Palo Alto Unified

District Summary

25 Churchill Ave
Palo Alto, CA 94306-1005

(650) 329-3700

District Website

SchoolDigger Rank:
48^th of 1512 California districts

See the 2019 California District rankings!

Grades served: K-12
Students: 12,245

Primary Schools: 13
Middle Schools: 3
High Schools: 2
Alternative Schools: 1

This graph shows how well Palo Alto Unified is performing compared to other districts in California. 100% is the best performing district in the state, 0% is the worst.

Load more schools when map is moved

Ranking:

E = Elementary, M = Middle, H = High, A = Alternative, P = Private

Choose columns to see: Summary School Students/Teachers Ranking Test Scores Immunizations

School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2019)				Ranking (2018)				Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2019)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2019)							% Completely Immunized (2019)	% Polio (2019)	% Hepatitis B (2019)	% Varicella (2019)	% DTP (2019)	% MMR (2019)
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 (2019)	Statewide Rank (2019)	State Percentile (2019)	SchoolDigger Rating (2019)	Average Standard Score (2018)	Statewide Rank (2018)	State Percentile (2018)	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 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
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%)	92.1	502^nd of 5772 public elementary schools	91.3%		93.9	378^th of 5662 public elementary schools	93.3%	124	73.1	66.7	84.9					82.1	77.8	75.0					≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0
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%)	98	64^th of 5772 public elementary schools	98.9%		97.9	76^th of 5662 public elementary schools	98.7%	12	86.6	81.5	91.6					92.7	95.4	94.4					≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0
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%)	93.4	403^rd of 5772 public elementary schools	93.0%		94.7	304^th of 5662 public elementary schools	94.6%	99	70.0	80.3	87.0					71.4	81.7	82.4					≥95.0	≥95.0	≥95.0	≥95.0	≥95.0	≥95.0
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%)	96.1	195^th of 5772 public elementary schools	96.6%		93.7	404^th of 5662 public elementary schools	92.9%	209	89.1	82.7	79.6					93.8	85.4	73.1					≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0
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%)	95.4	253^rd of 5772 public elementary schools	95.6%		97.8	84^th of 5662 public elementary schools	98.5%	169	68.2	87.1	87.1					81.8	91.8	82.9					≥95.0	≥95.0	≥95.0	≥95.0	≥95.0	≥95.0
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%)	97.1	41^st of 2125 public high schools	98.1%		97.8	27^th of 2017 public high schools	98.7%	14							87.6							83.3
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%)	96.1	193^rd of 5772 public elementary schools	96.7%		95.4	255^th of 5662 public elementary schools	95.5%	62	78.5	86.2	83.1					85.1	84.1	79.5					≥95.0	≥95.0	≥95.0	≥95.0	≥95.0	≥95.0
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%)	91.8	525^th of 5772 public elementary schools	90.9%		97.8	85^th of 5662 public elementary schools	98.5%	440	69.2	69.6	84.1					85.1	74.5	75.0					≥95.0	≥95.0	≥95.0	≥95.0	≥95.0	≥95.0
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%)	94.5	324^th of 5772 public elementary schools	94.4%		94.3	344^th of 5662 public elementary schools	93.9%	20	70.8	76.7	88.4					84.3	79.1	89.5					≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0
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%)	96.3	54^th of 2125 public high schools	97.5%		94.8	89^th of 2017 public high schools	95.6%	35							84.8							76.7
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%)	95.7	233^rd of 5772 public elementary schools	96.0%		95.2	268^th of 5662 public elementary schools	95.3%	35	68.9	89.9	84.7					85.3	94.2	81.9					96.0	96.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0
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%)	97.8	39^th of 2623 public middle schools	98.5%		98.6	17^th of 2480 public middle schools	99.3%	22				80.6	86.4	84.3					83.0	85.2	85.5
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)															94.0	98.0	98.0	94.0	98.0	97.0
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%)	87.7	768^th of 5772 public elementary schools	86.7%		67	1722^nd of 5662 public elementary schools	69.6%	954	66.7	72.1	69.1					73.0	72.1	69.1					≥95.0	≥95.0	≥95.0	≥95.0	≥95.0	≥95.0
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)
Frank S. Greene Junior Middle	Public	6-8	750 N. CA 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%)	96.4	82^nd of 2623 public middle schools	96.9%		96.6	74^th of 2480 public middle schools	97.0%	8				77.7	83.4	79.0					76.5	83.5	78.2
Ellen Fletcher 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%)	97.7	42^nd of 2623 public middle schools	98.4%		97.2	50^th of 2480 public middle schools	98.0%	8				82.8	89.3	83.0					79.0	81.4	84.0
Lucille M. Nixon Elementary	Public	K-5	1711 Stanford Ave.	Stanford	94305	Santa Clara	Palo Alto Unified	No	No	No	No	(650) 856-1622	457	24	18.6	10.0%	188 (41.1%)	14 (3.1%)	52 (11.4%)	144 (31.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	58 (12.7%)	96.8	156^th of 5772 public elementary schools	97.3%		98.2	56^th of 5662 public elementary schools	99.0%	100	83.1	95.4	83.3					87.1	94.4	72.9					≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0
Escondido Elementary	Public	K-5	890 Escondido Rd.	Stanford	94305	Santa Clara	Palo Alto Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(650) 856-1337	535	30	17.7	20.0%	222 (41.5%)	19 (3.6%)	157 (29.3%)	84 (15.7%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (9.2%)	88	756^th of 5772 public elementary schools	86.9%		86.3	837^th of 5662 public elementary schools	85.2%	81	64.9	71.3	73.8					69.7	78.4	66.7					97.0	≥98.0	97.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	97.0

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Ravenswood City Elementary	1.2 mi	9	1487^th
KIPP Valiant Community Prep District	1.46 mi	1
East Palo Alto Academy District	1.56 mi	1	904^th
Sequoia Union High	1.58 mi	8	417^th
San Mateo County Office of Education	1.7 mi	7

Palo Alto Unified

District Summary

Herbert Hoover Elementary

Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle

Ellen Fletcher Middle

Henry M. Gunn High

Lucille M. Nixon Elementary

Frank S. Greene Junior Middle

Palo Alto High

Walter Hays Elementary

Fairmeadow Elementary

Palo Verde Elementary

Duveneck Elementary

Ohlone Elementary

El Carmelo Elementary

Addison Elementary

Juana Briones Elementary

Escondido Elementary

Barron Park Elementary

Greendell

Packard Children's Hospital/Stanford

Districts nearby

Homes for sale near Palo Alto Unified: