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About Portola Valley
City in CaliforniaPortola Valley is an affluent town in San Mateo County, California, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town had a population of 4,456. Located on the San Francisco Peninsula in the Bay Area, the community is nestled on the eastern slopes of the Santa Cruz Mountains.
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Housing in Portola Valley
The typical Portola Valley home is worth about $4,259,000, up 11.4% in a year, 457% above the California typical home.
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The public schools Portola Valley’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 69% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
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