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San Mateo County SAT Scores & Other Charts

SAT Scores by High School

SAT Scores by State

SAT Scores by County

Top SAT Math Scores

College Admissions by Public High School

College Admissions by County

UC Admissions by Public High School

Community College Data

This section includes SAT scores by high school and other charts that will give you a rounded picture of the quality of local schools and California education.

As with almost all school data, caution must be used with these numbers. Regarding the SAT, some schools (and states) encourage many students to take the SAT; other may not push the test. A school or state that is scoring low to middling but showing high on participation may be doing better than a school that scores high but has few test takers.

High schools are frequently judged on their success in advancing students to universities. We include this data by high school and also provide the numbers on students moving up to a University of California (UC). The UCs accept the top 13 percent of California seniors.

These charts are valid measures of the local schools but keep in mind that for a variety of reasons, some financial, many students who advance to a UC or a Cal State take their freshman and sophomore years at a community college.

The SAT scores by state include public and private schools. The other SAT charts in this chapter are for public schools only. For college advancement numbers for private schools, see Private Schools.


San Mateo County Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) Scores 2007

School	Enroll	% Tested	Verbal	Math	Writing
Aragon (San Mateo)	327	59	562	580	558
Burlingame	344	62	527	562	533
Capuchino (San Bruno)	264	45	499	528	498
Carlmont (Belmont)	479	64	526	557	527
El Camino (S. San Francisco)	349	53	463	502	460
Half Moon Bay	289	46	548	564	550
Hillsdale (San Mateo)	279	55	508	537	522
Jefferson (Daly City)	265	46	420	451	419
Menlo-Atherton (Atherton)	462	58	579	586	580
Mills (Millbrae)	444	69	532	598	532
Oceana (Pacifica)	171	51	458	476	459
Pescadero	23	52	515	548	529
San Mateo	321	62	560	587	557
Sequoia (Redwood City)	352	35	479	507	479
So. San Francisco	306	32	488	532	492
Stanford (Menlo Park)	57	54	348	334	348
Summit Prep. (Redwood City)	69	94	494	473	484
Terra Nova (Pacifica)	307	43	519	552	516
Westmoor (Daly City)	423	45	477	534	487
Woodside	414	44	510	520	514

Source: California Dept. of Education, 2007 tests. SAT scores are greatly influenced by who and how many take the test. A school that has more marginal students taking the test will, by one line of reasoning, be doing a good job, but the scores are likely to be lower.
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National Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) Scores

State	*Tested (%)	Verbal	Math	Writing
Alabama	9	563	556	554
Alaska	48	519	517	491
Arizona	32	519	525	502
Arkansas	5	578	566	565
California	49	499	516	498
Colorado	24	560	565	549
Connecticut	84	510	512	511
Delaware	72	497	496	486
Dist. of Columbia	78	478	462	471
Florida	65	497	496	479
Georgia	69	494	495	483
Hawaii	61	484	506	473
Idaho	19	541	539	519
Illinois	8	594	611	588
Indiana	62	497	507	483
Iowa	4	608	613	586
Kansas	8	583	590	569
Kentucky	10	567	565	553
Louisiana	7	569	567	563
Maine	100	466	465	457
Maryland	70	500	502	496
Massachusetts	85	513	522	511
Michigan	9	568	579	553
Minnesota	9	596	603	577
Mississippi	4	568	549	560
Missouri	6	594	594	587
Montana	28	538	543	522
Nebraska	6	579	585	562
Nevada	41	500	506	480
New Hampshire	83	521	521	512
New Jersey	82	495	510	494
New Mexico	12	555	546	540
New York	89	491	505	482
North Carolina	71	495	509	482
North Dakota	4	584	596	562
Ohio	27	536	542	522
Oklahoma	6	578	571	559
Oregon	54	522	526	502
Pennsylvania	75	493	499	482
Rhode Island	68	496	498	492
South Carolina	62	488	496	475
South Dakota	3	589	602	567
Tennessee	13	574	569	568
Texas	52	492	507	482
Utah	6	558	556	544
Vermont	67	516	518	508
Virginia	73	511	511	498
Washington	53	526	531	510
West Virginia	20	516	507	505
Wisconsin	6	587	598	575
Wyoming	8	565	571	544
Nationwide	48	502	515	494

Source: California Dept. of Education, 2007 tests. *Percentage of class taking the test.
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SAT Scores by County – 2007

