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Menlo-Atherton High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
555 Midfield Rd.
Atherton, CA 94025
Phone
(650) 322-5311
District
SEQUOIA UNION HIGH
County
SAN MATEO COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
2221
Classroom Teachers
127

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to California

9

(10 is best)

Better than 88.8% of all CA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Menlo-Atherton High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

80 60 40 20 0
61%
41%
70%
54%
52%
27%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
17
17
22
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 527 23.7%
Grade 10 570 25.7%
Grade 11 550 24.8%
Grade 12 574 25.8%
Total 2221 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 41.4% 41.5% 22.7%
Black 4.9% 2.5% 5.4%
Hispanic 40.4% 40.5% 58.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 8.4% 13.0% 12.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 5.0% 2.5% 0.9%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 27.4% 24.7% 57.6%
Free lunch eligible 26.2% 23.3% 50.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 1.2% 1.4% 6.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 259,665 39,029,342
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 2,709.0 247
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.7% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.2% 19.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 34.3% 35.3%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.7% 24.8%
65 OR OLDER 14.2% 14.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 89,744 13,315,822
Single Parent Households With Children 5.5% 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 90.4% 84.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 58.2% 35.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 51.4% 28.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.5% 17.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 7.4% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 9.8% 13.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 7.0% 11.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 4.5% 8.6%
$15,000 or less 4.4% 7.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,921 $106,764,476 46.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,912 $17,123,872 7.4%
Staff $1,499 $13,425,044 5.8%
General Administration $277 $2,480,812 1.1%
School Administration $1,176 $10,532,256 4.5%
Operation $2,224 $19,918,144 8.6%
Transportation $576 $5,158,656 2.2%
Other $1,083 $9,699,348 4.2%
Total Support $8,746 $78,329,176 33.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,237 $46,902,572 20.2%
Total Expenditures $25,904 $231,996,224 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,443 $49,757,893,850 48.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $924 $5,448,154,552 5.3%
Staff $874 $5,153,341,847 5.0%
General Administration $228 $1,344,982,098 1.3%
School Administration $939 $5,530,709,253 5.3%
Operation $1,330 $7,835,832,768 7.6%
Transportation $297 $1,752,376,286 1.7%
Other $706 $4,162,206,192 4.0%
Total Support $5,299 $31,228,266,126 30.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,859 $22,743,739,970 21.9%
Total Expenditures $17,602 $103,729,621,761 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%