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Enrollment
732
Middle
DISTRICT 769 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALO ALTO UNIFIED·NCES 062961010323
Frank S. Greene Jr. Middle
750 North California Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94303 · (408) 494-8120 · Santa Clara County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL732 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 89% of California public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
124 students
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 222 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 261 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 249 | 34% |
Student demographics
74%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
78.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.2pp since 2014
Math
74.3%
CA avg 37.7% . -7.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 45.9% | 32.9% | 12.7% | 8.5% |
| Math | 54.8% | 19.5% | 13.2% | 12.5% |
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 | 78.8% | 74.3% |
| 2023-24 | 79.2% | 73.2% |
| 2022-23 | 79.5% | 73.3% |
| 2021-22 | 79.2% | 70.5% |
| 2020-21 | 77.2% | 74.1% |
| 2018-19 | 80.4% | 79.3% |
| 2017-18 | 80.2% | 80.8% |
| 2016-17 | 81.7% | 82.5% |
| 2015-16 | 81.0% | 84.0% |
| 2014-15 | 79.0% | 82.0% |
% 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
76.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Frank S. Greene Jr. Middle
Frank S. Greene Jr. Middle's state test result (76.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frank S. Greene Jr. Middle this school | 732 | 16.9% | 76.4% |
| Rolling Hills Middle Los Gatos | 778 | 18.9% | 70.7% |
| Dartmouth Middle San Jose | 903 | 17.4% | 64.4% |
| Edward J. Richardson Middle Torrance | 651 | 18.6% | 73.9% |
| Rancho Pico Junior High Stevenson Ranch | 842 | 13.4% | 72.3% |
| Carmel Valley Middle San Diego | 697 | 15.4% | 80.9% |
Matched among California middle 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 Frank S. Greene Jr. Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.4% | #66 of 1,224 | #15 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.3% | #64 of 1,227 ▼ 4 | #15 of 56 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.8% | #84 of 1,227 ▼ 15 | #14 of 56 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.7pp | #664 of 1,214 | #23 of 56 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 732 | #541 of 1,377 | #26 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #23 of 1,279 | #3 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.3% | #27 of 1,278 | #1 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.9% | #1,249 of 1,329 | #52 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.6% | #67 of 930 | #5 of 53 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
732
-125 (-15%) vs 2020
-32% since 2000-01, when it was 1,075
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 732 | 50 | 14.6:1 | 17% (124) |
| 2023-24 | 760 | 52.4 | 14.5:1 | 15% (116) |
| 2022-23 | 755 | 54 | 14.0:1 | 13% (100) |
| 2020-21 | 857 | 62 | 13.8:1 | 13% (112) |
| 2017-18 | 1,119 | 72.2 | 15.5:1 | 11% (127) |
| 2015-16 | 1,130 | 68 | 16.6:1 | 9% (98) |
| 2010-11 | 988 | N/A | N/A | 9% (87) |
| 2000-01 | 1,075 | 67 | 16.0:1 | 4% (45) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Frank S. Greene Jr. Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 35% (1,119 to 732); teachers down 31% (72.2 to 50).
About Frank S. Greene Jr. Middle
Frank S. Greene Jr. Middle is a public middle school run by Palo Alto Unified in Palo Alto, California. It has an enrollment of 732 students in grades 6 through 8.
Frank S. Greene Jr. Middle is one of 20 schools in Palo Alto Unified, which enrolls 10,187 students in total.
About 33% of students at Frank S. Greene Jr. Middle are Asian, the largest single group. Beyond that, enrollment is 28% White, 23% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, and 2% Pacific Islander. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 74, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 50 full-time-equivalent teachers at Frank S. Greene Jr. Middle, giving a ratio of 14.6:1. Middle schools in California have an average ratio of 20.7:1. By family income, 17% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 37% average for public schools in Santa Clara County.
Frank S. Greene Jr. Middle holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 89% of California public middle schools.
Frank S. Greene Jr. Middle's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (76.4%) and its predicted rate (69.6%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of California schools.
Census data for Santa Clara County show the median household earns about $164,281 a year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Counting Frank S. Greene Jr. Middle, Santa Clara County has 412 public schools.
Walter Hays Elementary sits about 0.6 miles from Frank S. Greene Jr. Middle. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 76.4% average proficiency ranks 6th among 9 nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Small, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 857 (2020-21) to 732 (2024-25).
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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
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- Palo Alto HighHigh · 1,891 students
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- Ohlone ElementaryElementary · 464 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
- Ellen Fletcher MiddleMiddle · 572 students
- Ohlone ElementaryElementary · 464 students
- Fairmeadow ElementaryElementary · 425 students
Nearby schools
- Walter Hays Elementary0.6 mi · 305
- Ohlone Elementary0.6 mi · 464
- Duveneck Elementary0.8 mi · 376
- El Carmelo Elementary0.9 mi · 282
- Addison Elementary1.0 mi · 366
- Palo Alto High1.2 mi · 1,891
Frequently asked questions
About Frank S. Greene Jr. MiddleHow many students attend Frank S. Greene Jr. Middle?
Frank S. Greene Jr. Middle enrolls approximately 732 students in grades 06-08.
Is Frank S. Greene Jr. Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Frank S. Greene Jr. Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Frank S. Greene Jr. Middle have?
Frank S. Greene Jr. Middle employs 50 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Frank S. Greene Jr. Middle?
Student demographics at Frank S. Greene Jr. Middle are roughly 28% White, 23% Hispanic, 2% Black, 33% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Frank S. Greene Jr. Middle public or private?
Frank S. Greene Jr. Middle 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.