Mid-Peninsula High School

1340 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Phone: 650-321-1991
Fax: 650-321-9921
Head of School
Douglas C. Thompson, PhD
Director of Admission
Andrea Henderson
Established: 1979
Grades: 9-12
Enrollment
  • 140
    Total student enrollment Grades 9-12
  • 70
    Boys
  • 70
    Girls
  • 30
    Percent students of color
  • 8:1
    Student: teacher ratio
  • 10
    Average class size
  • 17
    Faculty
Admissions Process
  • January
    Application deadline (month)
  • 25
    Number of 9th Grade applications
  • 30
    Average range of openings 9th Grade
  • 15
    Average range of openings 10th Grade
  • 5
    Average range of openings 11th Grade
  • 5
    Average range of openings 12th Grade
Costs
  • $29,740
    Tuition (2013-2014)
  • $2250
    Other costs
  • February
    Financial aid deadline
  • 38
    Percent students on financial aid
Academics
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7 or more students (2009-2013):
Sports
  • 6
    Number of Varsity sports offered
  • 2
    Number of Junior Varsity sports
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Mid-Peninsula High School is distinguished primarily by its small size, which allows for 
a high degree of individual attention; for its flexibility of program, which encourages 
students to  take charge of their own education; and for its Core program, which allows 
for intensive advising and constant interaction between students and their teachers.

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