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Herbert Hoover Elementary
Palo Alto Unified
Public K-5
Rank: 3rd of 5868
Students: 386
Ellen Fletcher Middle
Palo Alto Unified
Public 6-8
Rank: 21st of 2798
Students: 515
Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle
Palo Alto Unified
Public 6-8
Rank: 30th of 2798
Students: 996
Duveneck Elementary
Palo Alto Unified
Public K-5
Rank: 81st of 5868
Students: 346
Ohlone Elementary
Palo Alto Unified
Public K-5
Rank: 98th of 5868
Students: 463
Henry M. Gunn High
Palo Alto Unified
Public 9-12
Rank: 38th of 2346
Students: 1,787
Frank S. Greene Junior Middle
Palo Alto Unified
Public 6-8
Rank: 69th of 2798
Students: 755
Palo Verde Elementary
Palo Alto Unified
Public K-5
Rank: 135th of 5868
Students: 382
Fairmeadow Elementary
Palo Alto Unified
Public K-5
Rank: 263rd of 5868
Students: 403
Walter Hays Elementary
Palo Alto Unified
Public K-5
Rank: 348th of 5868
Students: 294
Addison Elementary
Palo Alto Unified
Public K-5
Rank: 366th of 5868
Students: 331
El Carmelo Elementary
Palo Alto Unified
Public K-5
Rank: 374th of 5868
Students: 317
Juana Briones Elementary
Palo Alto Unified
Public K-5
Rank: 440th of 5868
Students: 258
Palo Alto High
Palo Alto Unified
Public 9-12
Rank: 129th of 2346
Students: 1,992
Barron Park Elementary
Palo Alto Unified
Public K-5
Rank: 843rd of 5868
Students: 211
Greendell
Palo Alto Unified
Public, Alternative K-12
Students: 34
Packard Children's Hospital/Stanford
Palo Alto Unified
Public, Alternative K-12
Students: 10
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KG
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% Varicella
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Addison Elementary
Public
K-5
650 Addison Ave.
Palo Alto
94301
Santa Clara County
Palo Alto Unified
No
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(650) 322-5935
331
18
18.6
17.5%
121 (36.6%)
5 (1.5%)
63 (19.0%)
88 (26.6%)
0 (0.0%)
11 (3.3%)
43 (13.0%)
94.8
366
th
of 5868 public elementary schools
93.8%
93.9
445
th
of 5883 public elementary schools
92.4%
79
68.8
68.8
84.2
65.2
80.7
77.6
87.9
70.2
68.8
75.7
91.5
94.9
$12,771
Herbert Hoover Elementary
Public
K-5
445 E. Charleston Rd.
Palo Alto
94306
Santa Clara County
Palo Alto Unified
No
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(650) 320-8106
386
21
18.5
6.2%
34 (8.8%)
3 (0.8%)
22 (5.7%)
290 (75.1%)
1 (0.3%)
1 (0.3%)
35 (9.1%)
99.4
3
rd
of 5868 public elementary schools
99.9%
98.8
34
th
of 5883 public elementary schools
99.4%
31
97.0
97.0
98.4
92.9
93.9
95.0
98.4
94.3
92.4
95.0
$11,107
El Carmelo Elementary
Public
K-5
3024 Bryant St.
Palo Alto
94306
Santa Clara County
Palo Alto Unified
No
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(650) 856-0960
317
17
19.0
18.0%
82 (25.9%)
4 (1.3%)
71 (22.4%)
119 (37.5%)
0 (0.0%)
2 (0.6%)
39 (12.3%)
