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Palo Alto High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
50 Embarcadero Rd.
Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone
(650) 329-3701
District
Palo Alto Unified
County
SANTA CLARA COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1992
Classroom Teachers
119

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to California

10

(10 is best)

Better than 93.0% of all CA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Better than 95.2% of all U.S. schools.


Palo Alto High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

80 60 40 20 0
73%
41%
74%
55%
71%
27%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
17
17
22
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 468 23.5%
Grade 10 464 23.3%
Grade 11 486 24.4%
Grade 12 574 28.8%
Total 1992 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 39.5% 34.1% 23.2%
Black 2.4% 2.1% 5.1%
Hispanic 16.1% 17.3% 57.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 40.6% 45.5% 13.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.4% 1.1% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 10.2% 11.4% 59.8%
Free lunch eligible 9.3% 10.5% 52.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.9% 0.9% 7.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 87,369 39,029,342
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 3,166.8 248
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.1% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 21.5% 19.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 33.8% 35.3%
45-64 YEARS OLD 23.7% 24.8%
65 OR OLDER 16.8% 14.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 30,652 13,315,822
Single Parent Households With Children 3.8% 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 97.2% 84.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 84.0% 35.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 60.2% 28.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 10.6% 17.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 6.0% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 7.1% 13.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 5.7% 11.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 4.7% 8.6%
$15,000 or less 5.7% 7.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $17,586 $181,455,000 58.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,546 $15,952,000 5.2%
Staff $947 $9,766,000 3.2%
General Administration $292 $3,011,000 1.0%
School Administration $1,576 $16,265,000 5.3%
Operation $2,179 $22,485,000 7.3%
Transportation $275 $2,836,000 0.9%
Other $1,345 $13,881,000 4.5%
Total Support $8,160 $84,196,000 27.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,187 $43,203,000 14.0%
Total Expenditures $29,934 $308,854,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,891 $52,040,046,000 48.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $997 $5,835,934,000 5.4%
Staff $932 $5,455,332,000 5.1%
General Administration $247 $1,445,763,000 1.4%
School Administration $991 $5,801,460,000 5.4%
Operation $1,401 $8,201,416,000 7.7%
Transportation $246 $1,439,454,000 1.3%
Other $846 $4,952,067,000 4.6%
Total Support $5,661 $33,131,426,000 30.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,746 $21,924,446,000 20.5%
Total Expenditures $18,298 $107,095,918,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%