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🏆 Top 10 in San Mateo County — UC Reach

San Mateo County · 2025 · ≥50 seniors
What is UC Reach? UC Reach = unique top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class size — the share of a school's entire graduating class that reaches the six most selective UCs (Berkeley, UCLA, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Irvine, Davis). It's a better gauge of school-wide success than admit rate, which only reflects the handful of students who applied.
Why it beats admit rate: if 6 students apply to the top UCs and all get in, that's a 100% admit rate — but at a 1,000-senior school it's a UC Reach of just 0.6% (6 ÷ 1,000). By contrast, a school where 250 of 1,000 seniors land a top-UC admit has a 25% UC Reach — far stronger, even though its admit rate is lower.
Why some schools are over 100%? Out of every 100 seniors at these schools, the class is generating more than 100 admissions to the six most selective UCs — meaning the typical strong student is getting in at multiple top campuses (UCLA + UCSD, or Berkeley + UCSB + Irvine, for example). It's a rare achievement: fewer than 1% of California high schools clear 100% UC Reach.
1 Woodside Priory School · Portola Valley 70.3% 2 Design Tech High School · Redwood City 69.6% 3 The Nueva School · San Mateo 64.8% 4 Menlo School · Atherton 62.4% 5 Mills High School · Millbrae 59.3% 6 Carlmont High School · Belmont 54.1% 7 Aragon High School · San Mateo 53.6% 8 Oceana High School · Pacifica 50.7% 9 Burlingame High School · Burlingame 44.7% 10 San Mateo High School · San Mateo 33.0%

Leaderboards by type — San Mateo County (2025)

Top and bottom schools by UC Reach, split public/charter vs private (≥50 seniors). Scoped to San Mateo County — change the County filter above to rescope.

▲ Top 10 Public + Charter

San Mateo County

1
Design Tech High School
Redwood City · Public
 69.6%
2
Mills High School
Millbrae · Public
 59.3%
3
Carlmont High School
Belmont · Public
 54.1%
4
Aragon High School
San Mateo · Public
 53.6%
5
Oceana High School
Pacifica · Public
 50.7%
6
Burlingame High School
Burlingame · Public
 44.7%
7
San Mateo High School
San Mateo · Public
 33.0%
8
Hillsdale High School
San Mateo · Public
 32.1%
9
Woodside High School
Woodside · Public
 31.7%
10
Menlo Atherton High School
Atherton · Public
 30.1%

▲ Top 10 Private

San Mateo County

1
Woodside Priory School
Portola Valley · Private
 70.3%
2
The Nueva School
San Mateo · Private
 64.8%
3
Menlo School
Atherton · Private
 62.4%
4
Eastside College Prep School
East Palo Alto · Private
 26.3%
5
Mercy High School
Burlingame · Private
 24.7%

▼ Bottom 10 Public + Charter

San Mateo County

1
East Palo Alto Academy
East Palo Alto · Public
 4.4%
2
Kipp Esperanza High School
East Palo Alto · Public
 7.0%
3
Terra Nova High School
Pacifica · Public
 10.1%
4
Tide Academy
Menlo Park · Public
 10.3%
5
Everest Public High School
Redwood City · Public
 11.5%
6
Jefferson High School
Daly City · Public
 13.8%
7
Capuchino High School
San Bruno · Public
 14.2%
8
South San Francisco Hs
South San Francisco · Public
 14.5%
9
Sequoia High School
Redwood City · Public
 21.3%
10
El Camino High
South San Francisco · Public
 22.5%

▼ Bottom 10 Private

San Mateo County

1
Mercy High School
Burlingame · Private
 24.7%
2
Eastside College Prep School
East Palo Alto · Private
 26.3%
3
Menlo School
Atherton · Private
 62.4%
4
The Nueva School
San Mateo · Private
 64.8%
5
Woodside Priory School
Portola Valley · Private
 70.3%

Top 10 by individual UC campus — San Mateo County · 2025

Where each UC campus lands its admits, as a share of each high school's senior class. Same 50-senior floor.

