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 Phillip
and Sala Burton Academic High School was established in 1984 as
a result of a Consent Decree between the City of San Francisco and
the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
Although it opened its doors in the Silver Terrace neighborhood,
today it is located at 400 Mansell Avenue, in the Southeastern corner
of San Francisco. Today its has a multicultural, multi-enthnic and
multi-racial student body of approximately 1,600 students and roughly
110 faculty.
Burton has a Computer Science, Mathematics and Science focus,
and each student is required to follow the rigorous curriculum of four (4) years
of math, four (4) years of science, three (3) years of compuer science, and
three (3) years of Foreign language (Chinese, Japanese, French, Spanish or German).
Our school was named after Phillip Burton, a member of the California
Assembly from 1957 - 1964 and a U.S. Representative of California from 1964
- 1983. As a democrat, Phillip Burton championed the civil rights of others.
Mr. Burton also served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict and
was a delegate to Democratic National Convention from California in 1968.
Our choir, the Touch
of Class Choir, has performed around the world and has performed for mayors
and even Presidents.
The quality of instruction and leadership at Burton can best
be evaluated by the product owe send to the colleges and universities of this
nation. Each year, 98% of the graduating class enrolls in colleges and universities.
We have students attending the following schools of higher learning: Columbia
University, New York University, Penn State, M.I.T., University of California
Berkeley, Fisk University, Spelman College and Dillard University. Our students
compete, maintain their placements, and graduate. We view this as our Mission.
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