Enrollment & Outcomes Scorecard
Menlo Atherton High School
Public · Atherton · San Mateo County · 2,152 students · Class of 2025
UC Reach Score · Class of 2025
30
Above average
top 25% in California
Higher than 72% of California high schools
-24.0 pp vs. peer median (54)
· Ranked #8 of 10 similar schools
5-year UC Reach Score
2021 · 29
2025 · 30
-1%
Senior-class enrollment (2018–2026)
+3.1 pp
vs. San Mateo County baseline (-4%)
~2015
5-yr projected enrollment (137 fewer than today)
- ▸On UC Reach Score, Menlo Atherton High School sits near the bottom of its similar-school group (ranked #8 of 10): 30 vs. a peer median of 54.
- ▸Menlo Atherton High School's UC Reach Score has stepped down from a peak of 36 in 2020 to 30 in 2025 — a 6-point decline worth tracking.
- ▸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 4% over the same window — Menlo Atherton High School only shrank 1%. So Menlo Atherton High School picked up about 3 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 (-2.2%/yr), enrollment projects to ~2015 by 2029 — about 137 fewer students than today.
Most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | UC Reach Score | Enroll. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palo Alto Senior High School | Public | 70 | -8% |
| Palo Alto High | Public | — | -2% |
| Los Altos High | Public | 54 | +4% |
| Sequoia High School | Public | 21 | -5% |
| Woodside High School | Public | 32 | -2% |
| Mountain View High School | Public | 51 | -13% |
UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class. Sources: UCOP Admissions by Source School, CDE enrollment, IRS Form 990, NCES F-33. Reach — by Test Prep Gurus · Methodology
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