Enrollment & Outcomes Scorecard
Menlo Atherton High School
Public · Atherton · San Mateo County · 2,152 students · Class of 2025
UC Reach · Class of 2025
30%
Higher than 73% of California high schools
-24.1 pp vs. peer median (54.2%)
· Ranked #7 of 9 similar schools
5-year UC Reach
2021 · 29.0%
2025 · 30.1%
-1%
Senior-class enrollment (2018–2026)
+4.6 pp
vs. San Mateo County baseline (-5%)
~2050
5-yr projected enrollment (102 fewer than today)
- ▸On UC Reach, Menlo Atherton High School sits near the bottom of its similar-school group (ranked #7 of 9): 30% vs. a peer median of 54%.
- ▸Its UC Reach has slipped 4 points since 2018 — worth watching.
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is down 1% (549→545 from 2018 to 2026), tracking the peer-group median of -2%.
- ▸In business terms, this is market-share growth during a market contraction. San Mateo County's senior population shrank 5% over the same window — Menlo Atherton High School only shrank 1%. So Menlo Atherton High School picked up about 5 percentage points of relative share — families chose it over the alternatives even as the overall pool got smaller. That's overperforming the market in a shrinking market.
- ▸At its recent rate (-1.6%/yr), enrollment projects to ~2050 by 2029 — about 102 fewer students than today.
Most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | UC Reach | Enroll. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palo Alto Senior High School | Public | 69.9% | -8% |
| Palo Alto High | Public | — | -2% |
| Los Altos High | Public | 54.3% | +4% |
| Sequoia High School | Public | 21.3% | -5% |
| Woodside High School | Public | 31.7% | -2% |
| Carlmont High School | Public | 54.1% | +4% |
UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class. Sources: UCOP Admissions by Source School, CDE enrollment, IRS Form 990, NCES F-33. Test Prep Gurus Intelligence by Test Prep Gurus · Methodology
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