Enrollment
366
Elementary
DISTRICT 330 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALO ALTO UNIFIED·NCES 062961004579
Addison Elementary
650 Addison Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94301 · (650) 322-5935 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL366 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 78% of California public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
63 students
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
76.1%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.9pp since 2014
Math
73.1%
CA avg 37.7% . -2.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 55.9% | 20.2% | 13.8% | 10.1% |
| Math | 53.4% | 19.7% | 15.0% | 11.9% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.1% | 73.1% |
| 2023-24 | 74.8% | 73.3% |
| 2022-23 | 77.6% | 75.7% |
| 2021-22 | 78.2% | 72.6% |
| 2020-21 | 79.2% | 72.7% |
| 2018-19 | 74.5% | 78.4% |
| 2017-18 | 78.5% | 77.3% |
| 2016-17 | 80.7% | 76.2% |
| 2015-16 | 80.0% | 78.0% |
| 2014-15 | 79.0% | 76.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
73.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Addison Elementary
Addison Elementary's state test result (73.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Addison Elementary this school | 366 | 17.2% | 73.9% |
| Ocean Shore Elementary Pacifica | 368 | 16.6% | 56.4% |
| Parkside Montessori San Mateo | 418 | 17.7% | 66.8% |
| Rancho Vista Elementary Rolling Hills Estates | 329 | 14.0% | 84.4% |
| Indian Valley Elementary Walnut Creek | 355 | 20.6% | 64.7% |
| North Shoreview Montessori San Mateo | 325 | 17.5% | 75.1% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Addison Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.9% | #467 of 5,151 | #63 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.1% | #480 of 5,172 ▼ 14 | #67 of 226 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.1% | #436 of 5,172 ▲ 38 | #54 of 226 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.8pp | #1,548 of 5,116 | #119 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 366 | #4,109 of 5,915 | #173 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.6:1 | #765 of 5,352 | #50 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.4% | #101 of 5,354 | #4 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.2% | #5,245 of 5,625 | #188 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.9% | #1,918 of 3,837 | #126 of 189 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
366
+47 (+15%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 354
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
was 17.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 366 | 18.7 | 19.6:1 | 17% (63) |
| 2023-24 | 338 | 17.8 | 19.0:1 | 18% (60) |
| 2022-23 | 331 | 17.8 | 18.6:1 | 18% (58) |
| 2020-21 | 319 | 18 | 17.7:1 | 17% (54) |
| 2017-18 | 435 | 22.7 | 19.2:1 | 15% (67) |
| 2015-16 | 475 | 22 | 21.6:1 | 11% (52) |
| 2010-11 | 456 | N/A | N/A | 8% (37) |
| 2000-01 | 388 | 20 | 19.4:1 | 6% (23) |
| 1990-91 | 354 | 16 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Addison Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (435 to 366); teachers down 18% (22.7 to 18.7).
About Addison Elementary
Addison Elementary is a small elementary school in California, located in Palo Alto. A federal count lists 366 students at the school, in kindergarten through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in California) has about 465 students.
Palo Alto Unified has 20 schools and 10,187 students, and Addison Elementary is one of those schools.
White students form the largest group at Addison Elementary, 34% of enrollment. Other groups include 23% Asian, 22% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, and 2% Black. The county population is about 30% White, within a few points of the school. The chance that two students picked at random at Addison Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 75%.
The school has about 19.6 students per teacher and 18.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, higher than at this school. About 17% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 37% average among public schools in Santa Clara County.
The allk12 Grade for Addison Elementary is A-. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 78% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school with Addison Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 69.5%. Addison Elementary scores 73.9%, 4.5 points above that line.
Addison Elementary is located in Santa Clara County, where median household income is about $164,281, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Addison Elementary is one of 412 public schools in Santa Clara County, which together enroll about 230,059 students.
The closest other public school is Walter Hays Elementary, about 0.5 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 6 nearby schools with scores, Addison Elementary ranks 4th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Small.
Federal counts put enrollment at 319 in 2020-21 and 366 in 2024-25, a 15% increase. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (19.6:1) than in 2020-21 (17.7:1).
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Santa Clara County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,902,047
Census ACS
Median income
$164,281
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
412
230,059 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Palo Alto Unified
- Palo Alto HighHigh · 1,891 students
- Henry M. Gunn HighHigh · 1,643 students
- Jane Lathrop Stanford MiddleMiddle · 1,002 students
- Frank S. Greene Jr. MiddleMiddle · 732 students
- Ellen Fletcher MiddleMiddle · 572 students
- Ohlone ElementaryElementary · 464 students
Other schools in Palo Alto
- Palo Alto HighHigh · 1,891 students
- Henry M. Gunn HighHigh · 1,643 students
- Jane Lathrop Stanford MiddleMiddle · 1,002 students
- Frank S. Greene Jr. MiddleMiddle · 732 students
- Ellen Fletcher MiddleMiddle · 572 students
- Ohlone ElementaryElementary · 464 students
Other Addison Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Addison Elementary. Addison Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Addison Elementary SchoolMarietta, GA · 571 students
- Addison ElementaryHartford, WI · 441 students
- Addison Elementary SchoolAddison, AL · 346 students
- Addison Elementary SchoolADDISON, MI · 328 students
Nearby schools
- Walter Hays Elementary0.5 mi · 305
- Palo Alto High0.7 mi · 1,891
- Duveneck Elementary0.9 mi · 376
- Frank S. Greene Jr. Middle1.0 mi · 732
- KIPP Valiant Community Prep1.2 mi · 587
- Packard Children's Hospital/Stanford1.5 mi · 15
Frequently asked questions
About Addison ElementaryHow large is Addison Elementary?
Addison Elementary enrolls approximately 366 students in grades KG-05.
Is Addison Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Addison Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Addison Elementary have?
Addison Elementary employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Addison Elementary?
At Addison Elementary, the student body is approximately 34% White, 22% Hispanic, 2% Black, 23% Asian, 16% Two or more.
Is Addison Elementary public or private?
Addison Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Palo Alto Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.