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Enrollment
1,002
Middle
DISTRICT 769 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALO ALTO UNIFIED·NCES 062961004598
Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle
480 East Meadow Dr., Palo Alto, CA 94306 · (650) 856-5188 · Santa Clara County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,002 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 96% of California public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
14.9:1
67 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
107 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 | 339 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 339 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 324 | 32% |
Student demographics
62%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
86.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.8pp since 2014
Math
83.0%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 57.6% | 29.2% | 7.2% | 6.0% |
| Math | 69.3% | 13.7% | 10.2% | 6.8% |
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 | 86.8% | 83.0% |
| 2023-24 | 82.1% | 81.0% |
| 2022-23 | 83.9% | 81.2% |
| 2021-22 | 84.2% | 79.4% |
| 2020-21 | 83.8% | 82.6% |
| 2018-19 | 84.2% | 84.6% |
| 2017-18 | 88.4% | 87.1% |
| 2016-17 | 89.3% | 87.4% |
| 2015-16 | 87.0% | 86.0% |
| 2014-15 | 84.0% | 84.0% |
% 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
83.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle
Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle's state test result (83.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle this school | 1,002 | 10.7% | 83.3% |
| Iron Horse Middle San Ramon | 939 | 9.9% | 77.8% |
| Ridgecrest Intermediate Rancho Palos Verdes | 881 | 10.3% | 81.0% |
| Bret Harte Middle San Jose | 862 | 11.9% | 77.0% |
| Diablo Vista Middle Danville | 835 | 8.3% | 78.9% |
| Pine Valley Middle San Ramon | 973 | 6.8% | 77.5% |
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 Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.3% | #21 of 1,224 | #6 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #20 of 1,227 ▲ 2 | #7 of 56 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.8% | #18 of 1,227 ▲ 25 | #8 of 56 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.1pp | #505 of 1,214 | #7 of 56 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,002 | #195 of 1,377 | #7 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #28 of 1,279 | #4 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.0% | #387 of 1,278 | #26 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.7% | #1,288 of 1,329 | #61 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.6% | #456 of 930 | #34 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
1,002
+15 (+2%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 1,029
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 1,002 | 67.4 | 14.9:1 | 11% (107) |
| 2023-24 | 1,025 | 68.6 | 14.9:1 | 9% (97) |
| 2022-23 | 996 | 63.9 | 15.6:1 | 10% (99) |
| 2020-21 | 987 | 64 | 15.4:1 | 11% (104) |
| 2017-18 | 1,202 | 74.2 | 16.2:1 | 7% (89) |
| 2015-16 | 1,111 | 62 | 17.9:1 | 5% (59) |
| 2010-11 | 1,011 | N/A | N/A | 9% (94) |
| 2000-01 | 1,175 | 67 | 17.5:1 | 5% (61) |
| 1990-91 | 1,029 | 66 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (1,202 to 1,002); teachers down 9% (74.2 to 67.4).
About Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle
Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle, located in Palo Alto, California, is a large middle school. The latest federal count shows 1,002 students in grades 6 through 8. Against the 659-student average for middle schools in California, enrollment here is 52% higher.
The district, Palo Alto Unified, has 10,187 students enrolled across 20 schools.
Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle is 55% Asian by enrollment. Other students are 24% White, 10% multiracial, and 10% Hispanic. By comparison, Santa Clara County residents are about 41% Asian. Pick two students at random and there is a 62% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
At Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle, 67.4 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 14.9:1. That is lower than the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. Roughly 11% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Santa Clara County, the average eligibility rate is 37%.
The allk12 Grade for Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle is A+. Compared with California public middle schools, the school scored higher than 96% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school with Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 73.3%. Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle scores 83.3%, 10.0 points above that line.
In Santa Clara County (population about 1,902,047), the median household income is $164,281, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. There are 412 public schools in Santa Clara County, enrolling about 230,059 students in all.
The closest public school, Fairmeadow Elementary, is about 0.1 miles from Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle ranks 5th of 8 on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle had 987 students in 2020-21 and 1,002 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle. 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
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- Palo Alto HighHigh · 1,891 students
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- Ohlone ElementaryElementary · 464 students
- Escondido ElementaryElementary · 432 students
Other schools in Palo Alto
- Palo Alto HighHigh · 1,891 students
- Henry M. Gunn HighHigh · 1,643 students
- Frank S. Greene Jr. MiddleMiddle · 732 students
- Ellen Fletcher MiddleMiddle · 572 students
- Ohlone ElementaryElementary · 464 students
- Fairmeadow ElementaryElementary · 425 students
Nearby schools
- Fairmeadow Elementary0.1 mi · 425
- Herbert Hoover Elementary0.2 mi · 389
- Palo Verde Elementary0.7 mi · 334
- Greendell0.8 mi · 26
- El Carmelo Elementary0.8 mi · 282
- Juana Briones Elementary1.1 mi · 260
Frequently asked questions
About Jane Lathrop Stanford MiddleHow many students attend Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle?
Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle enrolls approximately 1,002 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle serve?
Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle?
Approximately 14.9:1 students per teacher at Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle.
What is the student diversity at Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle?
Student demographics at Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle are roughly 24% White, 10% Hispanic, 1% Black, 55% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle?
Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle is overseen by Palo Alto Unified in Santa Clara County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.