Best Language Schools in San Francisco, CA

Preschool and Kindergarten Program

Mission Montessori is proud to offer the one-of-a-kind, holistic, child-led approach to early childhood education that Dr. Montessori pioneered over one hundred years ago.

Toddler Program

Our teachers introduce good habits, encourage the use of words to express needs, and warmly guide children to do things for themselves throughout the course of the day.

KMS Summer Camp

The Elementary Program (Grades 1–5) at KMS follows a Reggio-inspired, project-based philosophy. Students cycle through daily stations covering Math, Literacy, Art, Science, and Spanish Language and Culture, alongside outdoor learning and self-directed exploration. Multi-age classrooms allow each child to progress at an individual pace.

Preschool

PKS's Reggio Emilia-inspired preschool uses an emergent curriculum built around children's own ideas and interests, with bilingual Mandarin and English learning woven through projects, play, art, and inquiry so that all students develop basic Mandarin skills by the end of their first year.

Elementary

PKS Elementary delivers a bilingual Mandarin-English curriculum through an inquiry-based, project-centered approach, organizing study into Units of Exploration that span all major disciplines alongside daily specialist classes in areas such as Maker/Science Lab, Performing Arts, Visual Arts, and Multimedia.

Grades 1-4

Grades 5-8

The Grades 5–8 program at The Hamlin School is a K-8 girls' school that weaves Social and Emotional Learning throughout the academic curriculum and embeds grade-level capstone projects — including an entrepreneurship market in Grade 5 and a Washington D.C. immersive trip in Grade 7 — into a broader mission of preparing girls to become thinkers, leaders, and individuals of integrity.

Kindergarten

St. Peter's kindergarten uses a 50/50 Dual Language Immersion model, with half the school day taught in English and half in Spanish, covering subjects including English Language Arts, Religion, Math, Science, Social Studies, Art, P.E., and Technology.

Elementary

St. Peter's elementary program (grades K–5) builds foundational skills in English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies, and nurtures Catholic faith through religion class, Masses, and prayer services. The school holds dual accreditation from WCEA and WASC, and offers a Dual Language Immersion curriculum with instruction in both English and Spanish.

Ovsanna Misserlian Preschool / Pre-Kindergarten

Ovsanna Misserlian Preschool is KZV Armenian School's early childhood program, where classes are conducted entirely in the Armenian language and a child-initiated, developmentally appropriate creative curriculum addresses social, emotional, cognitive, creative, and physical growth. Teachers and assistants are bilingual, experienced, and trained in pediatric CPR and First Aid.

Pre-K Blue Group

The Pre-K Blue Group is one of the preschool classrooms at KZV's Ovsanna Misserlian Preschool, where instruction is conducted entirely in Armenian and the curriculum follows a child-initiated, developmentally appropriate approach spanning social-emotional, literacy, math, science, and physical development.

Lower School

The Lower School covers grades K through 5 at Cornerstone Academy's Silver Campus, building academic foundations within a faith-based program that integrates Christian character development, volunteer service, and a bilingual Chinese-English curriculum.

Preschool

Cornerstone's preschool program combines a bilingual Chinese-English curriculum with learning through music, storytelling, crafts, dance, and play, with Cantonese instruction at this level.

Lower School

Cornerstone Academy's Lower School covers grades K through 5 at the Silver Campus, building academic foundations alongside character development grounded in Christian principles, with a bilingual Chinese-English program that teaches Cantonese in kindergarten before transitioning students to Mandarin.

K–5 Elementary School

The K–5 elementary program at San Francisco High School of the Arts builds a strong academic foundation alongside arts training, reflecting the school's mission to provide exceptional education in traditional arts and academics while focusing on character development.

High School

The high school program at San Francisco High School of the Arts is a four-year college preparatory curriculum spanning grades 9–12 that integrates humanities and STEM with pre-professional arts training, offering 20 AP courses and 14 UC-approved honors courses with small class sizes designed for seminar-style engagement.

Italian Immersion Preschool

La Scuola's Italian Immersion Preschool combines a Reggio Emilia play-based approach with the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program, emphasizing autonomy, collaboration, and inquiry in small-group classroom settings.

Preschool (Mission Campus)

Preschool

La Scuola's Italian Immersion Preschool blends the Reggio Emilia approach with the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program, offering a play-based environment where children build autonomy and collaboration through art, music, drama, and inquiry in small class settings.

Elementary School

The elementary program at La Scuola is grounded in the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program and the Reggio Emilia approach, combining inquiry-based learning with Italian language immersion across grades K–5. It is the only program in San Francisco accredited as both an IB Primary and Middle Years school, connecting students to a global community across more than 150 countries.

Preschool

La Scuola's preschool program combines the Reggio Emilia approach — emphasizing autonomy, collaboration, and play-based learning — with the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program, making it the only school in San Francisco to offer IB-PYP from the early childhood level.

Elementary School

The elementary school program at La Scuola's Mission Campus is the K–5 portion of the school's Reggio Emilia-inspired, Italian language immersion curriculum, accredited as an International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program (IB-PYP) — the only such accreditation for a K–8 school in San Francisco.

Kindergarten

San Francisco Pacific Academy's transitional kindergarten is the entry point to the school's ACS WASC-accredited K–8 bilingual program, which emphasizes higher-level mathematics and oral and written communication skills in both English and Russian within a multicultural, hands-on learning environment.