Schools

Carolands is a home to West Hillsborough Elementary School, one of the Hillsborough’s three excellent public elementary schools. The school is located on Barbara Way between Hayne Road and Denise Dr. Portion of the neighborhood attends North Hillsborough Elementary School, located in the Country Manor neighborhood on Eucalyptus 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 is about 5 minute drive from Carolands.

Hillsborough does not have its own public high school. Most of the neighborhood goes to Burlingame High School, located in Burlingame on Margini Way. To search a high school by a specific address using a School Locator, click here.

History

The 100-room mansion for which Carolands is named was built for railroad heiress Hariett Pullman Carolan in 1914. Twice considered for service as a Western White House (in 1939 and 1960), the home still stands. Its original 554-acre plot of land, however, was subdivided in the late 1940s, creating what is now a long-established residential community. In 1998, after decades of decline, the mansion found new owners and underwent a $20 million restoration.