555 Portola Drive, San Francisco, CA 94131 x 415-695-5700

Academic Achievement and Excellence

School of the Arts is a unique four-year public high school as committed to achievement in academics as it is to the arts. SOTA provides students with a variety of educational opportunities to meet and exceed all San Francisco Unified School District and State of California requirements for graduation as well as University of California college entrance requirements.

Students may take advantage of honors, Advanced Placement, and other advanced courses in all academic departments. Additionally, a dedicated staff and faculty continually strive to provide students with the ability to undertake sustained, interdisciplinary projects and make powerful connections between their artistic and academic endeavors.

SOTA graduates have created an outstanding record of achievement on the high school level. SOTA's standardized test scores consistently rank within the top high schools in the District. Moreover, SOTA graduates have been welcomed by many top public and private colleges and universities as well as outstanding conservatories and art institutes across the nation.

SOTA graduates' scholarships & awards include:

• AFL-CIO Labor Scholarship
• Bank of America Achievement Awards
  
• California State Art Scholars
• Chinese Teachers Assn.Scholarship
• College Book Awards Congressional Art Award
• MCI International Scholarship
• National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts Scholarship
• National Merit Scholarship Commendations
• National Merit Scholarship for Outstanding Negro Students
• National Scholastic Writing Awards
• Pacific Bell Scholarship
• United Educators of San Francisco Scholarship