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The public schools with the most Black students in San Mateo County, California

139 public schools in San Mateo County, California appear in this ranking of the public schools with the most Black students, ranked by the total number of Black or African American students enrolled. Menlo-Atherton High leads the list at 69, against a median of 4 across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

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139

San Mateo County, California

Top Black students

Median Black students

MOST BLACK (COUNT) · SAN MATEO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Students	% Black	Black students
1	Menlo-Atherton High	Atherton, CA	Sequoia Union High	2,158	3.2%	69
2	Aspire East Palo Alto Charter	East Palo Alto, CA	Aspire East Palo Alto Charter District	496	5.8%	29
3	Costano Elementary	East Palo Alto, CA	Ravenswood City Elementary	369	7.3%	27
4	Carlmont High	Belmont, CA	Sequoia Union High	2,360	1.1%	26
5	Cesar Chavez Ravenswood Middle	East Palo Alto, CA	Ravenswood City Elementary	488	4.9%	24
6	Jefferson High	Daly City, CA	Jefferson Union High	1,072	2.1%	23
7	Woodside High	Woodside, CA	Sequoia Union High	1,660	1.1%	19
8	Belle Haven Elementary	Menlo Park, CA	Ravenswood City Elementary	312	5.8%	18
9	Nesbit Elementary	Belmont, CA	Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary	566	2.8%	16
10	Bayside Academy	San Mateo, CA	San Mateo-Foster City	840	1.9%	16
11	Hillsdale High	San Mateo, CA	San Mateo Union High	1,585	1.0%	16
12	South San Francisco High	South San Francisco, CA	South San Francisco Unified	1,239	1.3%	16
13	San Mateo High	San Mateo, CA	San Mateo Union High	1,557	1.0%	15
14	Sequoia High	Redwood City, CA	Sequoia Union High	1,854	0.8%	15
15	KIPP Valiant Community Prep	Menlo Park, CA	KIPP Valiant Community Prep District	587	2.2%	13
16	Parkside Intermediate	San Bruno, CA	San Bruno Park Elementary	491	2.2%	11
17	Bowditch Middle	Foster City, CA	San Mateo-Foster City	929	1.2%	11
18	Ingrid B. Lacy Middle	Pacifica, CA	Pacifica	484	2.1%	10
19	John F. Kennedy Middle	Redwood City, CA	Redwood City Elementary	808	1.2%	10
20	Aragon High	San Mateo, CA	San Mateo Union High	1,658	0.6%	10
21	Westmoor High	Daly City, CA	Jefferson Union High	1,278	0.7%	9
22	KIPP Excelencia Community Preparatory	Redwood City, CA	KIPP Excelencia Community Preparatory District	711	1.1%	8
23	Bayshore	Daly City, CA	Bayshore Elementary	342	2.3%	8
24	Orion Alternative	Redwood City, CA	Redwood City Elementary	512	1.6%	8
25	Burlingame High	Burlingame, CA	San Mateo Union High	1,583	0.5%	8
26	Capuchino High	San Bruno, CA	San Mateo Union High	1,061	0.8%	8
27	Los Cerritos Elementary	South San Francisco, CA	South San Francisco Unified	304	2.6%	8
28	Parkway Heights Middle	South San Francisco, CA	South San Francisco Unified	573	1.4%	8
29	Spruce Elementary	South San Francisco, CA	South San Francisco Unified	384	2.1%	8
30	East Palo Alto Academy	East Palo Alto, CA	East Palo Alto Academy District	278	2.5%	7
31	Design Tech High	Redwood City, CA	Design Tech High District	567	1.2%	7
32	Benjamin Franklin Intermediate	Colma, CA	Jefferson Elementary	497	1.4%	7
33	Daniel Webster Elementary	Daly City, CA	Jefferson Elementary	317	2.2%	7
34	Franklin Delano Roosevelt Elementary	Daly City, CA	Jefferson Elementary	294	2.4%	7
35	Oceana High	Pacifica, CA	Jefferson Union High	471	1.5%	7
36	Terra Nova High	Pacifica, CA	Jefferson Union High	740	0.9%	7
37	Sunset Ridge Elementary	Pacifica, CA	Pacifica	348	2.0%	7
38	Parkside Montessori	San Mateo, CA	San Mateo-Foster City	418	1.7%	7
39	Fernando Rivera Intermediate	Daly City, CA	Jefferson Elementary	588	1.0%	6
40	Thomas Edison Elementary	Daly City, CA	Jefferson Elementary	294	2.0%	6
41	Westlake Elementary	Daly City, CA	Jefferson Elementary	321	1.9%	6
42	Hillview Middle	Menlo Park, CA	Menlo Park City Elementary	846	0.7%	6
43	Laurel Elementary	Atherton, CA	Menlo Park City Elementary	658	0.9%	6
44	Allen (Decima M.) Elementary	San Bruno, CA	San Bruno Park Elementary	396	1.5%	6
45	Abbott Middle	San Mateo, CA	San Mateo-Foster City	721	0.8%	6
46	Audubon Elementary	Foster City, CA	San Mateo-Foster City	445	1.4%	6
47	El Camino High	South San Francisco, CA	South San Francisco Unified	1,053	0.6%	6
48	Woodside Elementary	Woodside, CA	Woodside Elementary	385	1.6%	6
49	KIPP Esperanza High	East Palo Alto, CA	KIPP Esperanza High District	194	2.6%	5
50	Ralston Intermediate	Belmont, CA	Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary	1,082	0.5%	5

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