Five Keys Independence HS (SF Sheriff's): No single number tells this school's story. Here's the honest picture.
Five Keys Independence HS (SF Sheriff's) posts 28% meeting the standard and 11.2% exceeding it, against 36% and 15.8% statewide. The gaps and the bright spots below are the real read.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Grad rate | College readiness | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 37 | 11% | 28% | — | — | 48.6% | 2.0% |
| CA average · High School | 44 | 16% | 36% | 87.6% | 35.4% | 30.2% | 3.6% |
Five Keys Independence HS (SF Sheriff's) scores 37 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 32nd percentile of 2,160 California high schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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🌱 Building Momentum — This label means the data doesn't clearly sort the school one way or the other — ask what the school is proud of, and what it's working on.
Most rating sites would stop at “28% proficient” and call it done. Five Keys Independence HS (SF Sheriff's) deserves a closer read. The school sits in San Francisco, where two in five students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
As a charter, Five Keys Independence HS (SF Sheriff's) enrolls by application rather than address. That changes how you get in, but it doesn't change the score.
The seven-year arc
Has stayed near the 32nd percentile since 2019.
The pandemic drop is behind this school: 28% of students meet the standard today, above the 16% who did in 2019.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 11 | 32% | 31% | 64% | 35% | 36% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 11 | 1% | 3% | 14% | 20% |
The 4 things our score weighs
Ask what the school is working on next. Strong numbers tell you where a school is, not where it's going.
- Ask how the school follows up when a student starts missing days — chronic absence often starts outside the classroom, not inside it.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
- Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
How every group of students does here
11 of 13 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
Showing up, and staying in class
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Estimated path based on proximity within the same district. Contact your school district for official feeder information.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
At 3,447 students, this school is well above the typical California high school (≈1450).
On the state's science test (CAST), 18% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
Frequently asked questions
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Your other options
Nearby High Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 44
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
A low score doesn't tell the whole story. Read: Your School Scored Low — Here's What That Actually Means
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 11 | 11 | 9% | 27% | 27% | 36% | 36% | −11 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 11 | 15 | 13% | 7% | 27% | 53% | 20% | −3 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 11 | 0% | 18% | 64% | 18% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Five Keys Independence HS (SF Sheriff's) ← | — | 37 | 11.2% | 28.2% | — | 2.0% |
| Galileo High | 2.2 mi | 53 | 24.5% | 47.5% | — | 3.3% |
| Gateway High | 2 mi | 48 | 18.1% | 44.6% | — | 4.3% |
| Mission High | 1.8 mi | 31 | 2.1% | 11.6% | — | 3.3% |
| California average | — | 44 | 15.8% | 35.7% | — | 3.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 30 | 25 | #1541 | 5.3% | 16.5% | 55.3% | 0.8% | — |
| 2022 | 27 | 19 | #1696 | 1.4% | 16.6% | 63.4% | 1.2% | — |
| 2023 | 60 | 86 | #303 | 27.3% | 63.6% | 46.0% | 3.4% | — |
| 2024 | 37 | 34 | #1423 | 12.4% | 24.6% | 55.5% | 1.8% | — |
| 2025 | 37 | 32 | #1463 | 11.2% | 28.2% | 48.6% | 2.0% | — |
- — Subgroup results are suppressed for small student counts (fewer than 15 tested), following CDE privacy rules.
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