Las Lomitas Elementary School District / Sequoia Union HSDThe Quiet Estate
Las Lomitas K-8 feeding Menlo-Atherton or private schools (Menlo, Sacred Heart). The estate-privacy end of the Peninsula.
№ 01Overview
Why Atherton.
Inventory is consistently tight in Atherton, and home values vary materially across attendance areas inside the same district. Confirming the feeder pattern at the address level — before writing an offer — is the single most consequential step.
Atherton is an unincorporated, residential-only town with no commercial businesses and one of the highest median home prices in the United States. The town does not operate its own school district — depending on the address, children attend Las Lomitas Elementary School District (K-8), Menlo Park City School District (MPCSD), or, for some East-Atherton addresses, Redwood City School District (RCSD). Same ZIP (94027) does not mean same district, so families verify by street address before writing an offer.
Public high school students are zoned to Menlo-Atherton High School (M-A) in Sequoia Union HSD. In practice, however, a large share of Atherton families choose private high schools — Menlo School, Sacred Heart Schools, and Crystal Springs Uplands all draw heavily from the town. Tuition is not the binding constraint here.
Atherton's residential character is the product: very large lots (one-acre minimum in most zones), no sidewalks, gated estates, and median home prices around $8M with frequent $15–30M+ sales. The town is the estate-privacy end of the Peninsula — older families, multi-decade tenures, and very low transactional volume.
№ 02Feeder Pattern
Paths to High School.
The elementary → middle → high school chain is determined by home address. Verify the assigned feeder for any specific property before writing an offer.
Menlo-Atherton High School (M-A)
- Elementary
- La Entrada Middle School
- Menlo-Atherton High School (M-A)
Feeder elementaries: Las Lomitas Elementary
Sequoia Union HSD (Sequoia / Woodside, by address)
- Elementary
- Selby Lane K-8 / RCSD
- Sequoia Union HSD (Sequoia / Woodside, by address)
Feeder elementaries: Selby Lane Elementary (Adelante Selby)
Not sure which feeder a specific address belongs to? Marie Wang and Kevin Mo can verify the assigned schools for any property in the district.
№ 03High Schools
The top public high school.
Each high school is its own version of the same age range. Read past the rating: AP load, STEM and arts depth, college-pipeline pattern, and culture all vary.
№ 04Middle Schools
Core middle schools.
Middle school sets the foundation for high school placement. Pace and academic culture differ from one school to the next.
№ 05Elementary
2 elementary schools.
Elementary is the start of the feeder chain; the choice of school here implicitly chooses middle and high too. Surrounding home prices and feeder destinations differ school by school.
№ 06Housing & Schools
Different neighborhoods,
different schools, different prices.
Prices vary materially by neighborhood, and each neighborhood maps to a specific school assignment. Below are the working ranges and feeder destinations.
Central Atherton
$8M – $30M+
Las Lomitas → La Entrada → M-A attendance area.
West Atherton / Lindenwood
$7M – $20M+
Las Lomitas → La Entrada → M-A attendance area.
Lloyden Park
$6M – $15M
Selby Lane (RCSD) or Las Lomitas, by address → SUHSD attendance area.
East Atherton / Fair Oaks
$5M – $10M
Selby Lane (RCSD) or Las Lomitas, by address → SUHSD attendance area.
Compiled by Marie Wang and Kevin Mo, MK Group. Reach out for current listings and the latest comparable sales.
№ 07Private Schools
Private alternatives.
The Atherton catchment includes several leading independent schools. Many families combine public K-8 with private high school; some run private throughout.
№ 08Comparisons
Related studies.
Side-by-side comparisons — academics, campus culture, and price-per-outcome — to sharpen the school choice across neighboring districts.
Hillsborough vs Atherton School Districts
The Peninsula's two premier estate districts compared: Hillsborough's small-class K-8 (HCSD) vs. Atherton's Las Lomitas schools — both 9/10 K-8, both feeding 8/10 public high schools, with the highest private-school transfer rates.
Read comparison →Atherton vs Palo Alto School Districts
Two cities ten minutes apart, opposite trade-offs: Atherton's one-acre estate privacy (K-8 strong, high school 8/10) vs. Palo Alto's top-tier K-12 public system and walkable college town.
Read comparison →№ 09Questions
Frequently asked.
The most common questions families bring us about Atherton, answered with data and examples.
Which K-8 district does an Atherton address belong to?
It depends on the street address. Las Lomitas Elementary School District covers most of Atherton plus parts of Menlo Park (Las Lomitas Elementary + La Entrada Middle); MPCSD covers some central and southeastern addresses; and some East-Atherton addresses — including Selby Lane / Adelante Selby — fall in Redwood City School District, a separate K-8 district that does not feed La Entrada or M-A. All are inside the same 94027 ZIP, so verify by street address before writing an offer.
Is the public M-A track viable for Atherton families?
Absolutely. M-A is one of the strongest comprehensive public high schools on the Peninsula, with strong academics, athletics, and arts. Many Atherton families do choose the public path. Others choose private — usually Menlo, Sacred Heart, or Crystal Springs — for cohort fit, smaller class size, or a specific program.
What is the practical entry price for Atherton?
Median single-family home is around $8M, but smaller, older homes on smaller (sub-acre) lots can be found in the $5–6M range. Genuine estate-grade properties on full one-acre+ lots typically clear $15M and routinely reach $30M+. The market is illiquid; off-market matters here more than in most Peninsula cities.
Lock the school,
then the home.
MK Group works Las Lomitas Elementary School District / Sequoia Union HSD day to day — every school, every neighborhood, every recent sale. Marie and Kevin handle the address-level feeder verification, offer strategy, and escrow personally.
