The ABCs of Menlo Park Schools
Navigating where your child will be going to school in Menlo Park can be tricky as the city is served by five different districts: Menlo City School District, Sequoia District, Las Lomitas School District, Ravenswood City School District, and Redwood City School District. There is also the option of three different private schools, Sacred Heart, Menlo School, and for those in Menlo Oaks, the Peninsula School.
In this post, we’ve organized the schools according to district and indicated the neighborhoods each school serves. We’ve also included maps for each school and their API scores as well as links to give you easy access to the schools’ websites. Let’s get started!
Menlo City School District
Laurel Elementary School
API in 2011: 913
Serves children living in Alameda Area, Flood Park, Menlo Oaks, and the Willows from kindergarten to grade 3.
Encinal Elementary School
API in 2011: 938
Children living in Menlo Park’s Downtown neighborhood, Flood Park, Middlefield to El Camino, and Felton Gables attend Encinal Elementary from kindergarten to grade 5. Children living in the Alameda Area, Menlo Oaks, and the Willows attend Laurel until grade 3 then continue grade 4 and 5 at Encinal Elementary.
Oak Knoll School
API in 2011: 943
Children from the Allied Arts and Central Menlo neighborhoods attend Oak Knoll.
Hillview Middle School
API in 2011: 934
Hillview Middle School serves children from Alameda Area, Allied Arts and Downtown, Central Menlo, Felton Gables, Flood Park, Menlo Oaks, Middlefield to El Camino, and the Willows.
Sequoia Union High School District
Menlo-Atherton High School
API in 2013: 819
This high school serves students from Alameda Area, Allied Arts and Downtown, Belle Haven, Central Menlo, Fair Oaks, Felton Gables, Flood Park, Menlo Oaks, Middlefield to El Camino, Sharon Heights and Stanford Hills, and the Willows.
Las Lomitas School District
Las Lomitas Elementary School
API in 2013: 943
Children from Sharon Heights and Stanford Hills attend this school from kindergarten to grade 3.
La Entrada School
API in 2013: 969
Children from Sharon Heights and Stanford Hills attend this school from grade 4 to grade 8.
Ravenswood City School District
Belle Haven Community School
API in 2013: 661
Serves elementary and middle school students from Belle Haven.
Redwood City School District
Redwood City School District serves elementary and middle school students from the Fair Oaks neighborhood. The schools are listed below:
Fair Oaks Elementary
API in 2012: 745
Taft Elementary School
API in 2012: 788
Garfield Elementary School
API in 2012: 694
John F. Kennedy Middle School
API in 2012: 753