06About
About this guide.
Bay Area School Guide is a free school-district reference published by the MK Group real estate team, covering six public districts — Palo Alto, Cupertino, Los Altos, Menlo Park, Hillsborough, and Atherton — with data drawn from CDE, GreatSchools, Niche, and MLS.
№ 01Mission
Why this site.
For most families buying a home in the Bay Area, the school district is the single most consequential decision input. Yet the available information is fragmented: GreatSchools ratings are only one slice, and the practical layer — feeder pattern, campus culture, neighborhood housing, family fit — typically takes years of local experience to assemble.
Bay Area School Guide, published by the MK Group team, exists to systematize that material into a single sourced reference. It currently covers 6 core districts and roughly 48 public and 15 private schools as individual profiles, each carrying its GreatSchools rating, AP / SAT / CAASPP results, feeder catchment, and surrounding home-price range. The goal is not to sell — it is to let any family making a school-driven home decision see the map clearly before deciding where on it to live.
6 core districts
Palo Alto, Cupertino, Los Altos, Menlo Park, Hillsborough, and Atherton — the six top public school districts of the Peninsula and Silicon Valley.
48+ public · 15 private
From elementary through high school, every profile carries ratings, AP / SAT / CAASPP, feeder catchment, and surrounding home prices.
Comparisons + long reads + FAQ
Side-by-side school and district studies, long-form essays on the major decisions, and answers to the questions families ask most often.
Jump straight in: district & school profiles · district comparisons · decision guides · glossary · FAQ
№ 02Editorial standards
Sources & methodology.
This is not a ranking exercise. It is a continuously maintained reference. Every figure carries a source, an as-of date, and a scope.
Where the data comes from
School ratings from GreatSchools and Niche; enrollment and assessment data from the California Department of Education (CDE); home-price ranges from MLS and public market records. All sources are refreshed on a recurring cadence.
Editorial principles
Data is presented straight, not curated for ranking. Every entry is written by an editor with first-hand local experience and fact-checked against the underlying source. Where we make a judgment call, we say so.
How often the data refreshes
School-level reference data is updated once per academic year; surrounding home-price ranges are updated quarterly; new schools and new districts are added on a rolling basis. Every page carries an explicit last-updated timestamp.
№ 03Publisher
MK Group
real estate.
MK Group (Meridian Keystone Real Estate Group) is a Bay Area real estate team focused on the top public school catchments, founded by Marie Wang and Kevin Mo. The team works Palo Alto, Cupertino, Los Altos, Menlo Park, Hillsborough, and Atherton day to day — every neighborhood, every school, every recent sale.
Bay Area School Guide is how we give back to the community we serve: the local knowledge we have accumulated over years on the ground, written down and made public for any family that needs it.
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Errata, ideas,
real estate questions.
If you have spotted a data error, have a content suggestion, or want to talk through a buying or selling decision, please get in touch.