Ellen Fletcher Middle

Ellen Fletcher Middle is a middle-of-the-pack 6-8 campus in Palo Alto, California, part of Palo Alto Unified. The school educates 572 students in grades 6 through 8.

Ellen Fletcher Middle is one of 20 schools operated by Palo Alto Unified, a district that hosts 10,187 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Ellen Fletcher Middle reports that the most-represented group is Asian (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 25% White, 18% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 2% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Santa Clara County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Ellen Fletcher Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 14% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Santa Clara County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Ellen Fletcher Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 71.4%; this one delivers 81.4%.

In the broader community, census data for Santa Clara County shows the typical household earns roughly $164,281 per year, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Santa Clara County's 412 public schools (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students), Ellen Fletcher Middle is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Juana Briones Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ellen Fletcher Middle ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 79.6%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 17%: 691 students in 2018 compared to 572 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 34% to 25% over that span.

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