Top 10 — UCB Reach

UC Berkeley

1
The Nueva School
San Mateo · Private
 16.7%
2
Menlo School
Atherton · Private
 12.1%
3
Design Tech High School
Redwood City · Public
 8.7%
4
Carlmont High School
Belmont · Public
 7.6%
5
Woodside Priory School
Portola Valley · Private
 6.8%
6
Aragon High School
San Mateo · Public
 6.2%
7
Mills High School
Millbrae · Public
 6.2%
8
Oceana High School
Pacifica · Public
 4.9%
9
San Mateo High School
San Mateo · Public
 4.6%
10
Menlo Atherton High School
Atherton · Public
 4.0%

Top 10 — UCLA Reach

UCLA

1
Menlo School
Atherton · Private
 7.4%
2
The Nueva School
San Mateo · Private
 6.5%
3
Woodside Priory School
Portola Valley · Private
 5.4%
4
Design Tech High School
Redwood City · Public
 4.3%
5
Carlmont High School
Belmont · Public
 4.0%
6
Mills High School
Millbrae · Public
 4.0%
7
Burlingame High School
Burlingame · Public
 3.6%
8
Oceana High School
Pacifica · Public
 3.5%
9
Aragon High School
San Mateo · Public
 3.0%
10
Woodside High School
Woodside · Public
 2.8%

Top 10 — UCSD Reach

UC San Diego

1
Design Tech High School
Redwood City · Public
 18.1%
2
Woodside Priory School
Portola Valley · Private
 13.5%
3
Mills High School
Millbrae · Public
 11.6%
4
Oceana High School
Pacifica · Public
 9.9%
5
The Nueva School
San Mateo · Private
 9.3%
6
Carlmont High School
Belmont · Public
 7.7%
7
Aragon High School
San Mateo · Public
 6.8%
8
Menlo School
Atherton · Private
 6.0%
9
Burlingame High School
Burlingame · Public
 5.6%
10
Hillsdale High School
San Mateo · Public
 5.4%

Top 10 — UCSB Reach

UC Santa Barbara

1
Woodside Priory School
Portola Valley · Private
 24.3%
2
Menlo School
Atherton · Private
 16.8%
3
Design Tech High School
Redwood City · Public
 15.2%
4
Carlmont High School
Belmont · Public
 13.9%
5
Aragon High School
San Mateo · Public
 13.7%
6
Burlingame High School
Burlingame · Public
 13.1%
7
Mills High School
Millbrae · Public
 12.0%
8
Oceana High School
Pacifica · Public
 11.3%
9
The Nueva School
San Mateo · Private
 11.1%
10
Half Moon Bay High School
Half Moon Bay · Public
 9.9%

Top 10 — UCI Reach

UC Irvine

1
Mills High School
Millbrae · Public
 9.8%
2
Aragon High School
San Mateo · Public
 8.4%
3
Carlmont High School
Belmont · Public
 8.1%
4
Woodside Priory School
Portola Valley · Private
 8.1%
5
Menlo School
Atherton · Private
 7.4%
6
Design Tech High School
Redwood City · Public
 7.2%
7
Oceana High School
Pacifica · Public
 7.0%
8
Burlingame High School
Burlingame · Public
 6.1%
9
Hillsdale High School
San Mateo · Public
 4.9%
10
San Mateo High School
San Mateo · Public
 4.8%

Top 10 — UCD Reach

UC Davis

1
The Nueva School
San Mateo · Private
 17.6%
2
Design Tech High School
Redwood City · Public
 15.9%
3
Mills High School
Millbrae · Public
 15.6%
4
Aragon High School
San Mateo · Public
 15.5%
5
Oceana High School
Pacifica · Public
 14.1%
6
Eastside College Prep School
East Palo Alto · Private
 14.0%
7
Burlingame High School
Burlingame · Public
 13.1%
8
Carlmont High School
Belmont · Public
 12.8%
9
Menlo School
Atherton · Private
 12.8%
10
Woodside Priory School
Portola Valley · Private
 12.2%

Beyond UC Reach — three more lenses on San Mateo County

UC Reach measures who gets in. These lenses measure the upstream pipeline (A-G), the downstream outcome (UC graduation), the capacity that drives the pipeline (counselors), and reliability over time (consistency). Click any school for its full profile.

