Menlo School

A+ 5.0 California, US

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Matriculation A+

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Extracurriculars A-

Community A+

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Menlo School's mission is to empower students to explore and expand their interests, reach their fullest potential, develop the skills necessary for success in college, and become ethical, responsible, and engaged members of ever wider communities.
At Menlo School, we are passionate about encouraging students to pursue high standards of academic excellence; discover the joy of learning; stretch themselves and raise challenging questions; demonstrate courage, integrity and a commitment to ethical behavior; develop a sense of commitment to purposes larger than themselves; appreciate the richness of diversity; think independently and creatively; take progressively more responsibility for themselves and their education; and lead healthful lives.

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Current School

Tuition

$52700

Enrollment

795

Faculty with Advanced Degrees

73%

Teacher-Student Ratio

1:10

Endowment

$4.1 millions

Average SAT Score

1410

Average ACT Score

Class Size

Matriculation

(2021-2023)

Ranking	University/College	Students
#1	Princeton University	5
#2	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	2
#3	Harvard College	5
#3	Stanford University	23
#3	Yale University	4
LAC #1	Williams College	3
#6	University of Chicago	14
#7	Johns Hopkins University	5
#7	University of Pennsylvania	7
#10	Duke University	7
#10	Northwestern University	6
LAC #2	Amherst College	2
#12	Dartmouth College	7
#13	Brown University	6
#13	Vanderbilt University	5
#15	Rice University	3
#15	Washington University in St. Louis	11
LAC #3	Pomona College	2
#17	Cornell University	13
#18	Columbia University	4
#18	University of Notre Dame	4
#20	University of California: Berkeley	18
#20	University of California: Los Angeles	7
#22	Carnegie Mellon University	4
#22	Emory University	4
#22	Georgetown University	4
#25	New York University	3
#25	University of Michigan	8
#25	University of Southern California	2
#25	University of Virginia	1
LAC #5	Wellesley College	3
#29	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	1
#29	Wake Forest University	7
LAC #6	Bowdoin College	2
LAC #6	Carleton College	1
#32	Tufts University	8
#32	University of California: Santa Barbara	3
#34	University of California: San Diego	4
#36	Boston College	12
#36	University of Rochester	1
#38	University of California: Davis	1
#38	University of Texas at Austin	2
#38	University of Wisconsin-Madison	12
#41	Boston University	5
#44	Case Western Reserve University	3
#44	Northeastern University	1
#44	Tulane University	13
LAC #9	Claremont McKenna College	4
#51	Lehigh University	4
#51	Purdue University	5
#51	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	1
#51	Villanova University	4
#55	Santa Clara University	8
#55	University of Washington	4
LAC #11	Middlebury College	2
LAC #11	Washington and Lee University	1
#62	Syracuse University	2
LAC #13	Vassar College	2
#72	American University	1
#72	Fordham University	1
#72	Sarah Lawrence College	2
#72	Southern Methodist University	5
#77	Baylor University	2
#83	Gonzaga University	3
#83	Marquette University	2
#89	Brigham Young University	2
#89	Texas Christian University	2
LAC #18	Colgate University	1
LAC #18	Haverford College	1
LAC #18	United States Air Force Academy	1
LAC #18	University of Richmond	2
#97	University of San Diego	1
#105	University of Arizona	2
#105	University of Denver	1
#105	University of Oregon	1
#105	University of Utah	3
LAC #24	Colby College	2
LAC #25	Bates College	3
LAC #27	Colorado College	3
#137	Seattle University	1
#151	University of Cincinnati	1
LAC #33	Scripps College	2
LAC #37	Bucknell University	1
LAC #37	Occidental College	2
LAC #39	Denison University	3
LAC #39	Skidmore College	3
LAC #39	Trinity College	2
#234	Pace University	1
LAC #48	Whitman College	1
#317	Northern Arizona University	1
	Art Center College of Design	1
	Babson College	2
	Belmont College	1
	California Polytechnic State University: San Luis Obispo	3
	California State Polytechnic University: Pomona	2
	Canada College	1
	College of San Mateo	2
	Emerson College	1
	Foothill College	2
	parsons school of design	1
	Rhode Island School of Design	1
	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	1
	Saint Mary's College of California	2
	Santa Monica College	2
	United States Military Academy	1
	University of British Columbia	2
	University of California: Riverside	2
	University of Cambridge	1
	University of Colorado Boulder	6
	University of Maryland: College Park	2
	University of Redlands	1
	University of St. Andrews	1
	University of Tennessee: Knoxville	1
	University of Toronto	1
	Utah Valley University	1

