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Menlo-Atherton High School

555 Middlefield Road, Atherton, CA 94025View on map

  • Public
  • Atherton
  • 571 seniors
  • 2,152 students

Menlo-Atherton High School is a public high school in Atherton (Sequoia Union High) with 571 seniors. In fall 2025, 72% of its 233 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 76%. Its students applied most often to UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), UC Los Angeles (UCLA), and UC Berkeley (Cal). 66% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

72%

167 of 233 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

29%

167 of 571 seniors

County median 34%

Seniors who applied to UC

41%

233 of 571 seniors

County median 42%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

8.4%

15 of 179 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

13%

23 of 173 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 13%

Campus by campus, fall 2025

The share of this school's applicants each campus admitted, beside the campus's rate for everyone else. Hardest campus first.

University of California

Menlo-Atherton High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 0 of 9 campuses, about the same at 4 and worse at 5.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    8%

    15 of 179 admitted

    This school8%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 4.01)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    13%

    23 of 173 admitted

    This school13%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 4.02)

  • Irvine11 pts lower

    12%

    16 of 138 admitted

    This school12%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.14 (all applicants 3.99)

  • San Diego10 pts lower

    15%

    25 of 168 admitted

    This school15%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 4.00)

  • Santa Barbara10 pts lower

    22%

    44 of 198 admitted

    This school22%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 3.93)

  • Davis8 pts lower

    29%

    49 of 169 admitted

    This school29%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.14 (all applicants 3.95)

  • Santa CruzAbout the same

    73%

    107 of 146 admitted

    This school73%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.05 (all applicants 3.90)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    90%

    54 of 60 admitted

    This school90%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.89 (all applicants 3.85)

  • Merced8 pts lower

    88%

    51 of 58 admitted

    This school88%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.81 (all applicants 3.73)

Fall 2025. A student admitted to several campuses counts once at each one. All CA is the campus’s admit rate that fall for applicants from every California high school. Within 3 points counts as about the same. GPA is the UC-calculated GPA (weighted, capped).

California State University

Menlo-Atherton High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 0 of 5 campuses, worse at 5.

  • San Luis Obispo7 pts lower

    22%

    39 of 174 admitted

    This school22%Overall30%

  • San Diego5 pts lower

    29%

    41 of 141 admitted

    This school29%Overall34%

  • San Jose8 pts lower

    72%

    63 of 87 admitted

    This school72%Overall80%

  • Chico7 pts lower

    86%

    32 of 37 admitted

    This school86%Overall94%

  • San Francisco13 pts lower

    83%

    55 of 66 admitted

    This school83%Overall96%

Fall 2025. A student admitted to several campuses counts once at each one. Overall is the campus’s admit rate for all its applicants, from federal IPEDS data (fall 2023, the latest published). Within 3 points counts as about the same.

Where graduates go

Class of 2023 (482 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

79%

383 of 482 graduates

UC or CSU

22%

104 graduates

Community college

26%

127 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC5812%
CSU4610%
CA private college265%
Out of state12626%
Community college12726%
Not enrolled9921%
Enrolled in college38379%
Total482100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: White, Hispanic or Latino, Asian, Two or more races, Black or African American, Pacific Islander
  • Student need: Low-income, English learners, Students with disabilities
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Advanced Placement

24

AP courses offered

2023–24 school year · US Dept. of Education Civil Rights Data Collection

66

AP class sections

Counts every section taught, so it is larger than the number of different AP courses.

39% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

51%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

267 of 526 graduates

A score of 3 or higher on exams or a C- or better in courses. Not comparable with the exam-only share.

2025–26 school year · California Department of Education (College/Career Indicator)

39%

of graduating seniors scored 3 or higher on at least two AP exams

218 of 558 graduates

2023–24 school year · California Department of Education (College/Career Indicator)

Subject areas

  • Computer science: 6 classes
  • English: 24 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 3 classes
  • Foreign language: 6 classes
  • Mathematics: 12 classes
  • Science: 6 classes
  • Social science: 9 classes

Academic context

State test (CAASPP), juniors tested in 2026, and the share of low-income students. A–G is the class of 2023. The tick is the county median.

  • Juniors meeting the English standard 68%County median 62%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 53%County median 37%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 44%County median 29%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 37%County median 19%
  • Low-income students 37%County median 35%
  • Graduates completing courses 66%County median 66%

Across California

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