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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 94306

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Schools

1,660

Students

5-star schools

Top rankedHerbert Hoover Elementary10^th of 5,857 California elementary schools

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Biggest riser

El Carmelo Elementary up 398 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Barron Park Elementary 18.2 students per teacher

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1 school without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

This analysis covers six elementary schools in Palo Alto, CA (zip code 94306), all part of the highly-ranked Palo Alto Unified district, serving grades K-5 except for the kindergarten-only Greendell.

Among these schools, Herbert Hoover Elementary and Juana Briones Elementary stand out as top performers, both ranking in the 100th percentile statewide with academic proficiency rates above 89% and very low chronic absenteeism. Fairmeadow Elementary is also a consistently strong school, while Barron Park Elementary shows lower proficiency rates and the highest chronic absenteeism in the group.

Key findings include a notable correlation between lower chronic absenteeism and higher academic performance across the schools. There is also wide variation in per-student spending, with Herbert Hoover Elementary achieving the best results with the lowest spending among the K-5 schools, while the small, kindergarten-only Greendell has significantly higher per-student costs. The data shows that even within this high-performing district, individual school outcomes can vary significantly.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)		Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)				Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)				% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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 (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th 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 All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Herbert Hoover Elementary	Public	K-5	445 East Charleston Rd.	Palo Alto	94306	Santa Clara County	Palo Alto Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 320-8106	389	20	19.4	6.7%	32 (8.2%)	5 (1.3%)	20 (5.1%)	301 (77.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (7.7%)	99.1	10^th of 5857 public elementary schools	99.8%		99.2	9^th of 5869 public elementary schools	99.8%	1	91.3	91.3	91.2	88.6	95.6	91.8	91.3	91.4	95.6	92.8	93.0				96.5	$30,834	$28,348	$2,486
El Carmelo Elementary	Public	K-5	3024 Bryant St.	Palo Alto	94306	Santa Clara County	Palo Alto Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 856-0960	282	15	19.2	18.4%	65 (23.0%)	9 (3.2%)	70 (24.8%)	101 (35.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	36 (12.8%)	92.4	510^th of 5857 public elementary schools	91.3%		86	908^th of 5869 public elementary schools	84.5%	398	59.6	59.6	73.8	75.8	71.7	74.0	72.7	73.4	72.3	72.9						$39,930	$37,346	$2,584
Fairmeadow Elementary	Public	K-5	500 East Meadow Dr.	Palo Alto	94306	Santa Clara County	Palo Alto Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 856-0845	425	21	19.9	12.2%	123 (28.9%)	2 (0.5%)	68 (16.0%)	204 (48.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	26 (6.1%)	98	71^st of 5857 public elementary schools	98.8%		96.8	184^th of 5869 public elementary schools	96.9%	113	80.0	80.0	77.8	92.7	89.6	86.9	82.8	87.0	87.1	85.7	88.3	96.7	93.3	96.7		$36,294	$33,820	$2,474
Juana Briones Elementary	Public	K-5	4100 Orme St.	Palo Alto	94306	Santa Clara County	Palo Alto Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 856-0877	260	13	19.4	10.8%	79 (30.4%)	3 (1.2%)	20 (7.7%)	127 (48.8%)	1 (0.4%)	3 (1.2%)	27 (10.4%)	98.7	23^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	99.6%		97.1	152^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	97.4%	129	83.0	83.0	83.3	95.6	91.3	90.2	91.3	87.2	89.4	89.3						$41,293	$38,920	$2,373
Greendell	Public	K	4120 Middlefield Rd.	Palo Alto	94306	Santa Clara County	Palo Alto Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 856-0833	26	2	13.0	11.5%	9 (34.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (15.4%)	10 (38.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (11.5%)								(n/a)
Barron Park Elementary	Public	K-5	800 Barron Ave.	Palo Alto	94306	Santa Clara County	Palo Alto Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 858-0508	278	15	18.2	29.9%	75 (27.0%)	6 (2.2%)	78 (28.1%)	95 (34.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.8%)	19 (6.8%)	81.8	1088^th of 5857 public elementary schools	81.4%		84	996^th of 5869 public elementary schools	83.0%	92	50.0	50.0	66.7	53.1	63.6	61.9	66.7	69.7	54.6	63.0	93.9	93.9		93.9		$40,674	$38,092	$2,582

Cities Near Zip Code 94306

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Palo Alto	0.39 mi	17	24^th
Stanford	1.33 mi	2	25^th
Los Altos	1.65 mi	12	11^th
Mountain View	1.92 mi	15	184^th
Los Altos Hills	2.48 mi	2	5^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.