Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Atherton

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
A+

Las Lomitas Elementary School District

Public school districtGrades K–8

Serves Atherton, and parts of Menlo Park and Woodside.

Atherton’s School Grade A+ better than 96% of California school districts

Students
1,134
Schools
2
Spent per student
$32,152
CA $21,206
Students per teacher
18:1
Free or reduced lunch
6%
Debt
$125.2M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Las Lomitas Elementary School District

  • Its letter, A+: results better than 100% of California districts
  • Math proficiency 50 pts above the state
  • Reading proficiency 39 pts above the state
  • Spends 52% more per student than the CA average
  • 18 students per teacher
  • Debt of $125.2M, about $110,441 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

A+: better than 100% of the 1,872 California school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math well above the state, 2021–22
A+
The town it serves, and its School Grade
A+Atherton 6,960

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Atherton. Grade by grade →

K–53 elementary schoolsMenlo Park City Elementary School District
6–82 middle schoolsMenlo Park City Elementary School District
9–12Menlo-Atherton HighSequoia Union High School District

Test scores vs. CA

2021–22
Math proficiency83%
State average 33.1% · 700 students tested
Reading / language arts86%
State average 46.7% · 674 students tested

95% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Graduation rate 91% at Sequoia Union High, which runs the high school (state 86.2%) · class of 2023.

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$32,152 per student · 52% above CA
Spending
Classroom instruction 63%Support & administration 36%Other 1%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 83%State 16%Federal 1%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
1,107’20
1,083’21
1,146’22
1,158’23
1,134’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Students
White 45%Asian 23%Hispanic 17%Two or more races 14%Black <1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%

Schools in the district

2 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with California’s other public schools.

Las Lomitas Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–3 · Atherton
A+
522 students20:1
La Entrada Middle
Middle · Grades 4–8 · Menlo Park
A+
612 students16:1

Nearby districts

Compare spending and schools next door.

Sequoia Union High School DistrictEast Palo Alto, Portola Valley, Redwood City
$27,344per student
Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary School DistrictRedwood City
$15,591per student
Redwood City Elementary School DistrictRedwood City
$23,614per student
Fremont Unified School DistrictFremont
$16,281per student

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within California.