Menlo-Atherton High

Public 9-12

 555 Midfield Rd.
       Atherton, CA  94025-3438


(650) 322-5311

District: Sequoia Union High

SchoolDigger Rank:
246th of 2,346 California High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $9,732 Help


Feeder schools for Menlo-Atherton High:

Elementary:    Belle Haven Elementary
    Costano Elementary
    Encinal Elementary
    Las Lomitas Elementary
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Middle:    Hillview Middle
    La Entrada Middle

Student/teacher ratio:  18.8 Help
Number of students:  2,125

Racial breakdown:

White:
39.5%
Hispanic:
39.0%
Asian:
8.6%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  30.4% Help


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Compare Details Menlo-Atherton High ranks better than 89.5% of high schools in California. It also ranks 2nd among 5 ranked high schools in the Sequoia Union High School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 84.48. (See more...)
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The Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate (ACGR) measures the percentage of Menlo-Atherton High freshmen who graduate within four years, adjusting for students who transfer in or out.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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Chronic absenteeism in a high school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (39.5%), Hispanic (39%), Asian (8.6%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 30.4% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Menlo-Atherton High is 18.8. 2 high schools in the Sequoia Union High School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Menlo-Atherton High is $9,732. 3 high schools in the Sequoia Union High School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Menlo-Atherton High:

SchoolDigger ranks Menlo-Atherton High 246th of 2346 California public high schools. (See Menlo-Atherton High in the ranking list.)

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Sequoia Union High:

SchoolDigger ranks Sequoia Union High 302nd of 1560 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Menlo-Atherton High

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Rank History for all students at Menlo-Atherton High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 56.00 404th 1653 75.6%
2005 57.92 449th 1901 76.4%
2006 67.32 329th 1968 83.3%
2007 64.44 359th 2063 82.6%
2008 58.50 501st 2117 76.3%
2009 59.87 475th 2238 78.8%
2010 62.29 463rd 2281 79.7%
2011 62.91 438th 2367 81.5%
2012 69.98 302nd 2354 87.2%
2013 71.99 272nd 2426 88.8%
2015 81.27 338th 1994 83.0%
2016 79.76 379th 2039 81.4%
2017 86.11 286th 2021 85.8%
2018 76.66 464th 2017 77.0%
2019 88.90 192nd 2133 91.0%
2022 88.48 220th 2123 89.6%
2023 84.48 245th 2335 89.5%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Menlo-Atherton High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 82.22 59th 422 86.0%
2022 87.54 34th 515 93.4%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Menlo-Atherton High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 38.22 488th 938 48.0%
2019 44.36 382nd 941 59.4%
2022 38.58 563rd 1044 46.1%
2023 40.37 454th 1315 65.5%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Menlo-Atherton High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 57.93 349th 1539 77.3%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Menlo-Atherton High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 28.23 1314th 1862 29.4%
2019 50.32 921st 1937 52.5%
2022 39.42 1140th 1943 41.3%
2023 31.43 1372nd 2237 38.7%
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Rank History for Female students at Menlo-Atherton High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 74.24 451st 1760 74.4%
2019 86.59 217th 1833 88.2%
2022 85.30 243rd 1858 86.9%
2023 83.66 239th 2106 88.7%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Menlo-Atherton High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 54.19 343rd 1052 67.4%
2019 64.06 250th 1117 77.6%
2022 83.24 113th 1161 90.3%
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Rank History for Male students at Menlo-Atherton High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 74.46 466th 1834 74.6%
2019 86.87 214th 1880 88.6%
2022 88.76 199th 1916 89.6%
2023 83.04 263rd 2195 88.0%
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Rank History for Asian students at Menlo-Atherton High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 87.97 36th 581 93.8%
2019 85.09 65th 582 88.8%
2022 87.45 42nd 581 92.8%
2023 92.55 8th 727 98.9%
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Rank History for African American students at Menlo-Atherton High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 28.94 414th 582 28.9%
2019 45.43 299th 592 49.5%
2022 37.43 309th 522 40.8%
2023 37.36 414th 713 41.9%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Menlo-Atherton High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.07 1214th 1742 30.3%
2019 58.48 674th 1814 62.8%
2022 53.27 762nd 1861 59.1%
2023 41.26 1082nd 2132 49.2%
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Rank History for Pacific Islander students at Menlo-Atherton High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 13.41 20th 20 0.0%
2019 18.21 19th 21 9.5%
2022 16.94 13th 14 7.1%
2023 40.86 19th 35 45.7%
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Rank History for White students at Menlo-Atherton High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 92.45 43rd 1173 96.3%
2019 95.34 31st 1222 97.5%
2022 95.18 27th 1204 97.8%
2023 96.51 15th 1424 98.9%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Menlo-Atherton High

