Lycée Français de San Francisco

What makes this school special

The City's French school since 1967; middle and high schoolers share the Ortega campus in the Outer Sunset
Two tracks: the famously rigorous French Bac, and a newer IB-powered International Track with no French required
Graduates earn dual diplomas and join the AEFE network of nearly 500 French schools worldwide, which means built-in portability if your family ever relocates
Runs its own shuttle program between its three campuses (including one in Sausalito)

Academics

Curriculum

French Baccalauréat & IB Diploma; bilingual

What's the IB?

Advanced coursework

1 AP course · 29 UC-approved honors courses

See the list filed with UC

World languages

French, English, Spanish

Signature programs

French Baccalauréat (French Track)
IB Diploma (International Track)
Bilingual dual-track curriculum
Four-year college counseling
Global Learning trips

College matriculation

UC Berkeley, Duke, Harvey Mudd, McGill, Sciences Po, Parsons School of Design, Concordia, Cal Poly SLO

See the full list

UC admissions · For fall 2025 entry

applied: 35
admitted to at least one campus: 31
enrolled at a UC: 9

See UC’s data

What these numbers can and can’t tell you

Athletics, arts & activities

Athletics · CIF San Francisco Section

Basketball (boys)Cross CountryTrack & FieldVolleyball

Arts

TheaterMusicVisual ArtsDanceFilm

Clubs & activities

Girls Who CodeModel UNDebateLFSF RadioMaths en JeansFilm ClubArt ClubLGBTQ+ ClubCoalition of Black Students and AlliesWomen's Rights CommitteeiLab ClubMusical TheaterLFSF Gazette (newspaper)Healthy Habits

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Applying

Key dates

Applications open: Late August
Application due: Mid-January, then rolling
First decisions released: March
Decisions released: Mid-to-late March

Tours and events

See the school's schedule

The application

The Lycée Français admits through its own application on Veracross — no entrance test. Applicants from outside the French system also take a French-level evaluation over Zoom. Applications are due mid-January, with first decisions in March and rolling review after that.

Application requirements

Application via Veracross ($150 fee)
Report cards
Student introductory video (2–3 min)
Parent interview (optional for sibling applicants)
French-level evaluation (for applicants outside the French system)

Testing

Test-free

Sources

LFSF — At a Glance — founding, enrollment, nationalities, coed
Our Campuses — high-school (Ortega) campus, neighborhood
Applying MS/HS — admissions, deadlines, test policy, requirements
Tuition & Other Fees — tuition, fees, food, trips
Financial Assistance — aid percent
International Track — IB Diploma, academic model
French Track — French Baccalauréat
Athletics — sports, league
Clubs & Activities — clubs, arts
Class of 2026 — college matriculation
Wikipedia — Lycée Français de San Francisco — founding, history
California Private School Affidavit 2025-26 | CDE — Ortega (upper-school) campus, where the high school sits: 308 students in grades 6–12 (136 in grades 9–12), 40 full-time + 2 part-time teachers; student:teacher ratio estimated at ~8:1 (308 ÷ ≈41 FTE, part-timers at half). CDS 38684786939664. The school publishes no high-school-specific figure.
UC A-G course list — Lycée Français de San Francisco — the 2026-27 course list the school files with the University of California: one AP course and 29 UC-approved honors courses beyond AP. The AP is U.S. History, filed three times — as a two-part sequence and again whole — which is one course, not three. The school markets a French Bac and IB program and names no AP program either way; we carry what it files

Details checked August 2026

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