Palo Alto Unified

District Summary

25 Churchill Ave
Palo Alto, CA 94306-1005

(650) 329-3700

SchoolDigger Rank:
28^th of 706 California districts

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Grades served: K-12
Students: 11,703

Primary Schools: 12
Middle Schools: 3
High Schools: 2
Alternative Schools: 2

We found 19 schools.

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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	No	No	Yes	(650) 322-5935	391	22	18.4	18.4%	168 (43.0%)	5 (1.3%)	70 (17.9%)	91 (23.3%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.6%)	47 (12.0%)	95.6	79^th of 1411 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	No	No	No	(650) 320-8106	392	20	20.2	6.1%	33 (8.4%)	8 (2.0%)	23 (5.9%)	272 (69.4%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	53 (13.5%)	98.8	13^th of 1411 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	No	No	Yes	(650) 856-0960	347	20	18.2	14.1%	95 (27.4%)	11 (3.2%)	57 (16.4%)	148 (42.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.2%)	32 (9.2%)	93.8	106^th of 1411 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
Escondido Elementary	Public	K-5	890 Escondido Rd.	Stanford	94305	Santa Clara County	Palo Alto Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(650) 856-1337	547	29	18.7	17.6%	209 (38.2%)	13 (2.4%)	178 (32.5%)	96 (17.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	49 (9.0%)	93.2	114^th of 1411 public elementary schools	91.9%		88.4	736^th of 5789 public elementary schools	87.3%	622			60.0	83.8	83.1					67.7	74.3	67.6											$14,040
Fairmeadow Elementary	Public	K-5	500 E. Meadow Dr.	Palo Alto	94306	Santa Clara County	Palo Alto Unified	No	No	No	No	(650) 856-0845	438	27	16.6	9.8%	150 (34.2%)	5 (1.1%)	47 (10.7%)	182 (41.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.1%)	49 (11.2%)	96.1	68^th of 1411 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	No	No	No	(650) 322-5946	417	24	15.8	8.9%	136 (32.6%)	9 (2.2%)	70 (16.8%)	141 (33.8%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.4%)	54 (12.9%)	95.8	76^th of 1411 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	No	No	No	(650) 354-8200	1,996	105	19.0	7.4%	686 (34.4%)	24 (1.2%)	203 (10.2%)	901 (45.1%)	2 (0.1%)	15 (0.8%)	165 (8.3%)	98.2	12^th of 1287 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	No	No	No	(650) 322-5956	348	24	15.7	14.4%	129 (37.1%)	6 (1.7%)	55 (15.8%)	105 (30.2%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (1.7%)	46 (13.2%)	93.7	107^th of 1411 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	No	No	No	(650) 856-0877	317	18	16.9	10.7%	110 (34.7%)	9 (2.8%)	46 (14.5%)	108 (34.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (13.9%)	97.2	47^th of 1411 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	No	No	No	(650) 856-1726	525	31	18.2	4.4%	183 (34.9%)	9 (1.7%)	34 (6.5%)	210 (40.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.8%)	85 (16.2%)	97.1	50^th of 1411 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
Lucille M. Nixon Elementary	Public	K-5	1711 Stanford Ave.	Stanford	94305	Santa Clara County	Palo Alto Unified	No	No	No	No	(650) 856-1622	433	25	17.8	8.1%	170 (39.3%)	8 (1.8%)	50 (11.5%)	150 (34.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	54 (12.5%)	98	34^th of 1411 public elementary schools	97.6%		96.8	161^st of 5789 public elementary schools	97.2%	127			82.5	84.1	87.3					85.7	82.5	79.4					95.1			95.1			$14,797
Palo Alto High	Public	9-12	50 Embarcadero Rd.	Palo Alto	94301	Santa Clara County	Palo Alto Unified	No	No	No	No	(650) 329-3701	2,177	117	18.1	8.1%	933 (42.9%)	46 (2.1%)	270 (12.4%)	765 (35.1%)	6 (0.3%)	15 (0.7%)	142 (6.5%)	97	31^st of 1287 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	No	No	No	(650) 856-1672	383	21	18.8	4.7%	145 (37.9%)	3 (0.8%)	24 (6.3%)	167 (43.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	41 (10.7%)	96.4	63^rd of 1411 public elementary schools	95.5%		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	No	No	No	(650) 856-5188	1,085	71	15.9	8.6%	333 (30.7%)	14 (1.3%)	115 (10.6%)	502 (46.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.6%)	115 (10.6%)	98.5	18^th of 891 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	No	No	No	(650) 856-0833	58	5	21.1	5.2%	24 (41.4%)	1 (1.7%)	5 (8.6%)	21 (36.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (12.1%)								(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	No	No	Yes	(650) 858-0508	240	16	15.4	30.0%	76 (31.7%)	8 (3.3%)	68 (28.3%)	48 (20.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.1%)	35 (14.6%)	79.9	273^rd of 1411 public elementary schools	80.7%		88.5	726^th of 5789 public elementary schools	87.5%	453			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	No	No	No	(650) 497-8230	14	6	3.8	28.6%	8 (57.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (21.4%)	3 (21.4%)	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	No	No	No	(408) 494-8120	955	67	15.6	10.7%	386 (40.4%)	18 (1.9%)	128 (13.4%)	270 (28.3%)	4 (0.4%)	13 (1.4%)	136 (14.2%)	96.5	35^th of 891 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	No	No	No	(650) 856-9810	640	45	14.9	12.7%	206 (32.2%)	9 (1.4%)	100 (15.6%)	249 (38.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	74 (11.6%)	98.6	16^th of 891 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

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Ravenswood City Elementary	1.56 mi	6
KIPP Valiant Community Prep District	1.56 mi	1	684^th
East Palo Alto Academy District	1.58 mi	1
Sequoia Union High	1.58 mi	9
San Mateo County Office of Education	1.69 mi	6

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