Mid Peninsula High School

Menlo Park · San Mateo County · Private independent

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Where graduates go, as the school itself publishes it. Mid Peninsula High School publishes where its graduates go (the last four years): 102 colleges, including Boston University *, Middlebury College *, New York University *, Northeastern *.
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Where graduates go — as published by the school

Mid Peninsula High School publishes the colleges its graduates attend (the last four years): 102 colleges. See the full list ↓

Admissions at a glance

How hard is it to get into Mid Peninsula High School?

Admissions at Mid Peninsula High School: the school serves grades 9–12 and the student–teacher ratio is 7.5 : 1.

Grades served

9–12

NCES PSS

Enrollment

137

2022 count

Student–teacher ratio

7.5 : 1

NCES PSS 2022, 137 students

From the school's own admissions pages and public filings. Dates verified Oct 1, 2026; exams verified September 2026. Full calendar: California private-school admissions tracker · entrance exams. More private high schools in San Francisco Peninsula and Silicon Valley · Entrance exams in San Francisco Peninsula and Silicon Valley

Private high schools near Mid Peninsula High School

Five private high schools within 7 miles of Mid Peninsula High School, with tuition and the exam each requires where the school publishes them.

School	City	Miles	Grades	Tuition	Entrance exam	UC Reach Score
Eastside College Prep School	East Palo Alto	1.4	9–12		No entrance exam posted	26
Castilleja School	Palo Alto	2.5	6–12		No entrance exam	114
Menlo School	Atherton	2.7	6–12	$67,792	School's own assessment	62
Pinewood School	Los Altos Hills	6.1	K–12		No entrance exam posted	72
Khan Lab School	Mountain View	6.6	TK–12	$38,850	No entrance exam posted

Distances are straight-line miles between school locations. Tuition and exams are from each school's own admissions pages; see the entrance-exam guide.

Their published college list

Colleges the school lists for its graduates

Mid-Peninsula High School publishes a list of colleges for its graduates. What follows is copied from that document — 102 colleges, in the document's own order.

Years, as the document states them
the last four years

University of California · 4

UC Berkeley * · UC Merced * · UC Riverside * · UC Santa Cruz

Cal State · 8

Cal Poly Humboldt · Cal Poly Pomona * · Cal Poly San Luis Obispo * · Cal State East Bay * · Chico State University · Sacramento State University * · San Diego State University · San Jose State University

Other California · 10

Chapman University * · CSU Monterey Bay * · Loyola Marymount University * · Occidental College * · Santa Clara University * · St. Mary's College of California * · University of Redlands · University of San Francisco · University of Southern California * · University of the Pacific *

Out of state · 65

Aurora University · Ball State University · Bard College · Beacon College · Belmont University * · Berklee College of Music · Boise State University * · Boston University * · Brandeis University * · Clark University · Clarkson University · Colorado School of Mines · Colorado State University * · DePaul * · and 51 more below

Not matched to a college page · 15

Augustana College * · Cabrio Community College * · California College of the Arts · Canada College * · College of San Mateo * · Concordia University · Dean College * · Denver University · Laguna College of Art & Design · Lesly University · Mercyhurst College · Moore College of Art & Design * · San Francsico State University * · Simon Fraser University · and 1 more below

Is my kid's college on this list?

— Stanford University ✓ New York University ✓ University of Southern California — University of California, Los Angeles ✓ University of California, Berkeley — University of Michigan — Cornell University ✓ Boston University ✓ Northeastern University — University of Texas at Austin — Georgetown University — Duke University

Any college:

The school down the road: Waldorf School of the Peninsula

College	Mid-Peninsula High School	Waldorf School of the Peninsula
Boston University *	✓ named	—
New York University *	✓ named	—
Northeastern *	✓ named	—
Purdue University *	✓ named	✓ named
Tufts University	✓ named	—
UC Berkeley *	✓ named	✓ named
University of Chicago	—	✓ named
University of Southern California *	✓ named	—

Both schools print names, not counts, so this shows which selective colleges each list names.

All 102 colleges, as the document prints them

Augustana College * Aurora University Ball State University Bard College Beacon College Belmont University * Berklee College of Music Boise State University * Boston University * Brandeis University * Cabrio Community College * Cal Poly Humboldt Cal Poly Pomona * Cal Poly San Luis Obispo * Cal State East Bay * California College of the Arts Canada College * Chapman University * Chico State University Clark University Clarkson University College of San Mateo * Colorado School of Mines Colorado State University * Concordia University CSU Monterey Bay * Dean College * Denver University DePaul * Dominican University

and 72 more

Drexel University * Eckerd College Elon University Emerson College Fairfield University Fordham University Gonzaga University Hofstra University Juniata College Kalamazoo College Knox College Laguna College of Art & Design Lasell University * Lesly University Lewis & Clark College * Loyola Marymount University * Lynn University * McDaniel College Mercyhurst College Miami University Michigan State University Middlebury College * Mitchell College Moore College of Art & Design * Muhlenberg College New York University * Northeastern * Oberlin College Occidental College * Oregon Institute of Technology Pratt Institute * Purdue University * Reed College * Ringling College of Art & Design * Rochester Institute of Technology Sacramento State University * San Diego State University San Francsico State University * San Jose State University Santa Clara University * Seattle University Simon Fraser University Smith College St. Mary's College of California * Syracuse University * Tufts University UC Berkeley * UC Merced * UC Riverside * UC Santa Cruz University of Arizona University of Colorado * University of Idaho University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Minnesota * University of Nevada, Reno University of New Mexico University of Oregon * University of Pittsburgh * University of Puget Sound * University of Redlands University of San Francisco University of Southern California * University of the Pacific * University of Vermont Vassar University * Wesleyan University * Western Oregon University Western Washington University * Whitman College Widener University Willamette University *

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Independently verified As published by Mid-Peninsula High School — Life After Mid-Pen page ↗. Found at: three-column list under 'In the last four years, Mid-Pen students have been accepted to the following institutions'.

