Editing San Mateo, California (section)

==Education==
[[File:smhs-sm-campus1.jpg|thumb|left|[[San Mateo High School]]]]

Residents are zoned for schools in the [[San Mateo Foster City School District]] and [[San Mateo Union High School District]]. Elementary schools comprise preschool, K-5, middle and magnet schools. There are several private schools, including the PreK-8 schools [[Saint Matthew's Episcopal Day School]] and the Carey school. There are three public high schools: [[San Mateo High School|San Mateo]], [[Aragon High School|Aragon]], and [[Hillsdale High School (San Mateo)|Hillsdale]]. There are also two main private high schools: one all-male Catholic high school, [[Junípero Serra High School (San Mateo, California)|Junípero Serra]]; and the Nueva Upper School.

[[File:Nueva School.jpg|thumb|[[The Nueva School]]]]

The [[San Mateo Union High School District]] also hosts an adult school behind San Mateo High School.<ref>{{cite web|title=San Mateo Adult School|url=http://www.smace.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814121756/http://www.smace.org/|archive-date=August 14, 2016|access-date=August 1, 2016}}</ref> The San Mateo Performing Arts Center, one of the largest local theaters, is located on the San Mateo High School campus.

The city is home to the [[College of San Mateo]], a [[community college]]. The campus of over 10,000 students is located on {{convert|153|acre|km2}} in the western foothills of the city which offer a panoramic view of the San Francisco Bay.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collegeofsanmateo.edu/|title=College of San Mateo|website=Collegeofsanmateo.edu|access-date=August 1, 2016}}</ref> Other universities in the area include [[Notre Dame de Namur University]], a private Catholic university of 2,000 students in neighboring Belmont,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndnu.edu/|title=Notre Dame de Namur University - Opening Doors. Engaging Minds|website=Ndnu.edu|access-date=August 1, 2016}}</ref> and [[Stanford University]] located about {{convert|12|mi|km}} to the south.