Top 10 — A-G Completion

% of graduates meeting UC/CSU course requirements · 2024-25 cohort

1
Summit Preparatory Charter High
· Public
 100.0%
2
Kipp Esperanza High School
East Palo Alto · Public
 100.0%
3
Everest Public High School
Redwood City · Public
 98.0%
4
Design Tech High School
Redwood City · Public
 97.7%
5
Burlingame High School
Burlingame · Public
 85.4%
6
Oxford Day Academy
East Palo Alto · Public
 85.0%
7
Aragon High School
San Mateo · Public
 80.8%
8
Oceana High School
Pacifica · Public
 80.0%
9
Carlmont High School
Belmont · Public
 77.7%
10
Hillsdale High School
San Mateo · Public
 74.9%

Top 10 — UC 6-Yr Grad Rate

% of UC entrants who finished in 6 years · cohort N ≥ 20

1
Menlo Atherton High School
Atherton · Public
 100.0%
2
Mercy High School
Burlingame · Private
 100.0%
3
Hillsdale High School
San Mateo · Public
 97.2%
4
Carlmont High School
Belmont · Public
 96.5%
5
El Camino High
South San Francisco · Public
 96.2%
6
Burlingame High School
Burlingame · Public
 96.1%
7
Oceana High School
Pacifica · Public
 95.7%
8
Aragon High School
San Mateo · Public
 92.3%
9
South San Francisco Hs
South San Francisco · Public
 92.3%
10
Summit Public Schools Shasta
Daly City · Public
 91.3%

Top 10 — Best Counselor Capacity

Lowest students-per-counselor (ASCA target 250:1) · public/charter, ≥500 students

1
Jefferson High School
Daly City · Public
 123:1
2
Terra Nova High School
Pacifica · Public
 131:1
3
Westmoor High School
Daly City · Public
 198:1
4
Menlo Atherton High School
Atherton · Public
 215:1
5
Sequoia High School
Redwood City · Public
 230:1
6
El Camino High
South San Francisco · Public
 263:1
7
Carlmont High School
Belmont · Public
 265:1
8
Bayside Academy
· Public
 267:1
9
Woodside High School
Woodside · Public
 282:1
10
South San Francisco Hs
South San Francisco · Public
 306:1

Top 10 — Most Consistent

Lowest UC Reach std-dev across 5 years (above-CA-median mean)

1
San Mateo High School
avg 35.0% · σ 2.81
 σ 2.81
2
Hillsdale High School
avg 31.7% · σ 4.59
 σ 4.59
3
Carlmont High School
avg 49.3% · σ 4.85
 σ 4.85
4
Aragon High School
avg 46.0% · σ 4.95
 σ 4.95
5
Menlo School
avg 55.5% · σ 6.65
 σ 6.65
6
Burlingame High School
avg 43.6% · σ 7.1
 σ 7.1
7
Mills High School
avg 46.8% · σ 9.39
 σ 9.39
8
Woodside Priory School
avg 62.7% · σ 10.37
 σ 10.37
9
Design Tech High School
avg 66.0% · σ 11.26
 σ 11.26
10
The Nueva School
avg 71.0% · σ 11.68
 σ 11.68

Top 10 — Private Net Assets

Wealthiest CA private high schools · IRS Form 990 · latest fiscal year

1
Menlo School
Atherton · Nonsectarian · FY 2023
 $243.0M
2
Pacific Bay Christian School
Pacifica · Other religious · FY 2023
 $226,977
3
Mid Peninsula High School
Menlo Park · Nonsectarian · FY 2023
 $55,140

Reach momentum — biggest gains & declines over time ⓘ

≥50 seniors · earliest→latest year

Which schools are moving a growing — or shrinking — share of their graduating class into the six most selective UCs. Reflects the current county/type filter.