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How Mid Peninsula High School compares for families

What families should know about Mid Peninsula High School.

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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)

110 (2018) → 137 (2022)

+24.5%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

26 (2018) → 33 (2022)

+26.9%

How does Mid Peninsula High School really compare on getting kids to college?

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Financial profile — IRS Form 990, FY2023

From 14 years of Form 990 filings via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (free public IRS data). The school's tax filings show financial scale, fundraising health, and endowment trajectory — signals that drive board-level conversations about tuition pricing, financial-aid capacity, and capital projects.

Total revenue

$0.2M

FY2023

Net assets (endowment + property)

$0.1M

-69.4% since FY2010

Tuition revenue (program)

$0.0M

≈ $317/student avg

Gifts & grants

$0.1M

fundraising

Total revenue by year ($M)

Net assets by year ($M)

Source: IRS Form 990 via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (EIN 237105552). View latest 990 PDF → Tuition-per-student is total program-service revenue divided by latest enrollment — a rough average that includes auxiliary revenue (athletics, food service, etc.); the actual published tuition can differ. Form 990 is filed annually under penalty of perjury, so the financial scale figures are authoritative.

UC Reach Score ⓘ methodology

UC Application Reach Score ⓘ

N/A

18 applications

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

N/A

— / 18 applications

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

N/A

— enrolled of — admitted

Yield vs. Enrollment Reach: Yield answers "of UC admits, what % chose UC?" — denominator is just the admits. A small admitted cohort can post a low yield even when the school sends a healthy share of its class to UC.

UC Enrollment Reach Score ⓘ

N/A

— enrollees / — seniors

Enrollment Reach vs. Yield: Reach answers "of the whole senior class, what share ended up at UC?" — denominator is everyone. High Yield with low Enrollment Reach is common at elite privates: most admits matriculate, but the school sends most of its class to non-UC selective colleges.

Selective UC Reach (UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, UCI — incl. the Elite two) ⓘ

N/A

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

N/A

Senior Class Size ⓘ

N/A

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Total School Enrollment ⓘ

N/A

All grades · Private School Affidavit

Private-school figures come from the California Private School Affidavit. Per CDE, inclusion in private-school data is not an evaluation, approval, or endorsement of a school.

Avg. Applicant GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

3.69

GPA figures reflect 2024 — UC has not yet released applicant/admit GPA for 2025.

UC Outcomes Trend — 2020–2025

UC Admit Rate %

UC Reach Score (where available)

UC Admits (count, right axis)

Class size from CDE grade 12 enrollment. Campus-level data: applicant and admit totals count a student once at EACH campus. A senior admitted to UCLA and UC San Diego adds 2 to the admit total, so the total can exceed the senior class — that is the metric working as defined, not an error. The admit RATE is unaffected: both its numerator and denominator are campus-level.

Campus Breakdown — 2025

Campus	Applicants	Admits	Enrollees	Admit Rate	UC Reach Score	Yield	Avg GPA (App) '24	Avg GPA (Adm) '24
UC San Diego → Selective	6	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	—	—^†
UC Santa Barbara → Selective	5	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	3.71	—^†
UC Davis →	7	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	3.68	—^†

† = UCOP-suppressed (count below 3 students, hidden for privacy — actual value is 0, 1, or 2, not necessarily zero). Campus-level totals may count one student admitted to multiple UC campuses more than once; Admit Volume metrics are not the same as UC Reach, which is measured against the whole senior class. See methodology →

What This Means

Note: the UC Reach Score sums campus-level admits across the top-six UC campuses, so a student admitted to both UCLA and UCSD is counted at each. It reflects competitive admit volume relative to class size — admit-events, not distinct students — which is why a Score can exceed 100.

Senior class size is estimated from CDE grade 12 enrollment data. Reach percentages should be interpreted as approximate.

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At a glance

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Mid Peninsula High School is a private high school in Menlo Park, San Mateo County, California.

Enrollment was 137 students in 2022, up 25% since 2018.

Mid Peninsula High School publishes a list of colleges its graduates attend for the the last four years: 102 colleges. Source: Life After Mid-Pen page.

Sources: University of California Office of the President (admissions), California Department of Education (enrollment, A-G, college-going), and the school's own published documents where named.

Questions families ask

Where do Mid Peninsula High School graduates go to college? Mid Peninsula High School publishes a list of colleges its graduates attend for the the last four years: 102 colleges. Source: Life After Mid-Pen page.

How many students attend Mid Peninsula High School? Enrollment was 137 students in 2022, up 25% since 2018.

Analysis: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach, highschoolreach.com). These figures may be quoted with attribution to Test Prep Gurus.

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