Editing San Francisco (section)

===Primary and secondary schools===
{{see also|San Francisco public grammar schools|List of high schools in California#San Francisco County}}
<!--Note: All PUBLIC schools are listed in San Francisco Unified School District-->
[[File:Mission High School.jpg|thumb|left|The [[San Francisco Unified School District]] operates 114 schools and is the oldest school district in California.]]
[[Public school (government funded)|Public schools]] are run by the [[San Francisco Unified School District]], which covers the entire city and county,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st06_ca/schooldistrict_maps/c06075_san_francisco/DC20SD_C06075.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS – SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: San Francisco County, CA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=July 22, 2022}} – [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st06_ca/schooldistrict_maps/c06075_san_francisco/DC20SD_C06075_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> as well as the [[California State Board of Education]] for some charter schools. [[Lowell High School (San Francisco)|Lowell High School]], the oldest public high school in the U.S. west of the [[Mississippi River|Mississippi]],<ref>{{cite web
|title = The Oldest Public High School West of the Mississippi
|work=About Lowell: Lowell History
|publisher=San Francisco Unified School District
|date = February 22, 2002
|url = http://www.sfusd.edu/schwww/sch697/about/history/
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20020414125943/http://www.sfusd.edu/schwww/sch697/about/history/
|archive-date = April 14, 2002
|access-date =July 25, 2010
}}</ref> and the smaller [[Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts|School of the Arts High School]] are two of San Francisco's [[magnet school]]s at the secondary level. Public school students attend schools based on an assignment system rather than neighborhood proximity.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/education/article/S-F-board-sticks-with-school-assignment-system-6317632.php|title=S.F. board sticks with school-assignment system|first1=Jill|last1=Tucker|date=June 10, 2015|website=SFGATE|publisher=Hearst Communications, Inc}}</ref>

Just under 30% of the city's school-age population attends one of San Francisco's more than 100 [[private school|private]] or [[parochial school]]s, compared to a 10% rate nationwide.<ref name="SFGPrvtSchools">{{cite news
|last = Knight |first = Heather
|title = Many reluctantly chose private schools
|work=San Francisco Chronicle |page = A-1

|date = May 31, 2006
|url = http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/05/31/MNGJIJ50T41.DTL
|access-date =June 16, 2008
}}</ref> Nearly 40 of those schools are [[Catholic school]]s managed by the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco|Archdiocese of San Francisco]].<ref>{{cite web
|title = School Directory August 2010
|publisher=Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco
|date = August 2010
|url = http://sfdcs.org/dcs/sites/default/files/docs/school_directory/Directory_Regular_10-11.pdf
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101127114957/http://sfdcs.org/dcs/sites/default/files/docs/school_directory/Directory_Regular_10-11.pdf
|archive-date = November 27, 2010
|access-date =January 23, 2011
}}</ref>

San Francisco has nearly 300 [[preschool]] programs primarily operated by [[Head Start (program)|Head Start]], [[San Francisco Unified School District]], private for-profit, private non-profit and [[Child care#Family child care homes|family child care]] providers.<ref>{{cite web
|title = Preschools in San Francisco
|publisher=Winnie
|access-date = May 18, 2017
|url = https://winnie.com/search?category=childcare&find=preschool&ne=37.829105%2C-122.065999&sw=37.685788%2C-122.817189
}}</ref> All four-year-old children living in San Francisco are offered [[Universal preschool|universal access to preschool]].<ref>{{cite web
|title       = Preschool for All
|publisher   = San Francisco Office of Early Care and Education
|access-date  = May 18, 2017
|url         = http://sfoece.org/preschool-for-all-pfa-first-5-sf-and-oece/
|url-status=dead
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20170524225949/http://sfoece.org/preschool-for-all-pfa-first-5-sf-and-oece/
|archive-date = May 24, 2017
}}</ref>