▲ Biggest gains

SchoolThen → NowΔ
Design Tech High School
Redwood City · Public
 32% '18 → 70% '25 +37.5pp
Oceana High School
Pacifica · Public
 26% '18 → 51% '25 +25.2pp
Half Moon Bay High School
Half Moon Bay · Public
 15% '18 → 30% '25 +14.9pp
Westmoor High School
Daly City · Public
 16% '18 → 25% '25 +9.4pp
Woodside High School
Woodside · Public
 23% '18 → 32% '25 +8.6pp
Aragon High School
San Mateo · Public
 46% '18 → 54% '25 +7.1pp
El Camino High
South San Francisco · Public
 16% '18 → 22% '25 +6.8pp
Burlingame High School
Burlingame · Public
 40% '18 → 45% '25 +4.2pp
South San Francisco Hs
South San Francisco · Public
 12% '18 → 14% '25 +2.2pp
San Mateo High School
San Mateo · Public
 31% '18 → 33% '25 +1.7pp

▼ Biggest declines

SchoolThen → NowΔ
The Nueva School
San Mateo · Private
 93% '20 → 65% '25 -28.6pp
Woodside Priory School
Portola Valley · Private
 89% '20 → 70% '25 -19.0pp
Tide Academy
Menlo Park · Public
 25% '23 → 10% '25 -15.0pp
Eastside College Prep School
East Palo Alto · Private
 38% '20 → 26% '25 -12.0pp
Everest Public High School
Redwood City · Public
 22% '18 → 12% '25 -10.1pp
Menlo School
Atherton · Private
 70% '20 → 62% '25 -7.1pp
Capuchino High School
San Bruno · Public
 21% '18 → 14% '25 -6.4pp
Menlo Atherton High School
Atherton · Public
 34% '18 → 30% '25 -3.6pp
Carlmont High School
Belmont · Public
 57% '18 → 54% '25 -2.7pp
East Palo Alto Academy
East Palo Alto · Public
 7% '18 → 4% '25 -2.3pp

Demand momentum — biggest gaps vs the county baseline ⓘ

grade-12 enrollment Δ vs. county · ≥80 students

The demographic tide is shrinking CA enrollment ~10% over 7 years statewide, so absolute decline alone is noise. The gap vs the county baseline is the actionable signal — schools losing share faster than their demographic floor are the ones to watch. Reflects the current county/type filter.

▲ Outperforming the county the most

SchoolSchool · CountyGap
Burlingame High School
Burlingame · San Mateo · Public  Best in class
 +18.0% vs -5.3% +23.3pp
Aragon High School
San Mateo · San Mateo · Public  Best in class
 +13.6% vs -5.3% +18.9pp
Hillsdale High School
San Mateo · San Mateo · Public  Strong demand
 +11.6% vs -5.3% +16.9pp
Jefferson High School
Daly City · San Mateo · Public  Demand hides churn
 +8.9% vs -5.3% +14.2pp
Carlmont High School
Belmont · San Mateo · Public  Best in class
 +4.5% vs -5.3% +9.8pp
Design Tech High School
Redwood City · San Mateo · Public  Best in class
 +1.6% vs -5.3% +6.9pp
Capuchino High School
San Bruno · San Mateo · Public  Strong demand
 -0.7% vs -5.3% +4.7pp
Menlo Atherton High School
Atherton · San Mateo · Public  Strong demand
 -0.7% vs -5.3% +4.6pp
Woodside High School
Woodside · San Mateo · Public  Strong demand
 -1.5% vs -5.3% +3.8pp
Sequoia High School
Redwood City · San Mateo · Public  Tracking
 -5.0% vs -5.3% +0.3pp