County	Enroll	% Tested	Verbal	Math	Writing
Alameda	15,794	49	502	532	502
Alpine	3	67	NA	NA	NA
Amador	537	19	520	519	516
Butte	2,712	25	506	524	493
Calaveras	562	27	513	515	508
Colusa	323	30	451	467	454
Contra Costa	12,502	44	522	540	521
Del Norte	458	22	469	497	463
El Dorado	2,438	35	529	552	530
Fresno	12,255	31	459	478	456
Glenn	429	21	475	490	470
Humboldt	1,700	25	537	537	524
Imperial	2,529	29	450	458	441
Inyo	264	41	516	516	492
Kern	12,087	24	469	486	463
Kings	1,748	24	456	466	446
Lake	754	23	497	500	488
Lassen	476	25	499	502	474
Los Angeles	106,820	41	472	492	474
Madera	2,013	18	480	493	472
Marin	2,254	62	556	560	555
Mariposa	215	25	520	515	505
Mendocino	1,092	31	520	526	511
Merced	3,945	25	455	475	461
Modoc	210	23	484	494	471
Mono	175	25	524	502	531
Monterey	4,695	32	462	470	460
Napa	1,611	30	519	538	515
Nevada	2,083	17	538	550	528
Orange	35,546	44	520	549	521
Placer	4,984	38	520	540	516
Plumas	233	31	500	488	484
Riverside	27,730	30	470	481	467
Sacramento	16,886	34	487	505	483
San Benito	770	32	488	501	479
San Bernardino	28,660	30	467	479	465
San Diego	38,359	38	501	517	497
San Francisco	3,874	71	476	528	474
San Joaquin	9,734	25	467	487	464
San Luis Obispo	3,130	32	535	539	526
San Mateo	6,613	48	515	545	516
Santa Barbara	4,828	34	517	532	510
Santa Clara	18,971	48	534	572	533
Santa Cruz	3,206	36	521	530	516
Shasta	2,493	20	529	539	519
Sierra	56	54	482	494	480
Siskiyou	507	26	491	512	492
Solano	4,931	37	485	501	479
Sonoma	5,586	33	532	541	532
Stanislaus	7,654	20	498	507	494
Sutter	1,500	23	488	518	483
Tehama	860	15	501	523	491
Trinity	171	30	482	508	464
Tulare	6,194	22	467	482	465
Tuolumne	636	27	530	506	519
Ventura	11,013	35	523	540	523
Yolo	2,268	43	536	549	531
Yuba	1,121	18	455	482	444
Statewide:	441,198	37	493	513	491

Source: California Dept. of Education, 2007 School year.
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Top SAT Math Scores-2006
Public high schools in California scoring over 600 in math

High School	County	City	Math
Whitney	Los Angeles	Cerritos	693
Monta Vista	Santa Clara	Cupertino	675
Mission San Jose	Alameda	Fremont	667
Troy	Orange	Fullerton	665
Lynbrook	Santa Clara	San Jose	664
Saratoga	Santa Clara	Saratoga	659
University	Orange	Irvine	656
Gunn	Santa Clara	Palo Alto	652
Palo Alto	Santa Clara	Cupertino	646
San Marino	Los Angeles	San Marino	643
Lowell	San Francisco	San Francisco	630
Palos Verdes Peninsula	Los Angeles	Rolling Hills Estates	628
Pacific Collegiate	Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz	627
Cupertino	Santa Clara	Cupertino	624
Arcadia	Los Angeles	Arcadia	623
Oxford	Orange	Cypress	620
Piedmont	Alameda	Piedmont	617
Miramonte	Contra Costa	Orinda	617
La Cañada	Los Angeles	La Cañada	616
Northwood	Orange	Irvine	616
Homestead	Santa Clara	Cupertino	616
Campolindo	Contra Costa	Moraga	615
Albany	Alameda	Albany	612
Davis	Yolo	Davis	611
Beverly Hills	Los Angeles	Beverly Hills	611
Torrey Pines	San Diego	San Diego	611
Leland	Santa Clara	San Jose	611
Acalanes	Contra Costa	Lafayette	609
Cal. Acad. of Math & Sci.	Los Angeles	Carson	608
Diamond Bar	Los Angeles	Diamond Bar	607
Woodbridge	Orange	Irvine	604
Los Altos	Santa Clara	Los Altos	602
Sunny Hills	Orange	Fullerton	600

Source: Calif. Dept. of Education, 2006 tests.

