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Lowell High School
Lowell High School, founded in 1856, is one of the oldest public high schools west of the Mississippi River and has long been considered one of the most academically competitive public high schools in San Francisco and California more broadly. The school's admissions policy has been a recurring subject of significant public debate in San Francisco, shifting between merit-based academic admission and lottery-based admission at different points in recent years amid broader citywide debates over educational equity and access. Lowell's alumni include numerous prominent figures across politics, business, and the arts, and the school's academic reputation has made it a frequently cited example in national discussions about the tradeoffs between merit-based and equity-focused public school admissions policy. Lowell High School's combination of its long history as one of the West Coast's oldest public high schools and its position at the center of San Francisco's ongoing school admissions policy debates has made it one of the most closely watched public schools in the country.
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Stuyvesant High School
Stuyvesant High School, founded in 1904 and now located in a large facility in Lower Manhattan opened in 1992, is one of New York City's most competitive specialized public high schools, with admission determined entirely by a single standardized entrance exam, the SHSAT, taken by tens of thousands of applicants each year. The school's exam-only admission process, with no consideration given to grades, essays, or extracurriculars, has made it a frequent subject of public policy debate over the years regarding diversity and equitable access to New York City's specialized public schools. Stuyvesant's notable alumni include numerous Nobel laureates, a disproportionately high number for a single public high school, alongside prominent figures across science, entertainment, and business, reflecting the school's decades-long reputation as one of the most academically rigorous public schools in the country. Stuyvesant's combination of its purely exam-based admission process and its remarkable record of Nobel laureate alumni has made it one of the most academically distinguished public high schools in the United States.
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