Kittredge School provides challenging academics in a nurturing environment.  Established over 75 years ago by the Kittredge family and located on Lake Street in San Francisco’s Richmond District, we are a fully-accredited, non-sectarian, private, independent, non-discriminatory academic school for students in kindergarten through eighth grade.

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​Challenging Academics: 

• Individualized Academic Support: One size does not fit all and students begin the school year with a wide range of academic abilities. With a ratio of 7:1, teachers build meaningful relationships with their students and know not only where students are in their learning, but also who they are as learners.  We challenge each child at their individual level across subjects such as math, reading and writing.

• A love of learning: Our small class sizes give us the ability to hone in on a student’s areas of strength or areas of needed support.  This allows us to scaffold each student to be challenged at the level that is right for them.  Goals are attainable and students develop a sense of achievement and love of learning that keeps them engaged and fulfilled.  

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Nurturing Environment: Kittredge School is built on relationships developed in a family-like atmosphere, and teachers and parents communicate often to support student growth.  

• Combination classes: In grades K-5 combination classes have older students model behavior and academics goals for younger students.  Older students are solidifying the academic skills they learned as they often work in tandem with younger students.  This allows younger students to have extra attention from a slightly older guide on the side.  The following year this student becomes the guide and models what they have learned in the previous year. 

• Meaningful rapport: For teachers, two years with a student creates a meaningful relationship. In the first year, expectations are set, trust is established, and a second year allows the teacher to pick up where they left off, setting the bar for new goals that are appropriate for the student in the coming year. The size of our community allows for strong bonds between teachers and students. 

• Learning to fly: In middle school, students are becoming independent learners and they require less assistance than when they were younger.  Sixth, seventh, and eighth grades are independent classes.  Teachers employ socratic thinking, encouraging student to use metacognition. Middle school students are becoming responsible for their own academic growth and they are obtaining the organizational skills needed for their personal academic progress, preparing them for high school.