Best Public Schools in Palo Alto, CA

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2018)				Ranking (2017)				Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2018)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (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 (2018)	Statewide Rank (2018)	State Percentile (2018)	SchoolDigger Rating (2018)	Average Standard Score (2017)	Statewide Rank (2017)	State Percentile (2017)	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	No	Yes	(650) 322-5935	437	23	18.7	13.0%	218 (49.9%)	5 (1.1%)	65 (14.9%)	86 (19.7%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.7%)	60 (13.7%)	93.9	378^th of 5662 public elementary schools	93.3%		95.9	263^rd of 5692 public elementary schools	95.4%	115	71.0	84.3	79.8					78.3	87.0	69.2
Herbert Hoover Elementary	Public	K-5	445 E. Charleston Rd.	Palo Alto	94306	Santa Clara	Palo Alto Unified	No	No	No	No	(650) 320-8106	392	19	20.9	7.0%	36 (9.2%)	8 (2.0%)	29 (7.4%)	263 (67.1%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.3%)	51 (13.0%)	97.9	76^th of 5662 public elementary schools	98.7%		99.1	14^th of 5692 public elementary schools	99.8%	62	76.5	91.4	95.4					95.7	93.0	93.9
El Carmelo Elementary	Public	K-5	3024 Bryant St.	Palo Alto	94306	Santa Clara	Palo Alto Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(650) 856-0960	359	17	20.9	15.0%	119 (33.1%)	4 (1.1%)	52 (14.5%)	129 (35.9%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.8%)	52 (14.5%)	94.7	304^th of 5662 public elementary schools	94.6%		95.3	307^th of 5692 public elementary schools	94.6%	3	81.0	77.1	72.7					82.4	87.5	82.4
Fairmeadow Elementary	Public	K-5	500 E. Meadow Dr.	Palo Alto	94306	Santa Clara	Palo Alto Unified	No	No	No	No	(650) 856-0845	496	24	20.9	9.0%	198 (39.9%)	9 (1.8%)	53 (10.7%)	190 (38.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.2%)	40 (8.1%)	93.7	404^th of 5662 public elementary schools	92.9%		95.5	293^rd of 5692 public elementary schools	94.9%	111	81.3	67.7	75.3					89.3	81.1	80.9
Duveneck Elementary	Public	K-5	705 Alester Ave.	Palo Alto	94303	Santa Clara	Palo Alto Unified	No	No	No	No	(650) 322-5946	442	24	18.4	7.0%	174 (39.4%)	4 (0.9%)	42 (9.5%)	149 (33.7%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.9%)	69 (15.6%)	97.8	84^th of 5662 public elementary schools	98.5%		97	175^th of 5692 public elementary schools	96.9%	91	84.2	83.8	88.9					94.0	85.9	87.9
Henry M. Gunn High	Public	9-12	780 Arastradero Rd.	Palo Alto	94306	Santa Clara	Palo Alto Unified	No	No	No	No	(650) 354-8200	1,919	116	16.5	7.0%	733 (38.2%)	24 (1.3%)	167 (8.7%)	865 (45.1%)	1 (0.1%)	8 (0.4%)	121 (6.3%)	97.8	27^th of 2017 public high schools	98.7%		94.8	88^th of 2021 public high schools	95.6%	61							90.3							86.5
Walter Hays Elementary	Public	K-5	1525 Midfield Rd.	Palo Alto	94301	Santa Clara	Palo Alto Unified	No	No	No	No	(650) 322-5956	428	26	16.7	10.0%	187 (43.7%)	5 (1.2%)	59 (13.8%)	121 (28.3%)	1 (0.2%)	11 (2.6%)	44 (10.3%)	95.4	255^th of 5662 public elementary schools	95.5%		96.8	190^th of 5692 public elementary schools	96.7%	65	82.8	69.1	84.0					93.9	79.7	85.9
Juana Briones Elementary	Public	K-5	4100 Orme St.	Palo Alto	94306	Santa Clara	Palo Alto Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(650) 856-0877	319	17	18.8	15.0%	118 (37.0%)	2 (0.6%)	44 (13.8%)	115 (36.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (12.5%)	97.8	85^th of 5662 public elementary schools	98.5%		97.7	121^st of 5692 public elementary schools	97.9%	36	85.7	82.6	93.2					91.1	83.3	86.7