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		Matriculation
Ranking	University/College	2021-2023	2019-2022	2018-2021	2018-2020	2017-2019	Total
	All schools	322	328	323	331	322
#1	Princeton University	5	5	5	5	3	23
#2	Harvard College	5	6	8	10	12	41
#2	Columbia University	4	5	5	3	2	19
#2	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	2	3	3	5	4	17
#5	Yale University	4	5	6	6	7	28
#6	University of Chicago	14	10	10	8	10	52
#6	Stanford University	23	23	24	19	24	113
#8	University of Pennsylvania	7	6	6	4	7	30
#9	Northwestern University	6	10	6	11	7	40
#9	Duke University	7	12	10	9	3	41
#9	California Institute of Technology			1	2	2	5
#9	Johns Hopkins University	5	5	5	5	2	22
#13	Dartmouth College	7	9	7	11	10	44
#14	Washington University in St. Louis	11	9	12	13	16	61
#14	Vanderbilt University	5	5	6	8	5	29
#14	Brown University	6	7	6	7	5	31
#17	Cornell University	13	10	9	8	11	51
#17	Rice University	3	1	2	1	1	8
#19	University of Notre Dame	4	6	5	2		17
#20	University of California: Los Angeles	7	11	10	10	7	45
#21	Emory University	4	4	1	2	2	13
#22	University of California: Berkeley	18	15	11	14	15	73
#23	University of Michigan	8	11	11	8	7	45
#23	Georgetown University	4	5	5	5	4	23
#25	University of Virginia	1	3	4	4	3	15
#25	Carnegie Mellon University	4	5	8	9	5	31
#27	University of Southern California	2	5	8	13	24	52
#28	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	1	1	3	6	1	12
#28	Tufts University	8	6	3	3	2	22
#28	Wake Forest University	7	6	6	5	9	33
#28	New York University	3	5	8	12	10	38
#28	University of California: Santa Barbara	3	3	2	2	3	13
#34	University of Rochester	1	1				2
#34	University of California: San Diego	4	3	3			10
#36	Boston College	12	8	6	4	3	33
#36	University of California: Irvine		1	1	2	1	5
#38	University of California: Davis	1	2	3	4	3	13
#38	University of Texas at Austin	2	3	3	2		10
#38	Georgia Institute of Technology			1	1	2	4
#42	Brandeis University		1	1	1		3
#42	Boston University	5	3	3	2	3	16
#42	University of Wisconsin-Madison	12	12	9	5	4	42
#42	Tulane University	13	11	10	13	13	60
#42	Case Western Reserve University	3	3	1			7
#47	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign			1	2	2	5
#49	Northeastern University	1	1	2	2	1	7
#49	Lehigh University	4	4	3	1	1	13
#49	Purdue University	5	6	3	1	1	16
#49	Villanova University	4	4	5	5	4	22
#55	Santa Clara University	8	7	5	3	2	25
#55	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	1	1				2
#55	University of Miami			2	3	3	8
#59	Syracuse University	2	1	1			4
#59	University of Washington	4	2	2	4	6	18
#59	University of Maryland: College Park	2	2	1	2	3	10
#63	George Washington University			1	1	2	4
#68	Southern Methodist University	5	4	9	14	18	50
#68	Fordham University	1	1	1	1	1	5
#68	Indiana University Bloomington		1	2	2	1	6
#75	Clemson University			1	1		2
#75	Loyola Marymount University				1	2	3
#75	Baylor University	2	1	1	1		5
#79	Gonzaga University	3	2	2	1		8
#79	Brigham Young University	2	2			2	6
#79	American University	1	1	1			3
#83	Texas Christian University	2	1	1			4
#83	University of California: Riverside	2	4	4	3		13
#83	Marquette University	2	2				4
#93	University of Denver	1	1	1			3
#93	University of San Diego	1	1	2	1	1	6
#99	University of Oregon	1	1	2	2	2	8
#99	University of Utah	3	3	2		1	9
#103	University of California: Santa Cruz			1	2	2	5
#103	University of Illinois at Chicago				1		1
#103	University of Arizona	2	2	1			5
#117	Arizona State University			2	3	2	7
#122	Chapman University				1	3	4
#127	Seattle University	1	1	1			3
#148	University of Cincinnati	1	1	1			3
#148	University of Alabama			1	1	1	3
	University of Colorado Boulder	6	5	3	8	9	31
	University of Tennessee: Knoxville	1	1	1			3

