Cate School is a highly selective, coeducational university-preparatory school for boarding and day students in grades 9–12 located in Carpinteria, California, eleven miles from Santa Barbara. In 2012, the school had 270 students, who came from 31 states and 18 foreign countries. In 2022, Niche ranked Cate School the best boarding school in California and the 13th-best in the United States.
Cate School founder Curtis Wolsey Cate with his first class in 1910 at what he initially called "The Miramar School" (Gane House).