Ohlone Elementary	Public	K-5	950 Amarillo Ave.	Palo Alto	94303	Santa Clara	Palo Alto Unified	No	No	No	No	(650) 856-1726	576	29	19.5	2.0%	238 (41.3%)	6 (1.0%)	47 (8.2%)	185 (32.1%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	97 (16.8%)	94.3	344^th of 5662 public elementary schools	93.9%		95.9	258^th of 5692 public elementary schools	95.5%	86	66.7	84.1	85.9					78.2	90.9	82.4
Palo Alto High	Public	9-12	50 Embarcadero Rd.	Palo Alto	94301	Santa Clara	Palo Alto Unified	No	No	No	No	(650) 329-3701	1,992	128	15.6	9.0%	926 (46.5%)	61 (3.1%)	206 (10.3%)	650 (32.6%)	9 (0.5%)	17 (0.9%)	123 (6.2%)	94.8	89^th of 2017 public high schools	95.6%		95.2	71^st of 2021 public high schools	96.5%	18							80.2							83.6
Palo Verde Elementary	Public	K-5	3450 Louis Rd.	Palo Alto	94303	Santa Clara	Palo Alto Unified	No	No	No	No	(650) 856-1672	389	19	20.3	5.0%	146 (37.5%)	3 (0.8%)	30 (7.7%)	155 (39.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	53 (13.6%)	95.2	268^th of 5662 public elementary schools	95.3%		96.5	224^th of 5692 public elementary schools	96.1%	44	82.4	72.9	78.3					87.0	84.7	82.9
Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle	Public	6-8	480 E. Meadow Dr.	Palo Alto	94306	Santa Clara	Palo Alto Unified	No	No	No	No	(650) 856-5188	1,203	72	16.6	6.0%	443 (36.8%)	14 (1.2%)	123 (10.2%)	530 (44.1%)	1 (0.1%)	13 (1.1%)	80 (6.7%)	98.6	17^th of 2480 public middle schools	99.3%		98.8	16^th of 2508 public middle schools	99.4%	1				88.0	88.5	88.6					89.1	85.9	86.4
Greendell	Public	K-5	4120 Midfield Rd.	Palo Alto	94303	Santa Clara	Palo Alto Unified	No	No	No	No	(650) 856-0833	99	5	19.0	4.0%	32 (32.3%)	1 (1.0%)	22 (22.2%)	30 (30.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (14.1%)								(n/a)
Barron Park Elementary	Public	K-5	800 Barron Ave.	Palo Alto	94306	Santa Clara	Palo Alto Unified	No	No	No	No	(650) 858-0508	285	19	15.4	33.0%	102 (35.8%)	13 (4.6%)	95 (33.3%)	46 (16.1%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.8%)	21 (7.4%)	67	1722^nd of 5662 public elementary schools	69.6%		69.6	1582^nd of 5692 public elementary schools	72.2%	140	63.6	58.5	47.4					64.4	60.9	28.2
Packard Children's Hospital/Stanford	Public, Alternative	K-12	725 Welch Rd.	Palo Alto	94304	Santa Clara	Palo Alto Unified	No	No	No	No	(650) 497-8230	26	6	4.6	12.0%	10 (38.5%)	3 (11.5%)	6 (23.1%)	4 (15.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (11.5%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
David Starr Jordan Middle	Public	6-8	750 N. California Ave.	Palo Alto	94303	Santa Clara	Palo Alto Unified	No	No	No	No	(408) 494-8120	1,176	77	15.2	11.0%	567 (48.2%)	18 (1.5%)	151 (12.8%)	350 (29.8%)	5 (0.4%)	16 (1.4%)	69 (5.9%)	96.6	74^th of 2480 public middle schools	97.0%		97.2	55^th of 2508 public middle schools	97.8%	19				81.6	82.4	76.4					81.7	82.8	77.9
Terman Middle	Public	6-8	655 Arastradero Rd.	Palo Alto	94306	Santa Clara	Palo Alto Unified	No	No	No	No	(650) 856-9810	715	49	14.6	11.0%	261 (36.5%)	11 (1.5%)	100 (14.0%)	276 (38.6%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.4%)	66 (9.2%)	97.2	50^th of 2480 public middle schools	98.0%		97.5	47^th of 2508 public middle schools	98.1%	3				83.3	85.1	79.5					83.3	83.7	77.9

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