		Matriculation
Ranking	University/College	2021-2023	2019-2022	2018-2021	2018-2020	2017-2019	Total
	All schools	50	58	54	58	48
#1	Williams College	3	3	2	1	1	10
#2	Amherst College	2	2				4
#4	Pomona College	2	6	7	7	3	25
#5	Wellesley College	3	2	1		1	7
#6	United States Naval Academy				1	1	2
#6	Bowdoin College	2	1		1	1	5
#8	Claremont McKenna College	4	4	3	2	1	14
#9	Middlebury College	2	3	3	3	4	15
#9	Carleton College	1	3	5	5	2	16
#11	United States Military Academy	1	2	1	1		5
#11	Washington and Lee University	1	1		1	1	4
#13	Hamilton College			2	2	3	7
#13	Davidson College		2	2	2		6
#16	Haverford College	1	1	1	3	4	10
#17	Colgate University	1	1				2
#17	Barnard College				1	1	2
#17	Colby College	2	2	2	1	2	9
#22	University of Richmond	2	2	2	2	1	9
#22	United States Air Force Academy	1	1	1			3
#22	Vassar College	2	1	1			4
#25	Bates College	3	4	2	2	1	12
#26	Colorado College	3	2	2	3	4	14
#27	Macalester College				1	1	2
#28	Harvey Mudd College		1	2	2	2	7
#30	Bryn Mawr College			1	1	1	3
#30	Scripps College	2		2	2	2	8
#30	Kenyon College			1	1	1	3
#35	Pitzer College			1	1	1	3
#36	Oberlin College				1	1	2
#38	Whitman College	1	1	2	2	1	7
#38	Skidmore College	3	2		1	1	7
#38	Lafayette College		2	2	2		6
#38	Bucknell University	1	2	2	2	2	9
#42	Occidental College	2	1	1	1	2	7
#42	Denison University	3	3				6
#46	Trinity College	2	2	1	1		6
#50	Connecticut College			1	1	1	3
#54	Gettysburg College					1	1
	Franklin & Marshall College		1	1	1		3

AP Scores

(2020)

Number of tests taken

333

Academics

AP

(12)

Calculus AB	Calculus BC
Physics 2	Statistics
Computer Science A	English Language and Composition

Sports

(12)

Baseball	Basketball
Cross Country	American Football
Golf	Lacrosse

Extracurricular Activities and Clubs

(22)

Chess club	Cooking Club
Formula 1 Club	Garden Club
Happiness Club	Jewlery Making Club

Arts

(16)

Band	Chamber Choir
Chamber Orchestra	Choir
Chorus	Dance

Contact Info

https://www.menloschool.org

50 Valparaiso Avenue, Atherton, CA 94027

650-330-2000

admissions@menloschool.org

California

Basic Info

Co-ed

Day S. Grades: 6-12

Urban

IB: No

ESL: No

Year Founded: 1915

Campus Size: 62 acres

Religious Affiliation: No Religious Affiliation

Application Info

Deadline: 01/11

Other Accepted Scores: ISEE

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San Jose, California

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Population (2022) 948,279

Cost of Living Higher than average 53%

Nearby Airport San Jose International Airport

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Chess club	Cooking Club
Formula 1 Club	Garden Club
Happiness Club	Jewlery Making Club
K-Pop Club	Knitting Club
Trivia Club	BioChem Club
Data Science Club	Ethics Club
French Club	History Club
Physics Club	Curieus Club
Athlete Empowerment Club	Hakuna Masquata Barbell Club
Choreo Club	Stagetech Club
Art and Mural Club	Menlo Chamber Club

Band	Chamber Choir
Chamber Orchestra	Choir
Chorus	Dance
Drama	Jazz
Music	Music Theory
Theater	Book Arts
Mobile Movie Making	Photography
Studio Art	Art