▼ Underperforming the county the most

SchoolSchool · CountyGap
Terra Nova High School
Pacifica · San Mateo · Public  Material decline
 -36.1% vs -5.3% -30.8pp
Oceana High School
Pacifica · San Mateo · Public  Sharp downturn
 -26.1% vs -5.3% -20.8pp
South San Francisco Hs
South San Francisco · San Mateo · Public  Compounding decline
 -25.7% vs -5.3% -20.4pp
Westmoor High School
Daly City · San Mateo · Public  Compounding decline
 -21.4% vs -5.3% -16.0pp
San Mateo High School
San Mateo · San Mateo · Public  Compounding decline
 -16.9% vs -5.3% -11.5pp
Mills High School
Millbrae · San Mateo · Public  Sharp downturn
 -15.8% vs -5.3% -10.4pp
El Camino High
South San Francisco · San Mateo · Public  Demand problem
 -12.8% vs -5.3% -7.5pp
East Palo Alto Academy
East Palo Alto · San Mateo · Public  Demand problem
 -9.3% vs -5.3% -4.0pp
Half Moon Bay High School
Half Moon Bay · San Mateo · Public  Tracking
 -5.6% vs -5.3% -0.2pp
Sequoia High School
Redwood City · San Mateo · Public  Tracking
 -5.0% vs -5.3% +0.3pp

GPA Performance — over/under their predicted UC admit rate ⓘ

18 schools eligible · 2025

Each dot is one school. The diagonal is the per-campus GPA expectation — points above it admit students at higher rates than their GPA mix predicts; points below admit at lower rates. Schools need ≥30 top-6 UC applications and data across ≥3 campuses to appear.

▲ Top 10 outperformers

School GPA Actual Δ vs exp.
Half Moon Bay High School
Half Moon Bay · Public
 4.09 26.4% +2.2pp
Oceana High School
Pacifica · Public
 4.06 24.3% +1.2pp
Capuchino High School
San Bruno · Public
 4.06 22.3% +0.9pp
South San Francisco Hs
South San Francisco · Public
 3.71 21.8% +0.4pp
Westmoor High School
Daly City · Public
 3.92 21.1% +-0.3pp
Jefferson High School
Daly City · Public
 3.91 19.8% +-0.5pp
Design Tech High School
Redwood City · Public
 4.07 22.6% +-0.8pp
Mills High School
Millbrae · Public
 3.99 20.9% +-1.2pp
Woodside High School
Woodside · Public
 4.02 21.0% +-1.7pp
Aragon High School
San Mateo · Public
 3.99 19.8% +-2.2pp

▼ Top 10 underperformers

School GPA Actual Δ vs exp.
Terra Nova High School
Pacifica · Public
 3.90 19.6% -8.7pp
San Mateo High School
San Mateo · Public
 3.96 16.7% -4.9pp
Menlo Atherton High School
Atherton · Public
 3.98 16.8% -4.9pp
Carlmont High School
Belmont · Public
 4.00 17.8% -4.5pp
Sequoia High School
Redwood City · Public
 3.98 18.0% -4.4pp
El Camino High
South San Francisco · Public
 3.98 17.8% -4.0pp
Hillsdale High School
San Mateo · Public
 4.02 19.7% -3.1pp
Burlingame High School
Burlingame · Public
 3.96 18.6% -3.1pp
Aragon High School
San Mateo · Public
 3.99 19.8% -2.2pp
Woodside High School
Woodside · Public
 4.02 21.0% -1.7pp

