Mission Bay Elementary is the first new public SFUSD school to open in 20 years. Mission Bay Elementary is the first new public SFUSD school to open in 20 years. Mission Bay School, the district’s first new school in twenty years, will welcome its inaugural students, from pre-kindergarten to kindergarten, on Aug. 17. The campus will eventually serve transitional kindergarten through fifth grade students, plus pre-kindergarteners in a connected early education program and older Mission Bay residents who are part of SFUSD’s Mission Bay Learning Hub. Children play on the playground during the opening ceremony of Mission Bay Elementary School in San Francisco on Aug. 6, 2026.