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Abraham Lincoln High School ALHS | |
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![]() Main entrance on 24th Avenue | |
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2162 24th Avenue , California 94116 United States | |
Coordinates | 37°44′50″N 122°28′52″W / 37.74728°N 122.48103°W |
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School type | Public school |
Motto | Latin: Finimus Coepturi (Finish to begin) |
Established | August 27, 1940 |
Founder | Clyde W. White |
School board | San Francisco Board of Education |
School district | San Francisco Unified School District |
NCES District ID | 05581 |
Superintendent | Matt Wayne[1] |
School number | 405 |
Principal | Shari Balisi Manalang[2] |
Staff | 87.60 (FTE)[3] |
Enrollment | 1,997 (2022–23)[3] |
Student to teacher ratio | 22.80[3] |
Campus type | Urban |
Color(s) | Red and Gold |
Athletics conference | CIF San Francisco Section |
Mascot | Mustang |
Accreditation | Western Association of Schools and Colleges |
Newspaper | Lincoln Log |
Graduates (2016) | 467 |
Website | www |
Abraham Lincoln High School (ALHS) is a California Distinguished public high school located in the Sunset District of San Francisco, California. In 2018, ALHS was ranked #499 and earned a gold medal by U.S. News & World Report, placing it in the top 2% of public high schools nationally.[4]
ALHS offers honors and college prep programs, and offers students the ability to specialize in one of five academic areas: business, digital media design, teaching, and environmental science.[5]
ALHS provides services and special education for severely and non-severely impaired students, including a comprehensive English Language Learner (ELL) program, a Mandarin Secondary Dual Language Pathway, four years of Spanish, Mandarin, and Japanese instruction, a GATE pathway for gifted and talented students, a Wellness Center, Peer Resource Program, AVID, Step-to-College, clubs, athletics, and extracurriculars.