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Mid Peninsula High School

1340 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025-0940 -

School Notes Overview:

Mid-Peninsula High School, a community for learning, offers students a stimulating, safe environment that empowers them to reach their full academic and social potential. As a small, caring, educational community, we work to strengthen relationships between students, their families, and the school. We recognize and understand unique learning styles and create academic programs designed to meet each student's needs. Our expectation is that Mid-Peninsula High School students will become capable, self-directed individuals who care about themselves, their families, and their communities. We serve students from communities on the Peninsula including the East Bay, San Jose, South Peninsula, and the city of San Francisco. Our campus is BART, CalTrain, Dumbarton Express, and SAMTRANS accessible. ...

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School Overview:

	Mid Peninsula High School
School Membership(s)	National Association of Independent Schools State or regional independent school association Western States Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)
Religious Affiliation	Nonsectarian
Grades Offered	Grades 9 - 12
Learning Differences Supported	Classes are mainstream; mild learning differences can be supported; full-time learning specialist
Year Founded	1978
County	San Mateo County, CA
Student Body
Total Students	107 students
Student Body Type	Co-ed
	This School	(CA) School Avg.
% Students of Color	33%	41%
Students by Grade
	Grade 9 - 25 students
	Grade 10 - 29 students
	Grade 11 - 26 students
	Grade 12 - 27 students
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers	17 teachers
Average Class Size	10
Classroom dress code	Casual (No formal dress code.)
	This School	(CA) School Avg.
Teacher : Student Ratio	1:8	* Ntl. Public School Avg. » 1:16
School Days in Calendar Year	175 days	180 days
Hours in School Day for Students	5 hours	6 hours
Finances and Admission
Admission Deadline	None / Rolling
Yearly Tuition Cost	$25,000
Tuition Notes	Financial Aid is available for students on a need-basis.
% on Financial Aid	32%
Head of School	Doug Thompson
Admissions Director	Barbara Brown
Admissions Associate	Meredith Chase
Sport
Total Sports Offered	7
	Sports
	Baseball	Basketball
	Cross Country	Soccer
	Softball	Track and Field
	Volley Ball

School Notes:

Mid-Pen has a recently built campus in Menlo Park that offers a number of amenities including but not limited to:
A Large Green Field
BBQ Pits for school-wide BBQ's
An Outdoor Eating Area
Hammocks
A Ping-Pong Table
Two Fully Equipped Laboratory Classrooms
An Art Studio With Pottery Kiln And A Silk-Screen Studio
A College-Rated Gymnasium With Male And Female Locker Rooms And Showers and a Weight-Lifting Room
A Sound Proof Room For Music Classes
An Open, Well-Lit Student Center
And More
Profile last updated: 11/24/2008

In the News:

Today's events (June 19) (Palo Alto Weekly)
posted on June 19, 2009 at 04:12:40 pm
[http://www.menloplayersguild.org/ Theater: The Jungle Book] Beginning tonight (June 19) at 8 p.m., Festival Theatre Ensemble presents Rudyard Kipling's "The Jungle Book" outdoors at Mid-Peninsula High School, 1340 Willow Road, Menlo Park. The show is free and is one of three plays included in the 11th annual Midpeninsula Shakespeare Festival. [http://www.redwoodcity.org/events/music.htm ...
Tomorrow's events (June 19) (Palo Alto Weekly)
posted on June 18, 2009 at 04:12:30 pm
[http://www.menloplayersguild.org/ Theater: The Jungle Book] Starting tomorrow (June 19) at 8 p.m., Festival Theatre Ensemble presents Rudyard Kipling's "The Jungle Book" outdoors at Mid-Peninsula High School, 1340 Willow Road, Menlo Park. The show is free and is one of three plays included in the 11th annual Midpeninsula Shakespeare Festival. [http://www.redwoodcity.org/events/music.htm ...
Voices of the high schools' Class of 2009 (Palo Alto Weekly)
posted on June 16, 2009 at 06:42:32 am
Dozens of graduating seniors from 10 local high schools discussed their generation's hopes and dreams in interviews with the Palo Alto Weekly. by Chris Kenrick
Saving a life, all in a day's work for Menlo Park high school senior (The Almanac)
posted on May 26, 2009 at 08:10:36 pm
The story could have ended in so many different ways, few of them good. But as it stands, the life of a grandfather was saved and Evan Carlton, a senior at Mid-Peninsula High School in Menlo Park, can add "hero" to his resume.

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School Zip Statistics:

About This Zipcode (94025)	School Zip (94025)	(CA) State Average
Population (Approximate)	39,061 people	33,864,644 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree	65%	32%
Population Average Age	38 years old	33 years old
Average Household size	2.5 persons	2.8 persons
Median Household Income	$89,572	$51,306
Avg. # of Rooms in Household	5 rooms	4.8 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure	52 years old	41 years old
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% Owning / % Renting	61% / 39%	55% / 45%