bac
  • No French required. More than half of entering students don't speak a word of it
  • The Global Travel Program sends students in grades 9-11 on two-week international trips (think Senegal, Vietnam, Ecuador)
  • An international community in more than name: hundreds of students representing roughly 25 nationalities, in the middle of Hayes Valley

Academics

Curriculum

IB Diploma & French Baccalaureate; bilingual

What's the IB?

Advanced coursework

No AP courses · 92 UC-approved honors courses

See the list filed with UC

World languages

French, Mandarin, Spanish, Italian, Arabic

Schedule

Semester

Signature programs

  • IB Diploma Programme
  • French Baccalaureate track
  • Bilingual / multilingual immersion
  • Global Travel Program
  • Service learning

College matriculation

Stanford, Columbia, Cornell, Amherst, Williams, Georgetown, NYU, Emory, Tufts, UC Berkeley, UCLA, McGill, University of St Andrews, Sorbonne University, Wellesley

See the full list

UC admissions · For fall 2025 entry

applied
74
admitted to at least one campus
55
enrolled at a UC
27
What these numbers can and can’t tell you

Athletics, arts & activities

Athletics · Bay Area Conference — BCL Central / CIF NCS

Badminton (girls)Baseball (boys)BasketballCross CountryLacrosse (girls)SailingSoccerSwimmingTennis (boys)Track & FieldVolleyball

Arts

TheaterMusicVisual ArtsFilm

Clubs & activities · 40+

AI ClubAnimal RightsAnime ClubAsian Student UnionBaking ClubBlack Student UnionBook ClubChessComputer ScienceDebateFilm ClubGirls Who CodeInvestment ClubModel United NationsPhilosophyPhotography
See all clubs

Life there

Tuition includes

  • Arts
  • Athletics
  • Extended care

Learning support

Learning Services — Learning Specialists on the Student Support Team

Often on the same list

Lycée Français de San Francisco

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Lick-Wilmerding High School

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University High School

Independent

Stuart Hall High School

Catholic (boys)

Convent High School

Catholic (girls)

Sources

  1. High School Admissions — deadlines, requirements, test policy, email
  2. Tuition & Financial Assistance — tuition, fees, aid, what's included
  3. IB High School — academic model, languages, programs, semester transcript
  4. International Baccalaureate — IB Diploma, IB-not-AP
  5. High School Athletics — sports, league, gear
  6. Class of 2026 Matriculations — college list, linked from College Counseling
  7. Wikipedia — International High School of San Francisco — founding, athletics, arts
  8. California Private School Affidavit 2025-26 | CDE — enrollment (357 in grades 9-12). ISF publishes no enrollment figure of its own
  9. Mission + Values — motto ("This is how we make the world a better place," the tagline above the mission)
  10. Bay Area Conference — conference structure and division membership
  11. UC A-G course list — The International School of San Francisco — the 2026-27 course list the school files with the University of California: 92 UC-approved honors courses

Details checked August 2026