Palo Alto Unified

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District Summary

25 Churchill Ave
Palo Alto, CA 94306-1005

(650) 329-3700

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SchoolDigger Rank:
30^th of 826 California districts

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Grades served: K-12
Students: 11,949

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.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2019)				Ranking (2018)				CAST Science (2019)			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	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science 10th Grade	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	402	22	18.4	16.4%	187 (46.5%)	3 (0.7%)	66 (16.4%)	87 (21.6%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.5%)	52 (12.9%)	93	431^st of 5288 public elementary schools	91.8%		93.9	378^th of 5662 public elementary schools	93.3%	53	73.1			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	395	20	20.2	7.1%	29 (7.3%)	8 (2.0%)	27 (6.8%)	279 (70.6%)		3 (0.8%)	49 (12.4%)	98.3	49^th of 5288 public elementary schools	99.1%		97.9	76^th of 5662 public elementary schools	98.7%	27	86.1			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	360	20	18.2	18.6%	109 (30.3%)	7 (1.9%)	58 (16.1%)	144 (40.0%)		3 (0.8%)	39 (10.8%)	94.1	357^th of 5288 public elementary schools	93.2%		94.7	304^th of 5662 public elementary schools	94.6%	53	71.0			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	445	27	16.6	8.8%	152 (34.2%)	8 (1.8%)	40 (9.0%)	191 (42.9%)		6 (1.3%)	48 (10.8%)	96.2	198^th of 5288 public elementary schools	96.3%		93.7	404^th of 5662 public elementary schools	92.9%	206	66.7			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	374	24	15.8	8.3%	124 (33.2%)	5 (1.3%)	58 (15.5%)	128 (34.2%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.3%)	53 (14.2%)	95.7	235^th of 5288 public elementary schools	95.6%		97.8	84^th of 5662 public elementary schools	98.5%	151	70.0			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	2,006	105	19.0	7.1%	742 (37.0%)	21 (1.0%)	184 (9.2%)	885 (44.1%)	2 (0.1%)	14 (0.7%)	158 (7.9%)	98.2	28^th of 1727 public high schools	98.4%		97.8	27^th of 2017 public high schools	98.7%	1			68.2							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	371	24	15.7	8.9%	152 (41.0%)	5 (1.3%)	56 (15.1%)	100 (27.0%)	1 (0.3%)	12 (3.2%)	45 (12.1%)	96.4	184^th of 5288 public elementary schools	96.5%		95.4	255^th of 5662 public elementary schools	95.5%	71	69.9			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	307	18	16.9	15.0%	97 (31.6%)	7 (2.3%)	52 (16.9%)	111 (36.2%)			40 (13.0%)	92.6	459^th of 5288 public elementary schools	91.3%		97.8	85^th of 5662 public elementary schools	98.5%	374	70.5			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	560	31	18.2	3.6%	199 (35.5%)	8 (1.4%)	39 (7.0%)	225 (40.2%)		3 (0.5%)	86 (15.4%)	95	274^th of 5288 public elementary schools	94.8%		94.3	344^th of 5662 public elementary schools	93.9%	70	72.1			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	2,124	117	18.1	7.9%	964 (45.4%)	44 (2.1%)	252 (11.9%)	711 (33.5%)	5 (0.2%)	14 (0.7%)	134 (6.3%)	97.8	32^nd of 1727 public high schools	98.1%		94.8	89^th of 2017 public high schools	95.6%	57			60.8							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	393	21	18.8	6.4%	149 (37.9%)	3 (0.8%)	31 (7.9%)	166 (42.2%)		1 (0.3%)	43 (10.9%)	96.1	207^th of 5288 public elementary schools	96.1%		95.2	268^th of 5662 public elementary schools	95.3%	61	72.2			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	1,137	71	15.9	8.1%	367 (32.3%)	13 (1.1%)	134 (11.8%)	507 (44.6%)		7 (0.6%)	109 (9.6%)	98	30^th of 2155 public middle schools	98.6%		98.6	17^th of 2480 public middle schools	99.3%	13		77.2					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	110	5	21.1	7.3%	43 (39.1%)	1 (0.9%)	11 (10.0%)	42 (38.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.7%)	10 (9.1%)								(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	Yes	(650) 858-0508	244	16	15.4	30.7%	73 (29.9%)	8 (3.3%)	81 (33.2%)	46 (18.9%)		5 (2.0%)	31 (12.7%)	88.5	687^th of 5288 public elementary schools	87.0%		67	1722^nd of 5662 public elementary schools	69.6%	1035	59.5			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	23	6	3.8	56.5%	2 (8.7%)	2 (8.7%)	10 (43.5%)	4 (17.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (17.4%)	1 (4.3%)								(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	1,050	67	15.6	10.2%	430 (41.0%)	22 (2.1%)	143 (13.6%)	312 (29.7%)	7 (0.7%)	11 (1.0%)	125 (11.9%)	96.8	73^rd of 2155 public middle schools	96.6%		96.6	74^th of 2480 public middle schools	97.0%	1		72.3					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	668	45	14.9	12.1%	201 (30.1%)	10 (1.5%)	110 (16.5%)	257 (38.5%)	1 (0.1%)	6 (0.9%)	83 (12.4%)	97.9	35^th of 2155 public middle schools	98.4%		97.2	50^th of 2480 public middle schools	98.0%	15		74.9					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	445	25	17.8	9.7%	176 (39.6%)	8 (1.8%)	48 (10.8%)	152 (34.2%)		3 (0.7%)	58 (13.0%)	96.8	155^th of 5288 public elementary schools	97.1%		98.2	56^th of 5662 public elementary schools	99.0%	99	66.7			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	29	18.7	21.5%	198 (37.0%)	14 (2.6%)	184 (34.4%)	86 (16.1%)			53 (9.9%)	88.4	697^th of 5288 public elementary schools	86.8%		86.3	837^th of 5662 public elementary schools	85.2%	140	56.3			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	1.19 mi	9	814^th
KIPP Valiant Community Prep District	1.56 mi	1
Sequoia Union High	1.58 mi	9	200^th
East Palo Alto Academy District	1.58 mi	1
Oxford Day Academy District	1.69 mi	1

Palo Alto Unified

District Summary

Herbert Hoover Elementary

Henry M. Gunn High

Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle

Ellen Fletcher Middle

Palo Alto High

Frank S. Greene Junior Middle

Lucille M. Nixon Elementary

Walter Hays Elementary

Fairmeadow Elementary

Palo Verde Elementary

Duveneck Elementary

Ohlone Elementary

El Carmelo Elementary

Addison Elementary

Juana Briones Elementary

Barron Park Elementary

Escondido Elementary

Greendell

Packard Children's Hospital/Stanford

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