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Alumni: what's one memory from Ohlone Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
464
Elementary
DISTRICT 330 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALO ALTO UNIFIED·NCES 062961004592
Ohlone Elementary
950 Amarillo Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94303 · (650) 856-1726 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL464 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 97% 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.
- 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
21.9:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
39 students
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
66%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
84.7%
CA avg 49.1% . -1.3pp since 2014
Math
91.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 91 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 1 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 65.3% | 19.3% | 10.1% | 5.3% |
| Math | 67.3% | 24.0% | 7.9% | 0.9% |
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 | 84.7% | 91.3% |
| 2023-24 | 84.0% | 84.0% |
| 2022-23 | 86.0% | 84.7% |
| 2021-22 | 85.6% | 80.9% |
| 2020-21 | 81.4% | 82.0% |
| 2018-19 | 78.5% | 84.3% |
| 2017-18 | 78.8% | 83.8% |
| 2016-17 | 78.3% | 82.3% |
| 2015-16 | 82.0% | 85.0% |
| 2014-15 | 86.0% | 86.0% |
% 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
86.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 86% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 75% 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 Ohlone Elementary
Ohlone Elementary's state test result (86.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohlone Elementary this school | 464 | 8.4% | 86.0% |
| Graystone Elementary San Jose | 466 | 8.8% | 81.8% |
| Tassajara Hills Elementary Danville | 506 | 8.1% | 80.1% |
| Cornerstone at Pedregal Elementary Rancho Palos Verdes | 411 | 8.5% | 90.2% |
| Solana Ranch Elementary San Diego | 482 | 6.4% | 85.0% |
| Walt Disney Elementary San Ramon | 523 | 9.0% | 69.7% |
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 Ohlone Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 86.0% | #67 of 5,151 | #16 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 91.3% | #18 of 5,172 ▲ 89 | #8 of 226 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.7% | #115 of 5,172 ▼ 2 | #18 of 226 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.7pp | #1,761 of 5,116 | #41 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 464 | #2,865 of 5,915 | #99 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.9:1 | #2,118 of 5,352 | #128 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.5% | #1,064 of 5,354 | #74 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.4% | #5,509 of 5,625 | #230 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.2% | #1,624 of 3,837 | #111 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
464
+26 (+6%) vs 2020
+19% since 1990-91, when it was 389
Student : Teacher
21.9:1
was 19.0:1
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 | 464 | 21.2 | 21.9:1 | 8% (39) |
| 2023-24 | 448 | 24 | 18.7:1 | 7% (33) |
| 2022-23 | 463 | 23.6 | 19.6:1 | 7% (31) |
| 2020-21 | 438 | 23 | 19.0:1 | 5% (22) |
| 2017-18 | 567 | 31.4 | 18.1:1 | 4% (22) |
| 2015-16 | 600 | 30 | 20.0:1 | 3% (16) |
| 2010-11 | 543 | N/A | N/A | 3% (19) |
| 2000-01 | 414 | 23 | 18.0:1 | 3% (12) |
| 1990-91 | 389 | 15 | 25.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ohlone Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (567 to 464); teachers down 33% (31.4 to 21.2).
About Ohlone Elementary
Ohlone Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in California, located in Palo Alto. A federal count lists 464 students at the school, in kindergarten through 5.
Palo Alto Unified is made up of 20 schools with 10,187 students in all.
Federal enrollment data show Asian students as the largest group at Ohlone Elementary, at 49%. Beyond that, enrollment is 26% White, 14% multiracial, and 10% Hispanic. The Asian share of the county population is lower, at 41%. Pick two students at random and there is a 66% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at the school number 21.2 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 21.9:1. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. The school's lunch program data list 8% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. It compares with 37% for public schools in Santa Clara County.
Ohlone Elementary is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 97% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Ohlone Elementary posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 86.0%, compared with a predicted 74.6%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations.
Santa Clara County census figures show that the median household income is $164,281, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Santa Clara County is home to 412 public schools and about 230,059 public school students.
Frank S. Greene Jr. Middle is the public school closest to Ohlone Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Ohlone Elementary places 2nd out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
The NCES locale for Ohlone Elementary is City: Small, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The school enrolled 464 students in 2024-25, 26 more than the 438 it had in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio rising from 19.0:1 to 21.9:1.
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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
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
- Escondido ElementaryElementary · 432 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
- Fairmeadow ElementaryElementary · 425 students
Other Ohlone Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 1 state are named Ohlone Elementary. Ohlone Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Ohlone ElementaryHercules, CA · 482 students
- Ohlone ElementaryWatsonville, CA · 391 students
Nearby schools
- Frank S. Greene Jr. Middle0.6 mi · 732
- Palo Verde Elementary0.7 mi · 334
- Duveneck Elementary1.0 mi · 376
- El Carmelo Elementary1.0 mi · 282
- Walter Hays Elementary1.1 mi · 305
- Fairmeadow Elementary1.2 mi · 425
Frequently asked questions
About Ohlone ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Ohlone Elementary?
Ohlone Elementary enrolls approximately 464 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Ohlone Elementary serve?
Ohlone Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ohlone Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ohlone Elementary is approximately 21.9:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Ohlone Elementary?
Student demographics at Ohlone Elementary are roughly 26% White, 10% Hispanic, 1% Black, 49% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Is Ohlone Elementary public or private?
Ohlone 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.