94.8
374
th
of 5868 public elementary schools
93.6%
94.2
419
th
of 5883 public elementary schools
92.9%
45
77.6
77.6
72.5
67.9
85.2
75.3
75.0
72.9
84.5
77.6
$12,289
Fairmeadow Elementary
Public
K-5
500 E. Meadow Dr.
Palo Alto
94306
Santa Clara County
Palo Alto Unified
No
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(650) 856-0845
403
20
20.2
11.9%
110 (27.3%)
6 (1.5%)
56 (13.9%)
189 (46.9%)
0 (0.0%)
4 (1.0%)
38 (9.4%)
96.1
263
rd
of 5868 public elementary schools
95.5%
95.7
319
th
of 5883 public elementary schools
94.6%
56
71.0
71.0
88.9
72.7
75.4
78.8
84.1
78.8
79.7
80.8
$13,684
Duveneck Elementary
Public
K-5
705 Alester Ave.
Palo Alto
94303
Santa Clara County
Palo Alto Unified
No
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(650) 322-5946
346
18
19.7
11.8%
84 (24.3%)
11 (3.2%)
68 (19.7%)
125 (36.1%)
0 (0.0%)
11 (3.2%)
47 (13.6%)
98.2
81
st
of 5868 public elementary schools
98.6%
98.1
95
th
of 5883 public elementary schools
98.4%
14
77.6
77.6
82.1
89.8
86.4
85.7
85.1
89.8
83.6
85.8
$12,962
Henry M. Gunn High
Public
9-12
780 Arastradero Rd.
Palo Alto
94306
Santa Clara County
Palo Alto Unified
No
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(650) 354-8200
1,787
105
16.9
10.3%
504 (28.2%)
22 (1.2%)
227 (12.7%)
840 (47.0%)
2 (0.1%)
7 (0.4%)
181 (10.1%)
97.8
38
th
of 2346 public high schools
98.4%
98.8
22
nd
of 2123 public high schools
99.0%
16
75.1
40.0
72.8
82.8
82.8
78.6
78.6
$14,036
Walter Hays Elementary
Public
K-5
1525 Midfield Rd.
Palo Alto
94301
Santa Clara County
Palo Alto Unified
No
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(650) 322-5956
294
15
19.6
16.7%
92 (31.3%)
5 (1.7%)
58 (19.7%)
96 (32.7%)
0 (0.0%)
6 (2.0%)
37 (12.6%)
95.1
348
th
of 5868 public elementary schools
94.1%
94.1
434
th
of 5883 public elementary schools
92.6%
86
71.7
71.7
70.6
84.1
76.7
77.5
68.4
84.1
75.0
76.1
91.9
91.9
$15,636
Juana Briones Elementary
Public
K-5
4100 Orme St.
Palo Alto
94306
Santa Clara County
Palo Alto Unified
No
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(650) 856-0877
258
13
19.2
9.3%
81 (31.4%)
4 (1.6%)
35 (13.6%)
108 (41.9%)
0 (0.0%)
0 (0.0%)
30 (11.6%)
93.9
440
th
of 5868 public elementary schools
92.5%
98
99
th
of 5883 public elementary schools
98.3%
341
84.8
84.8
77.1
58.1
87.2
74.4
91.4
68.1
87.2
81.4
$15,069
Ohlone Elementary
Public
K-5
950 Amarillo Ave.
Palo Alto
94303
Santa Clara County
Palo Alto Unified
No
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(650) 856-1726
463
24
19.6
6.7%
140 (30.2%)
6 (1.3%)
44 (9.5%)
203 (43.8%)
0 (0.0%)
0 (0.0%)
69 (14.9%)
98
98
th
of 5868 public elementary schools
98.3%
97.4
165
th
of 5883 public elementary schools
97.2%
67
84.3
84.3
78.7
81.7
96.4
86.0
86.7
80.3
86.8
84.7
$12,380
Palo Alto High
Public
9-12
50 Embarcadero Rd.
Palo Alto
94301
Santa Clara County
Palo Alto Unified
No
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(650) 329-3701
1,992
119
16.7
10.2%
699 (35.1%)
43 (2.2%)
284 (14.3%)
718 (36.0%)
4 (0.2%)
21 (1.1%)
221 (11.1%)
