Enrollment & Outcomes Scorecard
Woodside High School
Public · Woodside · San Mateo County · 1,694 students · Class of 2025
UC Reach Score · Class of 2025
32
Above average
top 25% in California
Higher than 74% of California high schools
-13.0 pp vs. peer median (45)
· Ranked #8 of 10 similar schools
5-year UC Reach Score
2021 · 23
2025 · 32
-2%
Senior-class enrollment (2018–2026)
+2.3 pp
vs. San Mateo County baseline (-4%)
~1589
5-yr projected enrollment (105 fewer than today)
- ▸On UC Reach Score, Woodside High School sits near the bottom of its similar-school group (ranked #8 of 10): 32 vs. a peer median of 45.
- ▸Its UC Reach Score has risen 8 points since 2018.
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is down 2% (406→400 from 2018 to 2026), tracking the peer-group median of -1%.
- ▸In business terms, this is market-share growth during a market contraction. San Mateo County's senior population shrank 4% over the same window — Woodside High School only shrank 2%. So Woodside High School picked up about 2 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 (-2.1%/yr), enrollment projects to ~1589 by 2029 — about 105 fewer students than today.
Most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | UC Reach Score | Enroll. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sequoia High School | Public | 21 | -5% |
| Palo Alto Senior High School | Public | 70 | -8% |
| Palo Alto High | Public | — | -2% |
| Henry M. Gunn High School | Public | 79 | -16% |
| Menlo Atherton High School | Public | 30 | -1% |
| Aragon High School | Public | 54 | +14% |
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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