2311 Alameda De Las Pulgas
San Mateo, CA 94403

Former student here, not a good school but made really good friends there, they helped me through the year and the teachers are good if you get the right ones (Mr. Coelho, Mrs. Tuturro in particular)

I recently graduated from Beresford and was pleased with my experience here. Most teachers are really good and kind. I felt that having a small school environment helped me become closer to my school. I enjoyed knowing all the students that attended here as well. I think that kinder-3rd grade was good, Covid messed things up a bit if 4th and 5th grade but the teachers were all king, and most of the staff were. I wasn't the biggest fan of the principal she seemed as if she always had a thing with me and others of my ethnicity which I did not enjoy as it was rude.

To be very honest, this was probably the worst experience in my life. I’m a current college student looking back on my high school experience making this realization. The staff are very unsupportive, particularly the academic counselors. They see the students as numbers and can be a little racially biased. My counselor in particular constantly mixed me up with other students and overlooked my achievements simply because I was Asian. The teachers are very harsh and don’t provide enough support to each individual student. The students can be very comparative and toxic with one another, with constant rumors going around. It was common for people to run out of their classrooms crying while going on a bathroom break. The peer pressure for academics was too much and there were nearly zero mental health resources. Overall, my experience was a 2/5. If I were to repeat my high school experience I would choose San mateo high school. Aragon is a breeding ground for poor mental health.