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College Admissions of Public School Graduates

High School	UC	CSU	CC
Aragon (San Mateo)	49	41	104
Burlingame	32	55	82
Capuchino (San Bruno)	20	40	84
Carlmont (Belmont)	68	85	117
East Palo Alto (Menlo Park)	1	6	1
El Camino (So. San Francisco)	30	33	144
Half Moon Bay	35	42	54
Hillsdale (San Mateo)	28	54	86
Jefferson (Daly City)	9	27	51
Menlo-Atherton (Atherton)	60	38	72
Mills (Millbrae)	101	63	102
Oceana (Pacifica)	16	24	39
Pescadero	4	2	NA
San Mateo	50	38	83
Sequoia (Redwood City)	19	35	99
South San Francisco	24	37	146
Terra Nova (Pacifica)	27	43	80
Westmoor (Daly City)	40	59	96
Woodside (Woodside)	37	49	131

Source: California Department of Education. The chart lists the local public high schools and shows how many students they advanced in the year 2007 to California public universities. The state does not track graduates enrolling in private or out-of-state colleges. Continuation schools not included in list. Key: UC (University of California system); CSU (Cal State system); CC (Community Colleges).
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High School Graduates College Choice by County

County	UC	CSU	CC
Alameda	1,770	1,736	4,212
Alpine	NA	NA	NA
Amador	14	18	106
Butte	79	295	567
Calaveras	21	40	94
Colusa	4	28	47
Contra Costa	1,141	1,271	942
Del Norte	9	32	46
El Dorado	125	268	687
Fresno	391	1,483	222
Glenn	6	51	78
Humboldt	57	155	387
Imperial	99	116	544
Inyo	4	16	35
Kern	260	968	2,608
Kings	25	102	117
Lake	18	57	144
Lassen	5	22	67
Los Angeles	7,123	10,507	29,188
Madera	29	131	74
Marin	293	257	323
Mariposa	6	10	60
Mendocino	43	95	312
Merced	117	324	1,196
Modoc	2	9	11
Mono	6	15	21
Monterey	221	389	699
Napa	80	98	240
Nevada	42	91	53
Orange	2,691	3,542	11,611
Placer	269	516	262
Plumas	7	10	60
Riverside	1,154	1,881	4,821
Sacramento	912	1,524	4,758
San Benito	26	97	199
San Bernardino	1,147	2,343	4,632
San Diego	1,833	3,886	8,022
San Francisco	947	627	1,263
San Joaquin	280	629	2,123
San Luis Obispo	145	323	1,038
San Mateo	690	647	1,661
Santa Barbara	266	318	1,557
Santa Clara	2,229	2,044	3,387
Santa Cruz	183	292	516
Shasta	65	102	23
Sierra	1	5	5
Siskiyou	12	39	154
Solano	268	443	1,224
Sonoma	287	468	1,963
Stanislaus	213	672	1,167
Sutter	33	96	236
Tehama	14	43	51
Trinity	4	6	12
Tulare	149	438	1,575
Tuolumne	23	37	138
Ventura	574	797	4,048
Yolo	224	182	465
Yuba	24	76	125

Source: California Dept. of Education, 2006. Number of public and private high-school students moving up as freshmen to a UC or a California State University.
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UCs Chosen by Public School Graduates

School	Berk	Dav	Irv	LA	Mer	Riv	SD	SB	SC	Total
Aragon	12	15	11	8	0	2	8	5	7	68
Burlingame	8	17	3	2	0	0	5	17	14	66
Capuchino	2	12	1	1	0	1	4	3	5	29
Carlmont	6	20	11	13	0	4	8	8	12	82
East Palo Alto	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
El Camino	5	11	3	1	0	0	2	4	4	30
Half Moon Bay	3	3	3	3	0	0	1	7	9	29
Hillsdale	2	11	3	3	1	1	3	2	7	33
Jefferson	1	4	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	10
Menlo-Atherton	5	10	1	10	0	0	3	14	10	53
Mills	2	23	8	9	0	8	13	2	11	76
Oceana	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Pescadero	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
San Mateo	6	15	11	6	0	0	9	2	7	56
Sequoia	7	7	1	4	0	0	3	2	9	33
So. San Fran.	6	2	3	0	1	1	2	1	8	24
Terra Nova	2	9	3	1	0	0	1	3	11	30
Westmoor	9	10	1	2	2	0	2	1	2	29
Woodside	3	8	3	3	2	1	4	6	7	37

Source: California Dept. of Education. The chart shows the University of California choices by local public high school graduates of 2006. The state does not track graduates enrolling in out-of-state colleges. Continuation schools not included in list. Key: Berk (Berkeley), Irv (Irvine), Mer (Merced), Riv (Riverside), SD (San Diego), SB (Santa Barbara), SC (Santa Cruz).
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Tracking San Mateo Students to UCs and CSUs

Student Sector	Graduates	To UC	To CSU
Public High Schools	5,318	690	647
Community Colleges	NA	205	573

UC, CSU Transfer by Community College
Community College	To UC	To CSU
Cañada College	21	80
College of San Mateo	125	260
Skyline College	59	233

Source: California Postsecondary Education Commission.
Note: Enrolling students counted in fall 2006 by UCs and Cal States.
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