Mills High School

Mills High School is a public high school in Millbrae, California, one of eight in the San Mateo Union High School District.

Mills was established in 1958. Mills High School has been named a California Distinguished School three times (1988, 1996, 2009).

Academics
In 2012, Mills was granted a six-year accreditation through the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

Mills has Advanced Placement course offerings.

In 2015, it was ranked the 225th best public high school in the country by Newsweek. In 2013, it was ranked 519th nationally by U.S. News & World Report.

Demographics
2017-2018
 * 1,220 students: 617 Male (50.6%), 603 Female (49.4%)

Approximately 22.3% of the students at Mills are served by the free or reduced-price lunch program.

Athletics
Mills has a wide array of sports throughout the school year. In the fall, the sports are: Girls' Tennis, Girls' Golf, Water Polo, Cross Country, Football, and Volleyball. Winter sports include: Basketball, Soccer, and Wrestling. Spring sports consist of: Badminton, Baseball, Boys' Golf, Softball, Swimming, Boys' Tennis, and Track and Field.

Notable alumni and faculty

 * Jeff Novitzky (1986) - Vice President of Athlete Health and Performance for UFC
 * Paul Fanaika (2004) — NFL Football Player
 * Larry Grenadier — Jazz bassist
 * Gordon Lish (faculty) — Editor, author, teacher
 * Leslie Maxie (1985) — Olympic athlete 1988 Summer Olympics
 * Frank Portman (a.k.a. Dr. Frank) — Lead singer of the Mr. T Experience
 * Wesley Chan (2002) — founding member of Wong Fu Productions
 * Adam Tafralis (2002) — Canadian Football League Quarterback and San Jose State career passing yards record holder
 * James van Hoften (1962) — NASA astronaut
 * Craig Venter (1964) - Scientist, winner of 2008 National Medal of Science and twice named to Time 100 list of the world's most influential people
 * Kathy Baker (1968) - Actress