Schools

Hillsborough Heights is served by South Hillsborough Elementary, located in Brewer Subdivision neighborhood on El Cerrito Avenue. It is about an 8 minute walk from Hillsborough Heights.

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 a 6 minute drive from Hillsborough Heights.

Hillsborough does not have its own public high school. Most of the residents in the neighborhood attend San Mateo High School, located in Bowie Estate neighborhood in San Mateo. To search a high school by a specific address using a School Locator, click here.

History

Hillsborough Heights emerged out of land once owned by early Hillsborough pioneer William Davis Merry Howard. His 6,000-acre San Mateo Rancho included “El Cerrito,” his private mansion. The rancho was sold in pieces in the late 1860s then further divided with the breakup of Hillsborough’s original estates. Development of custom homes began in the 1920s and 1930s, attracting the likes of William Randolph Hearst, who raised his daughter Patty at 233 W. Santa Inez Avenue, in Hillsborough Heights. Development continued piecemeal through the 1960s and, in a sense, is still going on today as some buyers replace their homes with new residences – some of which approach the size and grandeur of the originals.