Best Public Schools in Palo Alto, CA

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2021)				Ranking (2019)				CAST Science (2021)		Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2021)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2021)							% Completely Immunized (2020)	% Polio (2020)	% Hepatitis B (2020)	% Varicella (2020)	% DTP (2020)	% MMR (2020)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2018)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2021)	Statewide Rank (2021)	State Percentile (2021)	SchoolDigger Rating (2021)	Average Standard Score (2019)	Statewide Rank (2019)	State Percentile (2019)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 10th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Total
Addison Elementary	Public	K-5	650 Addison Ave.	Palo Alto	94301	Santa Clara County	Palo Alto Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(650) 322-5935	319	18	17.6	16.9%	136 (42.6%)	4 (1.3%)	60 (18.8%)	73 (22.9%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.8%)	37 (11.6%)	95.6	79^th of 1417 public elementary schools	94.4%		93	446^th of 5789 public elementary schools	92.3%	367			80.4	76.9	80.8					77.2	73.1	67.3					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)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(650) 320-8106	352	19	18.5	6.0%	24 (6.8%)	5 (1.4%)	17 (4.8%)	261 (74.1%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	43 (12.2%)	98.8	13^th of 1417 public elementary schools	99.1%		98.3	51^st of 5789 public elementary schools	99.1%	38			93.0	83.6	88.5					97.7	87.3	90.2											$11,107
El Carmelo Elementary	Public	K-5	3024 Bryant St.	Palo Alto	94306	Santa Clara County	Palo Alto Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(650) 856-0960	295	19	15.8	16.9%	73 (24.7%)	8 (2.7%)	48 (16.3%)	131 (44.4%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.7%)	32 (10.8%)	93.8	106^th of 1417 public elementary schools	92.5%		94.1	369^th of 5789 public elementary schools	93.6%	263			71.7	80.0	70.6					72.2	85.4	65.4											$12,289
Fairmeadow Elementary	Public	K-5	500 E. Meadow Dr.	Palo Alto	94306	Santa Clara County	Palo Alto Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(650) 856-0845	360	20	18.3	9.2%	127 (35.3%)	3 (0.8%)	39 (10.8%)	148 (41.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	40 (11.1%)	96.1	68^th of 1417 public elementary schools	95.2%		96.2	206^th of 5789 public elementary schools	96.4%	138			74.2	75.8	76.6					88.9	75.8	84.4											$13,684
Duveneck Elementary	Public	K-5	705 Alester Ave.	Palo Alto	94303	Santa Clara County	Palo Alto Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(650) 322-5946	340	20	17.3	8.8%	100 (29.4%)	9 (2.6%)	58 (17.1%)	115 (33.8%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.1%)	51 (15.0%)	95.8	76^th of 1417 public elementary schools	94.6%		95.7	243^rd of 5789 public elementary schools	95.8%	167			69.6	76.4	80.3					80.4	87.3	72.7											$12,962
Henry M. Gunn High	Public	9-12	780 Arastradero Rd.	Palo Alto	94306	Santa Clara County	Palo Alto Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(650) 354-8200	1,936	104	18.6	8.9%	628 (32.4%)	28 (1.4%)	210 (10.8%)	877 (45.3%)	3 (0.2%)	13 (0.7%)	177 (9.1%)	98.2	12^th of 1290 public high schools	99.1%		98.2	33^rd of 2133 public high schools	98.5%	21	78.6	78.6							90.0							88.3							$14,036
Walter Hays Elementary	Public	K-5	1525 Midfield Rd.	Palo Alto	94301	Santa Clara County	Palo Alto Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(650) 322-5956	259	15	17.2	18.1%	87 (33.6%)	3 (1.2%)	51 (19.7%)	77 (29.7%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.7%)	34 (13.1%)	93.7	107^th of 1417 public elementary schools	92.4%		96.4	191^st of 5789 public elementary schools	96.7%	84			70.5	69.2	81.0					65.9	74.4	74.1					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)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(650) 856-0877	277	15	18.6	9.7%	91 (32.9%)	7 (2.5%)	35 (12.6%)	103 (37.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (14.8%)	97.2	47^th of 1417 public elementary schools	96.7%		92.6	474^th of 5789 public elementary schools	91.8%	427			88.4	86.5	78.1					88.9	82.1	71.2											$15,069
