Hillsdale High School

What Hillsdale High School does

Hillsdale High School is a public comprehensive high school serving grades 9 through 12 in San Mateo, California, operating as one of six comprehensive high schools within the San Mateo Union High School District (SMUHSD). The district also includes one alternative high school, one middle college program, and one school for newcomers, collectively enrolling roughly 9,000 students across the Peninsula communities of Burlingame, Foster City, Hillsborough, Millbrae, San Bruno, and San Mateo. The school delivers a standard A-G college-preparatory curriculum supplemented by Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate programs, Career Technical Education pathways, Visual and Performing Arts, athletics, special education, multilingual/English-learner programs, mental health and wellness services, and college and career counseling, with dual-enrollment options through the Middle College program.

The school's technology stack consists entirely of third-party education platforms — Canvas for learning management, Aeries as the student information system, a 1:1 Chromebook device program, and Parent Square for parent communications — none of which is proprietary to the school or district. Governance is exercised by the SMUHSD Board of Trustees (five members elected from by-trustee areas following 2022 transition from at-large elections), with Superintendent Randall Booker leading district administration.

Hillsdale does not operate as a revenue-generating enterprise. It is funded through state apportionment based on average daily attendance, federal programs, and local parcel taxes and general-obligation bonds (including Measure L, approved by voters in 2020). No tuition is charged. Distribution is governed by geographic attendance boundaries; secondary access paths include intradistrict and interdistrict transfers, alternative programs (Peninsula High School, e-College, Independent Studies), and limited international exchange. Marketing and stakeholder communication run through the district website, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn, an email newsletter (SMUHSD eNews), and Parent Square, supplemented by community events and board meetings.

Name

Hillsdale High School

Legal name

San Mateo Union High School District

Website

https://smuhsd.org

Company type

Public

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Hillsdale High School is a public grades 9-12 comprehensive high school in San Mateo, California, operated by the San Mateo Union High School District, serving resident students across six Peninsula cities through a standard college-preparatory curriculum and district-shared services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Secondary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public High Schools (EDAJAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Accelerated Learning & Grade Advancement Programs (EDAJAGAE), Community Center Education Programs (EDAAAFAB), District Student Services Administration (Special Ed, Counseling, Health) (EDADABAJ)

Keywords

• Public secondary education
• High school programs
• Career technical education
• College readiness programs
• Student support services

Headquarters

HQ city

San Mateo

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Hillsdale High School is a public secondary school offering grades 9–12 education to students within the San Mateo Union High School District. Its core offerings include standard academic coursework, Career Technical Education (CTE) pathways, the AVID college-readiness program, Visual and Performing Arts programs, library and student support services, and Advanced Placement coursework, delivered in-person on campus and supported by district technology platforms such as Canvas and Aeries.

Product overview

Hillsdale High School is part of the San Mateo Union High School District and does not operate as a technology product company with a distinct product portfolio. The school offers standard high school educational programs including academic courses, Career Technical Education (CTE), AVID college-readiness program, Visual and Performing Arts, library resources, and student support services through the district's integrated technology platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Grades 9–12 Academic Program Standard public high school academic coursework covering core subjects for grades 9 through 12, delivered on campus and supported by Canvas LMS and Aeries SIS. Aimed at resident secondary-school students.
• Career Technical Education (CTE) Pathways Career-focused pathway programs that provide hands-on, industry-aligned coursework and skill development for high school students, supporting both college and direct-to-career outcomes.
• AVID College-Readiness Program AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) program supporting college readiness through structured academic support, tutorial study groups, and preparation for postsecondary education.
• Visual and Performing Arts Program School-based arts curriculum and programs spanning visual and performing arts disciplines for enrolled students.
• Advanced Placement (AP) Coursework College-level Advanced Placement courses offered to students seeking rigorous academic challenge and potential college credit.
• Library and Student Support Services School-based library resources and student support services that complement academic programs and address student well-being.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District: Suburban Bay Area public high school district operating Mountain View and Los Altos High Schools. Comparable on affluent-demographic served, parcel tax base, and rigorous academic programming, though serving a different sub-region of the Peninsula.

Emerging players

• KIPP Bay Area Schools: Regional charter school network operating multiple schools in the Bay Area. Represents an alternative K-12 model competing for the same families and per-pupil funding as SMUHSD schools in overlapping neighborhoods.
• Summit Public Schools: Bay Area-based charter school network offering a personalized-learning high school model. Operates as an alternative-provider competitor to district schools in the same geographic region, pulling from the same student demographic.

Others

• Khan Academy: Large-scale online learning platform offering free educational content across K-12 subjects. Functions as a supplementary/competing learning modality rather than a direct school operator, but increasingly relevant to public school curriculum and homeschooling decisions.

Direct peers

• Palo Alto High School: Comprehensive public high school in adjacent PAUSD serving an equally affluent Bay Area Peninsula community. Highly comparable on demographics, A-G/IB/AP programming, college readiness outcomes, and 1:1 device integration, though operating under a different district.
• Burlingame High School: Sister comprehensive high school within SMUHSD sharing district governance, parcel tax base, and programming structure. Direct operational and demographic peer within the same attendance-area system.
• Aragon High School: Sister comprehensive high school within the San Mateo Union High School District serving grades 9-12. Same district governance, funding model, technology stack (Canvas/Aeries/Chromebooks), and program portfolio, making it the closest operational and demographic peer to Hillsdale.
• Carlmont High School: Comprehensive public high school in the adjacent Sequoia Union High School District serving Belmont and Redwood City. Closest geographic peer outside SMUHSD with similar suburban Bay Area demographics and a comparable comprehensive program portfolio.
• San Mateo High School: Another sister comprehensive high school within SMUHSD, sharing the same district funding, board governance, and program structure. Directly comparable in scale, demographic, and programming to Hillsdale.

Broad incumbents

• Sequoia Union High School District: Larger neighboring public high school district encompassing multiple comprehensive high schools (Carlmont, Woodside, Menlo-Atherton, Sequoia, Redwood). Operates with broader scale and similar funding mechanisms, competing for the same Peninsula demographic.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@smuhsd7281/videos
• Facebookfacebook.com/SanMateoHSD
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/san-mateo-union-high-school-district
• Instagraminstagram.com/smuhsd

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

Investments

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