San Francisco Waldorf High School

What makes this school special

Every day opens with a 105-minute "Main Lesson": one subject, studied deeply, rotating in multi-week blocks
Arts are required all four years, from studio and practical arts to music and theater
Phones get handed in each morning; technology is used deliberately, not by default
A small high school of just over a hundred students, with overnight trips and outdoor education built into every year
College prep without the arms race, and a calmer on-ramp for kids who learn by making

Academics

Curriculum

Waldorf pedagogy — main-lesson blocks, arts-integrated

Advanced coursework

3 AP courses · 9 UC-approved honors courses

See the list filed with UC

World languages

Spanish, Mandarin

Schedule

Main Lesson blocks

Signature programs

Senior project or senior class play
Global exchange program (semester abroad)
Outdoor class trips and Senior Quest
Practical arts (woodworking, bookbinding, glasswork)
80-hour community service requirement

College matriculation

Stanford, UC Berkeley, Brown, Amherst, Vanderbilt, Boston University, Northeastern, Reed, Cooper Union, London School of Economics, Connecticut College, Hampshire College, Warren Wilson College, Chinese University of Hong Kong, San Francisco State

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UC admissions · For fall 2025 entry

applied: 19
admitted to at least one campus: 16
enrolled at a UC: 5

See UC’s data

What these numbers can and can’t tell you

Athletics, arts & activities

Athletics · Bay Area Conference — BCL Central / CIF NCS

Baseball (boys)BasketballCross CountrySoccerVolleyball

Arts

EurythmyMusicTheaterVisual ArtPaintingWoodworkingBookbinding

Clubs & activities · 19+

BeekeepingBook ClubChess ClubEnvironmental ClubFilm ClubHS DemocratsLiterary MagazineMath ClubModel UNOutdoor ClubSocial JusticeYearbookBlack Student UnionGender Sexuality AllianceAsian American-Pacific Islander Affinity GroupNeurodiversity Affinity Group

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Applying

Key dates

Applications open: Late August
Preliminary application due: January 5, 2027
Supplemental forms due: January 22, 2027
Decisions released: March 12, 2027
Enrollment contract due: March 19, 2027

Tours and events

The application

SF Waldorf is test-free and admits on its own application via Ravenna, the shared application platform, due in early January.

Application requirements

Application via Ravenna ($75 fee, waivers available)
Transcripts (7th–8th grade)
Three recommendations (English, math, administrator/counselor)
Student and parent questionnaires
25-minute student interview

Testing

Test-free

Sources

SF Waldorf — Home — motto, logo
SFWHS School Profile (2018-19) — curriculum, languages, schedule, exchange
Affording SFWS — tuition, what's included, athletics
Admissions Process — deadlines, requirements, test policy, email
High School 9-12 — academic model, signature programs
Student Life — clubs, arts
Athletics — sports, league
Learning Support Services — learning support
Wikipedia — San Francisco Waldorf School — history, neighborhood
SFMTA — West Portal Station — transit
Notable alumni — Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib (Wikipedia)
Bay Area Conference — conference structure and division membership
California Private School Affidavit 2025-26 | CDE — high-school enrollment (118 in grades 9–12, 2025-26 filing). CDS 38684786907927.
UC A-G course list — San Francisco Waldorf High School — the 2026-27 course list the school files with the University of California: 3 AP courses (Biology, Calculus AB, U.S. Government) and 9 UC-approved honors courses beyond AP. The school's own site mentions AP nowhere; we carry the filed courses and have asked the school which is current

Details checked August 2026

San Francisco Waldorf