NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools CA

Best-Resourced Schools in Atherton, CA

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5 public K-12 schools in Atherton from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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5
Schools
4,524
Students
33/100
Avg Resource Index
19.3:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Atherton has more public-school enrollment than 51% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Menlo-Atherton High enrolls 47.7% of Atherton's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

4 of Atherton's 5 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 0 middle and 1 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 29-point gap between Las Lomitas Elementary and Adelante Selby Spanish Immersion shows the range hidden by Atherton's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 49%
School count
Top 99%
Resource Index average
19th percentile
Teacher staffing
18th percentile

Menlo-Atherton High accounts for 47.7% of all Atherton public-school enrollment

That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Atherton a distant remainder — means Atherton-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Atherton school enrollment varies 4.1× across entities

Atherton school enrollment ranges from 522 students (lowest) to 2,158 students (highest), a spread of 1,636 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Atherton student-teacher ratio is 19.3:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Las Lomitas Elementary 43
2. Laurel Elementary 38
3. Encinal Elementary 36
4. Menlo-Atherton High 34
5. Adelante Selby Spanish Immersion 14

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Atherton

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Encinal Elementary 73.0/100
  2. 2 Laurel Elementary 72.5/100
  3. 3 Las Lomitas Elementary 70.8/100
  4. 4 Menlo-Atherton High 68.6/100
  5. 5 Adelante Selby Spanish Immersion 31.7/100

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Which Atherton school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Las Lomitas Elementary has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Atherton schools in this federal-data comparison at 43/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Atherton, CA? ▼

Atherton has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,524 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 19.3:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.