Schools

Brewer Subdivision is home to South Hillsborough Elementary School, one of Hillsborough’s three acclaimed public elementary schools, located on El Cerrito Avenue.

There is one public middle school in Hillsborough, Crocker Middle School, which is located in the Country Club Manor neighborhood on Ralston Avenue. It’s about a 14-16 minute drive from Brewer Subdivision.

Hillsborough does not have its own public high school. Most residents attend San Mateo High School, located in San Mateo on North Delaware Street. To search a high school by a specific address using a School Locator, click here.

Brewer Subdivision is also home to Crystal Springs Uplands School, a college preparatory middle and high school, located on Uplands Drive.

History

Like so many Hillsborough neighborhoods, Brewer Subdivision arose from what was once a private estate. In 1917, Templeton Crocker, son of railroad baron Charles F. Crocker, completed Upland, his 39-room mansion, at the southeastern edge of newly-incorporated Hillsborough. In 1956, the Crocker family sold the Willis Polk-designed mansion and 10 acres of land to the Crystal Springs School, subdividing the rest of the estate. The building still stands as the centerpiece of the exclusive Crystal Springs Upland School. Also a part of the neighborhood is South Elementary School, one of Hillsborough’s three acclaimed public elementary schools.

Also part of Brewer’s history is the famed San Mateo Polo Club, whose elaborate clubhouse once stood at the neighborhood’s southern edge, along El Cerrito Drive.