Ohlone Elementary	Public	K-5	950 Amarillo Ave.	Palo Alto	94303	Santa Clara County	Palo Alto Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(650) 856-1726	438	24	18.5	5.0%	141 (32.2%)	9 (2.1%)	35 (8.0%)	179 (40.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	73 (16.7%)	97.1	50^th of 1417 public elementary schools	96.5%		95	284^th of 5789 public elementary schools	95.1%	234			88.5	75.0	79.4					87.2	78.1	79.7											$12,380
Palo Alto High	Public	9-12	50 Embarcadero Rd.	Palo Alto	94301	Santa Clara County	Palo Alto Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(650) 329-3701	2,085	118	17.7	8.2%	869 (41.7%)	28 (1.3%)	270 (12.9%)	738 (35.4%)	7 (0.3%)	14 (0.7%)	159 (7.6%)	97	31^st of 1290 public high schools	97.6%		97.8	39^th of 2133 public high schools	98.2%	8	60.5	60.5							89.1							85.9							$15,583
Palo Verde Elementary	Public	K-5	3450 Louis Rd.	Palo Alto	94303	Santa Clara County	Palo Alto Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(650) 856-1672	337	18	18.6	5.0%	106 (31.5%)	4 (1.2%)	19 (5.6%)	167 (49.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	38 (11.3%)	96.4	63^rd of 1417 public elementary schools	95.6%		96.1	215^th of 5789 public elementary schools	96.3%	152			69.6	77.2	87.3					82.1	79.0	80.4											$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)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(650) 856-5188	987	64	15.3	10.5%	289 (29.3%)	17 (1.7%)	114 (11.6%)	438 (44.4%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (1.2%)	117 (11.9%)	98.5	18^th of 894 public middle schools	98.0%		98	33^rd of 2715 public middle schools	98.8%	15						80.9	87.7	82.6					83.7	84.7	79.1								$14,581
Greendell	Public, Alternative	K-12	4120 Midfield Rd.	Palo Alto	94303	Santa Clara County	Palo Alto Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(650) 856-0833	287	20	14.2	15.0%	82 (28.6%)	8 (2.8%)	46 (16.0%)	112 (39.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.1%)	30 (10.5%)								(n/a)			77.8	69.7	68.6					73.0	62.5	64.7					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)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(650) 858-0508	203	14	14.3	27.1%	58 (28.6%)	3 (1.5%)	66 (32.5%)	49 (24.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	25 (12.3%)	79.9	274^th of 1417 public elementary schools	80.7%		88.5	726^th of 5789 public elementary schools	87.5%	452			50.0	58.1	64.3					52.2	58.6	57.1					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)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(650) 497-8230	6	5	1.2		2 (33.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (66.7%)	0 (0.0%)	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)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(408) 494-8120	857	63	13.6	13.1%	307 (35.8%)	19 (2.2%)	138 (16.1%)	252 (29.4%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (1.6%)	127 (14.8%)	96.5	35^th of 894 public middle schools	96.1%		96.8	82^nd of 2715 public middle schools	97.0%	47						71.0	79.0	81.4					69.6	74.1	78.6								$15,049
Ellen Fletcher Middle	Public	6-8	655 Arastradero Rd.	Palo Alto	94306	Santa Clara County	Palo Alto Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(650) 856-9810	562	41	13.5	9.8%	196 (34.9%)	5 (0.9%)	80 (14.2%)	217 (38.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	61 (10.9%)	98.6	16^th of 894 public middle schools	98.2%		97.9	38^th of 2715 public middle schools	98.6%	22						84.1	86.2	85.3					81.7	83.9	77.5								$16,966

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