Best Public Schools in Palo Alto, CA

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School												Students/Teachers											Ranking (2016)				Ranking (2015)				Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2016)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2016)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	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 (2016)	Statewide Rank (2016)	State Percentile (2016)	SchoolDigger Rating (2016)	Average Standard Score (2015)	Statewide Rank (2015)	State Percentile (2015)	Rank Change from Previous Year	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 English Language Arts/Literacy 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
Addison Elementary	Public	K-5	650 Addison Ave	Palo Alto	94301	Santa Clara	Palo Alto Unified	No	No	Yes	(650) 322-5935	479	23	21.1	11.0 %	269 (56.2 %)	12 (2.5 %)	59 (12.3 %)	82 (17.1 %)	4 (0.8 %)	3 (0.6 %)	50 (10.4 %)	95.4	307^th of 5601 public elementary schools	94.5 %		96.4	238^th of 5567 public elementary schools	95.7 %	69	71.0	83.0	86.0					76.0	75.0	81.0
Herbert Hoover Elementary	Public	K-5	445 East Charleston Rd	Palo Alto	94306	Santa Clara	Palo Alto Unified	No	No	No	(650) 320-8106	414	20	20.9	5.0 %	42 (10.1 %)	3 (0.7 %)	29 (7.0 %)	301 (72.7 %)	0 (0.0 %)	5 (1.2 %)	34 (8.2 %)	99.1	16^th of 5601 public elementary schools	99.7 %		98.9	24^th of 5567 public elementary schools	99.6 %	8	89.0	92.0	93.0					95.0	93.0	92.0
El Carmelo Elementary	Public	K-5	3024 Bryant St	Palo Alto	94306	Santa Clara	Palo Alto Unified	No	No	Yes	(650) 856-0960	417	21	19.7	13.0 %	144 (34.5 %)	10 (2.4 %)	63 (15.1 %)	144 (34.5 %)	2 (0.5 %)	0 (0.0 %)	54 (12.9 %)	98.1	81^st of 5601 public elementary schools	98.6 %		98.3	70^th of 5567 public elementary schools	98.7 %	11	81.0	91.0	86.0					86.0	94.0	85.0
Fairmeadow Elementary	Public	K-5	500 East Meadow Dr	Palo Alto	94306	Santa Clara	Palo Alto Unified	No	No	No	(650) 856-0845	551	28	19.9	6.0 %	235 (42.6 %)	14 (2.5 %)	57 (10.3 %)	196 (35.6 %)	1 (0.2 %)	0 (0.0 %)	48 (8.7 %)	98.1	82^nd of 5601 public elementary schools	98.5 %		97.7	124^th of 5567 public elementary schools	97.8 %	42	78.0	87.0	93.0					90.0	84.0	89.0
Duveneck Elementary	Public	K-5	705 Alester Ave	Palo Alto	94303	Santa Clara	Palo Alto Unified	No	No	No	(650) 322-5946	492	23	21.1	6.0 %	225 (45.7 %)	10 (2.0 %)	45 (9.1 %)	162 (32.9 %)	1 (0.2 %)	7 (1.4 %)	42 (8.5 %)	98.1	76^th of 5601 public elementary schools	98.6 %		98.5	48^th of 5567 public elementary schools	99.1 %	28	87.0	84.0	88.0					89.0	86.0	83.0
Henry M. Gunn High	Public	9-12	780 Arastradero Rd	Palo Alto	94306	Santa Clara	Palo Alto Unified	No	No	No	(650) 354-8200	1,904	109	17.5	7.0 %	771 (40.5 %)	27 (1.4 %)	173 (9.1 %)	816 (42.9 %)	1 (0.1 %)	3 (0.2 %)	113 (5.9 %)	97.7	20^th of 2033 public high schools	99.0 %		95.8	58^th of 1999 public high schools	97.1 %	38							93.0							91.0
Walter Hays Elementary	Public	K-5	1525 Middlefield Rd	Palo Alto	94301	Santa Clara	Palo Alto Unified	No	No	No	(650) 322-5956	539	27	19.8	8.0 %	269 (49.9 %)	8 (1.5 %)	52 (9.6 %)	150 (27.8 %)	1 (0.2 %)	17 (3.2 %)	42 (7.8 %)	98.1	75^th of 5601 public elementary schools	98.7 %		98.1	93^rd of 5567 public elementary schools	98.3 %	18	84.0	87.0	88.0					88.0	87.0	83.0