Full rankings — every San Mateo County high school by UC Reach

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27 schools · 2025 data · 8 hidden (under 50 seniors)
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# School County Seniors ⓘ Total Enroll ⓘ UC Reach ⓘ App Reach ⓘ Admit Rate ⓘ Yield ⓘ Selective Reach ⓘ Elite Reach ⓘ Raw Apps ⓘ Raw Admits ⓘ
1
Woodside Priory School
Portola Valley · Private
 San Mateo 74 436 70.3% 337.8% 20.8% — 58.1 12.2 250 52
2
Design Tech High School
Redwood City · Public  Best in class
 San Mateo 138 567 69.6% 308.0% 22.6% 18.8% 53.6 13.0 425 96
3
The Nueva School
San Mateo · Private
 San Mateo 108 952 64.8% 375.0% 17.3% 4.3% 47.2 23.1 405 70
4
Menlo School
Atherton · Private
 San Mateo 149 805 62.4% 348.3% 17.9% 10.8% 49.7 19.5 519 93
5
Mills High School
Millbrae · Public  Sharp downturn
 San Mateo 275 1,115 59.3% 283.3% 20.9% 28.2% 43.6 10.2 779 163
6
Carlmont High School
Belmont · Public  Best in class
 San Mateo 595 2,360 54.1% 304.4% 17.8% 29.2% 41.3 11.6 1,811 322
7
Aragon High School
San Mateo · Public  Best in class
 San Mateo 438 1,658 53.6% 271.5% 19.8% 30.6% 38.1 9.1 1,189 235
8
Oceana High School
Pacifica · Public  Sharp downturn
 San Mateo 142 471 50.7% 208.4% 24.3% 37.5% 36.6 8.4 296 72
9
Burlingame High School
Burlingame · Public  Best in class
 San Mateo 412 1,583 44.7% 239.8% 18.6% 17.4% 31.6 6.8 988 184
10
San Mateo High School
San Mateo · Public  Compounding decline
 San Mateo 394 1,557 33.0% 197.2% 16.7% 23.1% 24.6 7.4 777 130
11
Hillsdale High School
San Mateo · Public  Strong demand
 San Mateo 411 1,585 32.1% 163.0% 19.7% 23.5% 22.9 5.8 670 132
12
Woodside High School
Woodside · Public  Strong demand
 San Mateo 435 1,660 31.7% 150.8% 21.0% 27.5% 24.8 6.4 656 138
13
Menlo Atherton High School
Atherton · Public  Strong demand
 San Mateo 571 2,158 30.1% 179.5% 16.8% 25.6% 21.5 6.7 1,025 172
14
Half Moon Bay High School
Half Moon Bay · Public  Tracking
 San Mateo 233 911 29.6% 112.0% 26.4% 18.8% 21.5 5.2 261 69
15
Eastside College Prep School
East Palo Alto · Private
 San Mateo 57 251 26.3% 142.1% 18.5% 33.3% 12.3 — 81 15
16
Westmoor High School
Daly City · Public  Compounding decline
 San Mateo 322 1,278 25.2% 119.2% 21.1% 39.5% 15.5 3.7 384 81
17
Mercy High School
Burlingame · Private
 San Mateo 81 354 24.7% 209.9% 11.8% — 13.6 — 170 20
18
El Camino High
South San Francisco · Public  Demand problem
 San Mateo 271 1,053 22.5% 126.2% 17.8% 29.5% 14.0 3.3 342 61
19
Sequoia High School
Redwood City · Public  Tracking
 San Mateo 475 1,854 21.3% 117.9% 18.0% 16.8% 14.9 5.0 560 101
20
South San Francisco Hs
South San Francisco · Public  Compounding decline
 San Mateo 304 1,239 14.5% 66.5% 21.8% 22.7% 9.9 2.0 202 44
21
Capuchino High School
San Bruno · Public  Strong demand
 San Mateo 281 1,061 14.2% 76.2% 18.7% 20.0% 9.2 3.2 214 40
22
Jefferson High School
Daly City · Public  Demand hides churn
 San Mateo 260 1,072 13.8% 82.3% 16.8% 27.8% 9.6 2.3 214 36
23
Everest Public High School
Redwood City · Public  Compounding decline
 San Mateo 52 224 11.5% 40.4% 28.6% — — — 21 6
24
Tide Academy
Menlo Park · Public  Sharp downturn
 San Mateo 68 212 10.3% 129.4% 8.0% — 4.4 — 88 7
25
Terra Nova High School
Pacifica · Public  Material decline
 San Mateo 178 740 10.1% 91.0% 11.1% 22.2% 5.6 — 162 18
26
Kipp Esperanza High School
East Palo Alto · Public  Compounding decline
 San Mateo 57 194 7.0% 124.6% 5.6% — — — 71 4
27
East Palo Alto Academy
East Palo Alto · Public  Demand problem
 San Mateo 68 278 4.4% 58.8% 7.5% — 4.4 — 40 3
UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class size. Where UCOP has not published unique-student totals, campus admits are summed — students admitted to more than one of the 6 campuses are counted at each, so values above 100% indicate strong students winning multiple competitive UC offers. Schools with fewer than 50 seniors are excluded from the leaderboard by default — a small cohort with one strong year can otherwise dominate. See methodology →