San Mateo County high schools by UC admissions, fall 2025

Year

Ranked by the share of each school's seniors (12th graders) admitted to at least one UC campus: admits and seniors from the same year, so large and small schools compare fairly.

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Include schools with under 50 seniors

Showing 1–35 of 35 schools


Design Tech High School Redwood City · Public	138	68%	81%	55%	96%
Woodside Priory Private	74	70%	73%	51%	—
Mills High School Millbrae · Public	275	57%	87%	49%	68%
Eastside College Preparatory School Private	57	54%	90%	49%	—
KIPP Esperanza High School East Palo Alto · Public	57	56%	88%	49%	—
Aragon High School San Mateo · Public	438	57%	86%	49%	75%
Carlmont High School Belmont · Public	595	61%	77%	47%	77%
Menlo Private	149	76%	60%	46%	—
Crystal Springs Uplands School Private	80	74%	61%	45%	—
Summit Public School: Shasta Daly City · Public	110	58%	73%	43%	100%
Burlingame High School Burlingame · Public	412	53%	75%	40%	81%
Notre Dame High School Private	79	61%	65%	39%	—
Oceana High School Pacifica · Public	142	45%	83%	37%	75%
Junipero Serra High School Private	215	48%	73%	35%	—
Mercy High School Private	81	53%	65%	35%	—
Summit Preparatory Charter High School Redwood City · Public	99	42%	81%	34%	100%
Sacred Heart Schools, Atherton Private	154	55%	62%	34%	—
San Mateo High School San Mateo · Public	394	42%	80%	33%	55%
Menlo-Atherton High School Atherton · Public	571	41%	72%	29%	66%
Woodside High School Woodside · Public	435	38%	74%	28%	67%
Hillsdale High School San Mateo · Public	411	38%	74%	28%	70%
Half Moon Bay High School Half Moon Bay · Public	233	32%	81%	26%	57%
Sequoia High School Redwood City · Public	475	33%	76%	25%	62%
Stanford Online High School Private	176	32%	77%	25%	—
Westmoor High School Daly City · Public	322	29%	77%	22%	45%
East Palo Alto Academy East Palo Alto · Public	68	26%	83%	22%	47%
El Camino High School South San Francisco · Public	271	32%	66%	21%	67%
Terra Nova High School Pacifica · Public	178	27%	75%	20%	58%
Jefferson High School Daly City · Public	260	23%	75%	18%	63%
Capuchino High School San Bruno · Public	281	19%	76%	15%	64%
South San Francisco High School South San Francisco · Public	304	18%	64%	12%	47%
California Virtual Academy San Mateo Simi Valley · Public	93	—	—	—	33%
Compass High School Private	—	—	too few	—	—
Redwood High School Redwood City · Public	121	—	too few	—	—
The Nueva School Private	—	—	60%	—	—

Fall 2025. Seniors are 12th graders enrolled that October. Ticks mark the county median. "Too few" means under 10 applicants or counts the source hides. A–G complete is the share of graduates who finished the UC/CSU required courses (public schools, latest published class).

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