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The highest-poverty public high schools in San Mateo County, California

This ranking covers the highest-poverty public high schools in San Mateo County, California, drawn from 28 qualifying public high schools. KIPP Esperanza High leads the list at 95.9%, against a median of 36.1% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

San Mateo County, California

Top % FRL

95.9%

Median % FRL

36.1%

HIGHEST POVERTY · SAN MATEO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	KIPP Esperanza High	East Palo Alto, CA	KIPP Esperanza High District	High	194	95.9%
2	Everest Public High	Redwood City, CA	Everest Public High District	High	224	81.7%
3	Summit Preparatory Charter High	Redwood City, CA	Summit Preparatory Charter High District	High	293	71.7%
4	Oxford Day Academy	East Palo Alto, CA	Oxford Day Academy District	High	108	66.7%
5	Redwood High	Redwood City, CA	Sequoia Union High	High	175	63.4%
6	East Palo Alto Academy	East Palo Alto, CA	East Palo Alto Academy District	High	278	63.3%
7	Peninsula High (Continuation)	Burlingame, CA	San Mateo Union High	High	123	49.6%
8	Baden High (Continuation)	South San Francisco, CA	South San Francisco Unified	High	130	46.9%
9	South San Francisco High	South San Francisco, CA	South San Francisco Unified	High	1,239	41.8%
10	Jefferson High	Daly City, CA	Jefferson Union High	High	1,072	41.1%
11	Westmoor High	Daly City, CA	Jefferson Union High	High	1,278	40.8%
12	Tide Academy	Menlo Park, CA	Sequoia Union High	High	212	40.1%
13	Sequoia High	Redwood City, CA	Sequoia Union High	High	1,854	39.3%
14	San Mateo High	San Mateo, CA	San Mateo Union High	High	1,557	38.1%
15	Capuchino High	San Bruno, CA	San Mateo Union High	High	1,061	34.2%
16	Menlo-Atherton High	Atherton, CA	Sequoia Union High	High	2,158	33.0%
17	Summit Public School: Shasta	Daly City, CA	Summit Public School: Shasta District	High	458	32.8%
18	Woodside High	Woodside, CA	Sequoia Union High	High	1,660	28.7%
19	Half Moon Bay High	Half Moon Bay, CA	Cabrillo Unified	High	911	25.7%
20	Hillsdale High	San Mateo, CA	San Mateo Union High	High	1,585	25.2%
21	El Camino High	South San Francisco, CA	South San Francisco Unified	High	1,053	25.1%
22	Mills High	Millbrae, CA	San Mateo Union High	High	1,115	20.3%
23	Oceana High	Pacifica, CA	Jefferson Union High	High	471	18.7%
24	Aragon High	San Mateo, CA	San Mateo Union High	High	1,658	16.8%
25	Terra Nova High	Pacifica, CA	Jefferson Union High	High	740	14.9%
26	Burlingame High	Burlingame, CA	San Mateo Union High	High	1,583	13.3%
27	Carlmont High	Belmont, CA	Sequoia Union High	High	2,360	9.3%
28	Design Tech High	Redwood City, CA	Design Tech High District	High	567	7.2%

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