Enrollment
278
Elementary
DISTRICT 330 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALO ALTO UNIFIED·NCES 062961007802
Barron Park Elementary
800 Barron Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94306 · (650) 858-0508 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL278 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 60% of California public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
18.3:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
83 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 | 84 | 30% |
| Grade 1 | 26 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 31 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 75% larger than its 5th grade class (48).
Student demographics
73%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
61.9%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.1pp since 2014
Math
63.0%
CA avg 37.7% . -4.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 40.7% | 21.2% | 16.9% | 21.2% |
| Math | 41.2% | 21.9% | 22.7% | 14.3% |
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 | 61.9% | 63.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.0% | 60.5% |
| 2022-23 | 70.6% | 61.4% |
| 2021-22 | 72.5% | 69.2% |
| 2020-21 | 58.0% | 56.3% |
| 2018-19 | 69.4% | 71.3% |
| 2017-18 | 56.9% | 52.3% |
| 2016-17 | 52.1% | 54.5% |
| 2015-16 | 54.0% | 57.0% |
| 2014-15 | 64.0% | 67.0% |
% 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
62.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Barron Park Elementary
Barron Park Elementary's state test result (62.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barron Park Elementary this school | 278 | 29.9% | 62.7% |
| McCoppin (Frank) Elementary San Francisco | 258 | 28.7% | 56.2% |
| Ladera Elementary Tustin | 345 | 32.5% | 68.2% |
| Roosevelt Elementary Burlingame | 311 | 24.1% | 70.2% |
| Feinstein (Dianne) Elementary San Francisco | 356 | 29.5% | 54.2% |
| Jose Antonio Vargas Elementary Mountain View | 368 | 23.4% | 60.7% |
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 Barron Park Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.7% | #990 of 5,151 | #94 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #925 of 5,172 ▲ 70 | #95 of 226 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.9% | #1,212 of 5,172 ▼ 254 | #103 of 226 ▼ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -8.4pp | #197 of 5,116 | #21 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 278 | #4,942 of 5,915 | #221 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #321 of 5,352 | #20 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.6% | #335 of 5,354 | #20 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.9% | #4,761 of 5,625 | #141 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.3% | #636 of 1,139 | #18 of 36 |
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
278
+75 (+37%) vs 2020
+40% since 2000-01, when it was 198
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 278 | 15.2 | 18.3:1 | 30% (83) |
| 2023-24 | 229 | 13.1 | 17.5:1 | 26% (60) |
| 2022-23 | 211 | 10.8 | 19.5:1 | 24% (51) |
| 2020-21 | 203 | 14 | 14.5:1 | 27% (55) |
| 2017-18 | 259 | 15.7 | 16.5:1 | 37% (95) |
| 2015-16 | 289 | 17 | 17.0:1 | 29% (84) |
| 2010-11 | 316 | N/A | N/A | 31% (99) |
| 2000-01 | 198 | 13 | 15.2:1 | 20% (40) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Barron Park Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (259 to 278); teachers down 3% (15.7 to 15.2).
About Barron Park Elementary
Barron Park Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school serving families in Palo Alto, California. The school teaches kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 278 students. It has 40% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in California (about 465).
Barron Park Elementary sits within Palo Alto Unified, which has 20 schools and 10,187 students.
Of every 100 students at Barron Park Elementary, about 34 are Asian, the largest group. Other students are 28% Hispanic, 27% White, 7% multiracial, and 2% Black. A diversity index of 73% means there is a 73% chance two randomly chosen students at Barron Park Elementary are from different groups.
Barron Park Elementary has a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.3:1, with 15.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California, this school's ratio is lower. The school has 30% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Barron Park Elementary lands at B, ahead of 60% of California public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 62.0% at Barron Park Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 62.7%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Santa Clara County show that median household income comes to about $164,281, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Santa Clara County counts 412 public schools with about 230,059 students.
Barron Park Elementary's nearest public school is Juana Briones Elementary (about 0.6 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, Barron Park Elementary is 9th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Small. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 37% rise, from 203 to 278. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 14.5:1 to 18.3:1.
The discussion board for Barron Park Elementary is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
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- Ellen Fletcher MiddleMiddle · 572 students
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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
Nearby schools
- Juana Briones Elementary0.6 mi · 260
- Henry M. Gunn High0.9 mi · 1,643
- El Carmelo Elementary0.9 mi · 282
- Ellen Fletcher Middle1.0 mi · 572
- Lucille M. Nixon Elementary1.0 mi · 350
- Escondido Elementary1.1 mi · 432
Frequently asked questions
About Barron Park ElementaryHow large is Barron Park Elementary?
Barron Park Elementary enrolls approximately 278 students in grades KG-05.
Is Barron Park Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Barron Park Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Barron Park Elementary?
Approximately 18.3:1 students per teacher at Barron Park Elementary.
How diverse is Barron Park Elementary?
Barron Park Elementary reports a student body of 27% White, 28% Hispanic, 2% Black, 34% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Barron Park Elementary public or private?
Barron Park 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.