92.7
129
th
of 2346 public high schools
94.5%
98.3
37
th
of 2123 public high schools
98.3%
92
59.8
16.7
38.9
51.4
74.9
74.9
71.7
71.7
$15,583
Palo Verde Elementary
Public
K-5
3450 Louis Rd.
Palo Alto
94303
Santa Clara County
Palo Alto Unified
No
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(650) 856-1672
382
20
19.1
8.4%
107 (28.0%)
4 (1.0%)
33 (8.6%)
203 (53.1%)
0 (0.0%)
4 (1.0%)
31 (8.1%)
97.6
135
th
of 5868 public elementary schools
97.7%
95.3
338
th
of 5883 public elementary schools
94.3%
203
74.3
74.3
80.0
86.1
84.1
83.5
78.3
94.4
85.7
86.3
$12,094
Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle
Public
6-8
480 E. Meadow Dr.
Palo Alto
94306
Santa Clara County
Palo Alto Unified
No
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(650) 856-5188
996
64
15.5
9.9%
266 (26.7%)
21 (2.1%)
119 (11.9%)
459 (46.1%)
0 (0.0%)
13 (1.3%)
118 (11.8%)
98.7
30
th
of 2798 public middle schools
98.9%
98.6
36
th
of 2740 public middle schools
98.7%
6
73.0
73.0
85.0
85.9
80.6
83.9
83.0
83.0
77.5
81.2
$14,581
Greendell
Public, Alternative
K-12
4120 Midfield Rd.
Palo Alto
94303
Santa Clara County
Palo Alto Unified
No
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(650) 856-0833
34
2
17.0
8.8%
15 (44.1%)
0 (0.0%)
7 (20.6%)
6 (17.6%)
0 (0.0%)
0 (0.0%)
6 (17.6%)
(n/a)
95.2
96.4
95.2
96.4
96.4
$13,077
Barron Park Elementary
Public
K-5
800 Barron Ave.
Palo Alto
94306
Santa Clara County
Palo Alto Unified
No
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(650) 858-0508
211
11
19.5
24.2%
64 (30.3%)
0 (0.0%)
58 (27.5%)
67 (31.8%)
1 (0.5%)
0 (0.0%)
21 (10.0%)
87.6
843
rd
of 5868 public elementary schools
85.6%
90
688
th
of 5883 public elementary schools
88.3%
155
59.4
59.4
68.8
68.4
75.0
70.6
57.6
61.1
65.6
61.4
94.6
96.4
94.6
$20,964
Packard Children's Hospital/Stanford
Public, Alternative
K-12
725 Welch Rd.
Palo Alto
94304
Santa Clara County
Palo Alto Unified
No
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(650) 497-8230
10
4
2.5
40.0%
1 (10.0%)
1 (10.0%)
6 (60.0%)
2 (20.0%)
0 (0.0%)
0 (0.0%)
0 (0.0%)
(n/a)
Frank S. Greene Junior Middle
Public
6-8
750 N. CA Ave.
Palo Alto
94303
Santa Clara County
Palo Alto Unified
No
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(408) 494-8120
755
54
13.9
13.2%
255 (33.8%)
16 (2.1%)
153 (20.3%)
231 (30.6%)
0 (0.0%)
5 (0.7%)
93 (12.3%)
97.7
69
th
of 2798 public middle schools
97.5%
97.2
81
st
of 2740 public middle schools
97.0%
12
72.1
72.1
76.3
80.9
80.9
79.5
72.9
75.1
71.8
73.3
$15,049
Ellen Fletcher Middle
Public
6-8
655 Arastradero Rd.
Palo Alto
94306
Santa Clara County
Palo Alto Unified
No
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(650) 856-9810
515
36
14.4
11.8%
152 (29.5%)
7 (1.4%)
81 (15.7%)
206 (40.0%)
0 (0.0%)
0 (0.0%)
69 (13.4%)
99
21
st
of 2798 public middle schools
99.2%
99
20
th
of 2740 public middle schools
99.3%
1
79.2
79.2
84.5
88.6
91.2
88.0
76.2
82.3
78.2
78.8
$16,966
Cities Near Palo Alto
City
Distance
# of Schools
Statewide Rank
Rank (0-5)
Stanford
1.36 mi
2
24
th
Menlo Park
1.6 mi
7
411
th
East Palo Alto
1.9 mi
11
831
st
Atherton
1.93 mi
5
96
th
Los Altos
3.57 mi
12
11
th
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