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San Francisco

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A citywide lottery determines who goes to school where. These are the neighborhoods whose schools get the highest marks from GreatSchools.

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Outer Sunset

#1 Outer Sunset →

  • GreatSchools rating: 9/10
  • Parent ratings range: 3/5 - 5/5
At the city’s foggy western edge, this orderly grid of colorful homes can claim both the beach and Golden Gate Park as its own backyard.
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Telegraph Hill

#2 Telegraph Hill →

  • GreatSchools rating: 8/10
  • Parent ratings range: 5/5 - 5/5
Garden-lined wooden stairways climb past balconies with panoramic bay views. Parking is nonexistent, but where else would you want to go?
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Parkside

#3 Parkside →

  • GreatSchools rating: 8/10
  • Parent ratings range: 3/5 - 5/5
Way out in the city’s fog belt, locals walk from tidy rows of homes to the neighborhood parks, the shops on Taraval, or down to the beach.
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Inner Sunset

#4 Inner Sunset →

  • GreatSchools rating: 8/10
  • Parent ratings range: 4/5 - 5/5
These blocks south of Golden Gate Park are mostly filled with homes, but a lively cluster of shops and restaurants keeps locals happy and well fed.
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Outer Richmond

#5 Outer Richmond →

  • GreatSchools rating: 8/10
  • Parent ratings range: 4/5 - 5/5
The colorful homes in this foggy corner out past the Golden Gate have back-door access to some of the city’s largest parks and most scenic coastline.
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Marina

#6 Marina →

  • GreatSchools rating: 7/10
  • Parent ratings range: 4/5 - 5/5
Known for its post-collegiate crowd that works out in the neighborhood’s waterfront parks by day and parties in Chestnut Street’s bars by night.
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Inner Richmond

#7 Inner Richmond →

  • GreatSchools rating: 7/10
  • Parent ratings range: 2/5 - 5/5
It’s got Golden Gate Park to the south, the Presidio to the north, and Clement Street’s noodle joints and indie shops in between.
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Russian Hill

#8 Russian Hill →

  • GreatSchools rating: 7/10
  • Parent ratings range: 4/5 - 5/5
Locals tote groceries up garden-lined stairways, and cable cars ding the bell as they pass local watering holes. This is classic San Francisco all the way.
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North Beach

#9 North Beach →

  • GreatSchools rating: 7/10
  • Parent ratings range: 3/5 - 5/5
In San Francisco’s own Little Italy, tourists eat pasta at sidewalk tables and locals stroll down Columbus Avenue to the Financial District.
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Upper Market

#10 Upper Market →

  • GreatSchools rating: 6/10
  • Parent ratings range: 5/5 - 5/5
The colorful homes stacked in the quiet hills above the Castro enjoy views that stretch from downtown to the Golden Gate Bridge.
GreatSchools ratings are based on test scores and additional metrics when available. Check with the applicable school district prior to making a decision based on these schools. Learn more.
This list includes neighborhoods that have a minimum of 10 homes for sale. Last updated 4/30/19.
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