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 1036 264 140 240 1 n/a n/a 0 1681
1989 923 268 136 278 4 n/a n/a 0 1609
1990 869 280 131 376 7 n/a n/a 0 1663
1991 682 291 144 407 5 n/a n/a 0 1529
1992 682 307 144 451 11 n/a n/a 0 1595
1993 633 293 163 483 5 n/a n/a 0 1577
1994 590 291 176 522 4 n/a n/a 0 1583
1995 606 317 180 620 4 n/a n/a 0 1727
1996 606 317 180 620 4 n/a n/a 0 1727
1997 670 293 184 666 5 n/a n/a 0 1818
1998 736 267 188 728 2 n/a n/a 0 1921
1999 730 265 164 720 4 n/a n/a 0 1883
2000 715 263 171 752 4 n/a n/a 0 1905
2001 775 227 196 807 5 n/a n/a 2 2012
2002 846 178 200 827 3 n/a n/a 0 2054
2003 846 178 200 827 3 n/a n/a 0 2054
2004 873 172 190 830 4 n/a n/a 21 2090
2005 883 170 185 751 9 n/a n/a 33 2031
2006 832 147 208 761 8 n/a n/a 35 1991
2007 824 122 203 706 9 n/a n/a 55 1919
2008 826 119 219 765 7 n/a n/a 0 1936
2009 874 151 117 775 4 122 46 0 2089
2010 844 138 120 702 5 96 40 0 1945
2011 838 130 137 799 9 94 42 0 2049
2012 829 98 136 804 11 74 48 0 2000
2013 866 74 123 847 12 67 47 0 2036
2014 848 61 105 888 4 59 108 0 2073
2015 885 64 126 923 5 64 91 0 2158
2016 916 90 124 971 11 89 74 0 2275
2017 936 105 158 1011 10 107 74 0 2401
2018 937 98 167 1050 8 116 74 0 2450
2019 963 113 171 1022 7 115 107 0 2498
2020 917 115 184 979 1 104 133 0 2433
2021 902 110 192 935 7 109 113 0 2368
2022 882 104 179 861 12 94 89 0 2221
2023 839 85 182 828 19 83 88 1 2125

