Palo Alto Unified school district (Data source)

County of Santa Clara

THIS chart shows what the school system "wants"

NOT what school board members want.

NOT what superintendents want.

More about this chart.

See also: "Good" schools?

Palo Alto Unified math proficiency
Zero+ meets standard.

• Any result above zero is proficient; below is not proficient. • There is a 99% chance that results will remain the same in coming years, which is to say, between the Upper and Lower Control Limits (the gray lines).

Students would perform better the more years in school IF the follow-the-schedule method wanted that.

But that's not what it "wants"...and it's not a coincidence this pattern repeats (repeatedly).

The system (the follow-the-schedule method) "wants" schools to perform poorer, relative to grade level, the more years students spend in public school.

• Any result above zero is proficient; below is not proficient.

Palo Alto Unified math proficiency
Zero+ meets standard.

Schools in Palo Alto Unified

Elementary School (Public) (13)
Addison Elementary Barron Park Elementary Duveneck Elementary
El Carmelo Elementary Escondido Elementary Fairmeadow Elementary
Greendell Herbert Hoover Elementary Juana Briones Elementary
Lucille M. Nixon Elementary Ohlone Elementary Palo Verde Elementary
Walter Hays Elementary
High Schools (Public) (2)
Henry M. Gunn High Palo Alto High
Intermediate/Middle Schools (Public) (3)
Ellen Fletcher Middle Frank S. Greene Jr. Middle Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle
Adult Education Centers (1)
Palo Alto Adult Education
Alternative Schools of Choice (1)
Packard Children's Hospital/Stanford

Schools in Palo Alto Unified

Enrollment by school type, school and year

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Palo Alto Unified School District 12,489 12,450 12,245 12,221 11,949 11,703 10,726 10,463

Elementary School (Public)

Addison Elementary 463 475 437 435 402 391 319 332
Barron Park Elementary 338 289 285 259 244 240 203 198
Duveneck Elementary 482 479 442 430 374 417 340 356
El Carmelo Elementary 407 395 359 377 360 347 295 303
Escondido Elementary 581 550 535 538 535 547 467 471
Fairmeadow Elementary 548 514 496 469 445 438 360 408
Greendell 97 100 99 93 110 58 287 82
Herbert Hoover Elementary 406 406 392 397 395 392 352 372
Juana Briones Elementary 348 335 319 314 307 317 277 263
Lucille M. Nixon Elementary 477 473 457 442 445 433 359 378
Ohlone Elementary 605 600 576 567 560 525 438 444
Palo Verde Elementary 404 415 389 399 393 383 337 369
Walter Hays Elementary 521 463 428 389 371 348 259 269

High Schools (Public)

Henry M. Gunn High 1,897 1,939 1,919 2,008 2,006 1,996 1,936 1,868
Palo Alto High 1,943 1,994 1,992 2,072 2,124 2,177 2,085 2,010

Intermediate/Middle Schools (Public)

Ellen Fletcher Middle 722 751 715 691 668 640 562 506
Frank S. Greene Jr. Middle 1,103 1,130 1,176 1,119 1,050 955 857 821
Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle 1,107 1,111 1,203 1,202 1,137 1,085 987 996

Alternative Schools of Choice

Packard Children's Hospital/Stanford 40 31 26 20 23 14 6 17