Juana Briones Elementary	Public	K-5	4100 Orme St	Palo Alto	94306	Santa Clara	Palo Alto Unified	No	No	Yes	(650) 856-0877	370	19	19.8	15.0 %	150 (40.5 %)	11 (3.0 %)	46 (12.4 %)	123 (33.2 %)	1 (0.3 %)	1 (0.3 %)	38 (10.3 %)	98.5	51^st of 5601 public elementary schools	99.1 %		96.5	217^th of 5567 public elementary schools	96.1 %	166	96.0	85.0	88.0					93.0	86.0	84.0
Ohlone Elementary	Public	K-5	950 Amarillo Ave	Palo Alto	94303	Santa Clara	Palo Alto Unified	No	No	No	(650) 856-1726	602	30	20.3	3.0 %	302 (50.2 %)	8 (1.3 %)	48 (8.0 %)	191 (31.7 %)	1 (0.2 %)	2 (0.3 %)	50 (8.3 %)	96.8	199^th of 5601 public elementary schools	96.4 %		98.1	91^st of 5567 public elementary schools	98.4 %	108	72.0	82.0	92.0					82.0	83.0	90.0
Palo Alto High	Public	9-12	50 Embarcadero Rd	Palo Alto	94301	Santa Clara	Palo Alto Unified	No	No	No	(650) 329-3701	1,944	111	17.5	7.0 %	1,030 (53.0 %)	67 (3.4 %)	199 (10.2 %)	539 (27.7 %)	8 (0.4 %)	14 (0.7 %)	87 (4.5 %)	97.5	25^th of 2033 public high schools	98.8 %		96.3	44^th of 1999 public high schools	97.8 %	19							92.0							88.0
Palo Verde Elementary	Public	K-5	3450 Louis Rd	Palo Alto	94303	Santa Clara	Palo Alto Unified	No	No	No	(650) 856-1672	415	19	22.0	4.0 %	161 (38.8 %)	3 (0.7 %)	29 (7.0 %)	185 (44.6 %)	0 (0.0 %)	3 (0.7 %)	34 (8.2 %)	96.7	202^nd of 5601 public elementary schools	96.4 %		98.4	65^th of 5567 public elementary schools	98.8 %	137	69.0	92.0	84.0					84.0	96.0	84.0
Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle	Public	6-8	480 East Meadow Dr	Palo Alto	94306	Santa Clara	Palo Alto Unified	No	No	No	(650) 856-5188	1,013	64	15.9	8.0 %	395 (39.0 %)	20 (2.0 %)	95 (9.4 %)	447 (44.1 %)	3 (0.3 %)	5 (0.5 %)	48 (4.7 %)	98.5	19^th of 2409 public middle schools	99.2 %		97.7	31^st of 2482 public middle schools	98.8 %	12				89.0	91.0	83.0					87.0	89.0	82.0
Greendell	Public	K-5	4120 Middlefield Rd	Palo Alto	94303	Santa Clara	Palo Alto Unified	No	No	No	(650) 856-0833	95	5	19.0	0.0 %	36 (37.9 %)	0 (0.0 %)	15 (15.8 %)	34 (35.8 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	10 (10.5 %)								(n/a)
Barron Park Elementary	Public	K-5	800 Barron Ave	Palo Alto	94306	Santa Clara	Palo Alto Unified	No	No	Yes	(650) 858-0508	346	17	19.9	27.0 %	129 (37.3 %)	12 (3.5 %)	100 (28.9 %)	83 (24.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	1 (0.3 %)	21 (6.1 %)	69.9	1508^th of 5601 public elementary schools	73.1 %		88.3	697^th of 5567 public elementary schools	87.5 %	811	38.0	53.0	70.0					44.0	54.0	74.0
Packard Children's Hospital/Stanford	Public, Alternative	K-12	725 Welch Rd	Palo Alto	94304	Santa Clara	Palo Alto Unified	No	No	No	(650) 497-8230	38	4	9.5	0.0 %	18 (47.4 %)	2 (5.3 %)	11 (28.9 %)	6 (15.8 %)	1 (2.6 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)								(n/a)
David Starr Jordan Middle	Public	6-8	750 North California Ave	Palo Alto	94303	Santa Clara	Palo Alto Unified	No	No	No	(408) 494-8120	1,027	65	15.8	8.0 %	532 (51.8 %)	35 (3.4 %)	93 (9.1 %)	287 (27.9 %)	7 (0.7 %)	18 (1.8 %)	55 (5.4 %)	97.2	53^rd of 2409 public middle schools	97.8 %		97.3	39^th of 2482 public middle schools	98.4 %	14				82.0	81.0	79.0					82.0	81.0	88.0
Terman Middle	Public	6-8	655 Arastradero Rd	Palo Alto	94306	Santa Clara	Palo Alto Unified	No	No	Yes	(650) 856-9810	715	46	15.5	11.0 %	277 (38.7 %)	11 (1.5 %)	83 (11.6 %)	288 (40.3 %)	0 (0.0 %)	3 (0.4 %)	53 (7.4 %)	97.8	34^th of 2409 public middle schools	98.6 %		97.8	28^th of 2482 public middle schools	98.9 %	6				83.0	87.0	83.0					77.0	81.0	85.0

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