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Menlo-Atherton High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1681 76.0 22.1 n/a
1989 1609 71.1 22.6 n/a
1990 1663 73.3 22.6 n/a
1991 1529 74.9 20.4 n/a
1992 1595 76.1 20.9 9.9
1993 1577 72.0 21.9 6.7
1994 1583 71.2 22.2 11.2
1995 1727 77.2 22.4 9.5
1996 1727 77.2 22.4 9.5
1997 1818 81.2 22.4 9.5
1998 1921 83.6 23.0 9.2
1999 1883 85.0 22.2 8.2
2000 1905 88.0 21.6 4.6
2001 2012 93.2 21.6 6.3
2002 2054 93.8 21.9 16.1
2003 2054 93.8 21.9 16.1
2004 2090 97.2 21.5 19.6
2005 2031 95.4 21.3 24.6
2006 1991 101.2 19.7 29.3
2007 1919 93.4 20.5 32
2008 1936 113.2 17.1 36.1
2009 2089 106.2 17.5 34.1
2010 1945 100.4 19.3 33.6
2011 2049 n/a n/a 31.2
2012 2000 94.7 21.1 n/a
2013 2036 102.8 19.7 33.1
2014 2073 107.5 19.2 35.4
2015 2158 112.0 19.2 31
2016 2275 116.0 19.6 33.2
2017 2401 123.8 19.3 34.5
2018 2450 126.4 19.3 40.6
2019 2498 128.3 19.4 38.7
2020 2433 n/a n/a 38.1
2021 2368 131.5 18.0 30.5
2022 2221 127.2 17.4 27.4
2023 2125 112.9 18.8 30.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Menlo-Atherton High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1681 76.0 22.1 n/a
1989 1609 71.1 22.6 n/a
1990 1663 73.3 22.6 n/a
1991 1529 74.9 20.4 n/a
1992 1595 76.1 20.9 9.9
1993 1577 72.0 21.9 6.7
1994 1583 71.2 22.2 11.2
1995 1727 77.2 22.4 9.5
1996 1727 77.2 22.4 9.5
1997 1818 81.2 22.4 9.5
1998 1921 83.6 23.0 9.2
1999 1883 85.0 22.2 8.2
2000 1905 88.0 21.6 4.6
2001 2012 93.2 21.6 6.3
2002 2054 93.8 21.9 16.1
2003 2054 93.8 21.9 16.1
2004 2090 97.2 21.5 19.6
2005 2031 95.4 21.3 24.6
2006 1991 101.2 19.7 29.3
2007 1919 93.4 20.5 32
2008 1936 113.2 17.1 36.1
2009 2089 106.2 17.5 34.1
2010 1945 100.4 19.3 33.6
2011 2049 n/a n/a 31.2
2012 2000 94.7 21.1 n/a
2013 2036 102.8 19.7 33.1
2014 2073 107.5 19.2 35.4
2015 2158 112.0 19.2 31
2016 2275 116.0 19.6 33.2
2017 2401 123.8 19.3 34.5
2018 2450 126.4 19.3 40.6
2019 2498 128.3 19.4 38.7
2020 2433 n/a n/a 38.1
2021 2368 131.5 18.0 30.5
2022 2221 127.2 17.4 27.4
2023 2125 112.9 18.8 30.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Menlo-Atherton High

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $9,732

Data source: California Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Menlo-Atherton High

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 192nd of 2133 High schoolsRanks 245th of 2335 High schools
 1.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Menlo-Atherton High)73.867.2
 6.7%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Sequoia Union High)69.870.4
 0.6%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)57.355.4
 1.9%
11th Grade Mathematics (Menlo-Atherton High)55.348.5
 6.8%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Sequoia Union High)52.349.9
 2.5%
   11th Grade Mathematics (California)32.227.4
 4.9%
12th Grade Science (Menlo-Atherton High)37.923.1
 14.9%
   12th Grade Science (Sequoia Union High)38.319.8
 18.5%
   12th Grade Science (California)25.626.9
 1.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students24982125
 14.9%
African American11385
 24.8%
American Indian719
 171.4%
Asian171182
 6.4%
Hispanic1022828
 19%
Pacific Islander11583
 27.8%
White963839
 12.9%
Two or More Races10788
 17.8%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients38.7%30.4%
 8.3%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Menlo-Atherton High

Menlo-Atherton High ranks 246th of 2346 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

In the 2022-23 school year, 2,125 students attended Menlo-Atherton High.

Students at Menlo-Atherton High are 39% White, 39% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 4% Two or more races, 4% African American, 4% Pacific Islander.

Menlo-Atherton High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Belle Haven Elementary
Elementary : Costano Elementary
Elementary : Encinal Elementary
Elementary : Las Lomitas Elementary
Elementary : Laurel Elementary
Elementary : Oak Knoll Elementary
Middle : Hillview Middle
Middle : La Entrada Middle


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