Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts

1. 1974

   McAteer High School enrolled 1,700 students on this campus, against a stated capacity of 2,569.

   Golden Gate Heights Draft EIR, 1974
2. 1981

   The School of the Arts was established here as part of McAteer High School, and taught on the campus for ten years.

   School of the Arts Master Plan Draft EIR, 1997
3. 1991

   The School of the Arts became a separate high school, ending its first ten years on this campus; by December 1997 it was housed in a surplus elementary school on Font Street.

   School of the Arts Master Plan Draft EIR, 1997
4. November 13, 2002

   J. Eugene McAteer High School closed.

   California School Directory
5. 2003

   The School of the Arts was again housed in buildings on this campus. A district plan to move it to 135 Van Ness Avenue had completed environmental review but was unfunded, and no relocation was planned in the near term.

   50 Oak Street Final EIR, 2003
6. August 24, 2009

   The Academy — San Francisco @ McAteer opened here as a second high school on the campus.

   California School Directory
7. June 10, 2026

   The Academy — San Francisco @ McAteer closed, leaving the School of the Arts as the only school recorded at this address.

   California School Directory

The assessor's roll classes the parcel as a vacant lot in public use and records no year built; Planning's Modern and Postmodern context statement dates the building to 1972. The state's school directory gives McAteer High School an opening date of 1 July 1980, and the school was already enrolling students at this address in 1974.