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San Francisco Pacific Academy is an independent, coeducational Kindergarten through grade 8 school that opened on 2002 as Russian-American International School. The school moved into its current location in the Richmond District, San Francisco in 2013. Its stated mission is to provide a motivating and challenging high-quality educational program that inspires students to academic success.

Accreditation
San Francisco Pacific Academy is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).

Students
Students come not only from San Francisco, but also from other parts of the Bay Area, including Marin County, the Peninsula and the East Bay.

Students Achievement Data
Since 2007, the school has been administering the Comprehensive Testing Program (CTP4 test) published by Educational Records Bureau (ERB). The ERB members include independent schools from 46 states and 42 countries and suburban public school districts from every region of the country. CTP 4 is a standardized achievement test designed specifically for high-achieving schools and schools wishing to set high standards. Given that the country’s top universities have acceptance rates below 10%, it is helpful for parents to see how their child is performing against the top students in the nation. The school uses the CTP4 test results to assess how its curriculum and students are measuring up against other independent schools and in the nation. For the last several years the school ranked among the top 1 percent in Math test of more than 1,700 public and private schools administering the CTP4 assessments. SFPA students also scored in the top three percent nationally in all six achievement areas tested, including verbal ability, vocabulary, reading comprehension, writing mechanics, quantitative ability and mathematics.

Curriculum
San Francisco Pacific Academy prepares students through a bilingual integrated curriculum with a strong emphasis in Math and Languages. Russian and English speaking teachers cooperatively teach each grade level to meet school and state guidelines. Science, Computer class, art, music and physical activities are systematically integrated into learning activities.

Enrichment Afterschool activities
Chess, Art, Dance, Lego Robotics, Computer Programming, Fencing Academy, Rock Band, Hollywood Film Academy, Chemistry and Physics.