Enrollment
334
Elementary
DISTRICT 330 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALO ALTO UNIFIED·NCES 062961004597
Palo Verde Elementary
3450 Louis Rd., Palo Alto, CA 94303 · (650) 856-1672 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL334 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 90% 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.
- C+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
18.8:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
42 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 | 37 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 46% smaller than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
64%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
77.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -7.2pp since 2014
Math
83.0%
CA avg 37.7% . -7.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 78 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 down about 7 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 56.6% | 21.2% | 15.7% | 6.6% |
| Math | 60.5% | 22.5% | 8.0% | 9.0% |
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 | 77.8% | 83.0% |
| 2023-24 | 80.6% | 84.2% |
| 2022-23 | 83.5% | 86.3% |
| 2021-22 | 79.1% | 81.2% |
| 2020-21 | 78.0% | 80.5% |
| 2018-19 | 81.7% | 87.1% |
| 2017-18 | 77.8% | 84.8% |
| 2016-17 | 79.8% | 84.5% |
| 2015-16 | 82.0% | 87.0% |
| 2014-15 | 85.0% | 90.0% |
% 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
81.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Palo Verde Elementary
Palo Verde Elementary's state test result (81.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palo Verde Elementary this school | 334 | 12.6% | 81.4% |
| Deer Canyon Elementary San Diego | 354 | 10.2% | 81.8% |
| Pacific Sky San Diego | 368 | 11.1% | 78.6% |
| Beach Park Elementary Foster City | 347 | 14.7% | 74.0% |
| Vista Grande Elementary Rancho Palos Verdes | 355 | 11.0% | 81.1% |
| Carmel Creek Elementary San Diego | 317 | 14.2% | 80.0% |
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 Palo Verde Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.4% | #171 of 5,151 | #31 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #145 of 5,172 ▼ 41 | #30 of 226 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.8% | #370 of 5,172 ▼ 138 | #48 of 226 ▼ 15 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.3pp | #3,252 of 5,116 | #94 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 334 | #4,435 of 5,915 | #187 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.8:1 | #469 of 5,352 | #31 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.9% | #1,388 of 5,354 | #94 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.6% | #5,410 of 5,625 | #209 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.3% | #1,869 of 3,837 | #125 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
334
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 386
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
was 18.7:1
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 | 334 | 17.8 | 18.8:1 | 13% (42) |
| 2023-24 | 366 | 19 | 19.3:1 | 8% (29) |
| 2022-23 | 382 | 20 | 19.1:1 | 8% (32) |
| 2020-21 | 337 | 18 | 18.7:1 | 5% (17) |
| 2017-18 | 399 | 21.6 | 18.5:1 | 6% (23) |
| 2015-16 | 415 | 20 | 20.8:1 | 4% (15) |
| 2010-11 | 397 | N/A | N/A | 7% (29) |
| 2000-01 | 365 | 18 | 20.3:1 | 3% (12) |
| 1990-91 | 386 | 15 | 25.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Palo Verde Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (399 to 334); teachers down 18% (21.6 to 17.8).
About Palo Verde Elementary
Palo Verde Elementary is an elementary school in Palo Alto, California, according to federal school records. It enrolls 334 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 5. That puts enrollment 28% below the 465-student average for elementary schools in California.
Palo Alto Unified (20 schools, 10,187 students) runs Palo Verde Elementary.
The largest group at Palo Verde Elementary is Asian students, at 52%. Enrollment also includes 27% White, 13% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. Among people living in Santa Clara County, the Asian share is about 41%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Palo Verde Elementary scores 64%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 18.8:1. The school has 17.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 18.8:1 compares with an average of 22.3:1 for elementary schools in California. Federal data show 13% of students (42) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 37% average for public schools in Santa Clara County.
Among California public elementary schools, Palo Verde Elementary outscored 90%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
A school with Palo Verde Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 72.2%. Palo Verde Elementary scores 81.4%, 9.3 points above that line.
Census data for Santa Clara County show the median household earns about $164,281 a year, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Palo Verde Elementary, Santa Clara County has 412 public schools.
Fairmeadow Elementary, about 0.6 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Palo Verde Elementary ranks 5th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
Locale: City: Small. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 337 in 2020-21, 334 in 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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- Henry M. Gunn HighHigh · 1,643 students
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- Ellen Fletcher MiddleMiddle · 572 students
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Other Palo Verde Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Palo Verde Elementary. Palo Verde Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Palo Verde ElementaryTulare, CA · 511 students
- Palo Verde Elementary SchoolPalo Verde, AZ · 482 students
Nearby schools
- Fairmeadow Elementary0.6 mi · 425
- Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle0.7 mi · 1,002
- Ohlone Elementary0.7 mi · 464
- Herbert Hoover Elementary0.8 mi · 389
- El Carmelo Elementary1.0 mi · 282
- Greendell1.2 mi · 26
Frequently asked questions
About Palo Verde ElementaryHow large is Palo Verde Elementary?
Palo Verde Elementary enrolls approximately 334 students in grades KG-05.
Is Palo Verde Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Palo Verde Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Palo Verde Elementary have?
Palo Verde Elementary employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Palo Verde Elementary?
At Palo Verde Elementary, the student body is approximately 27% White, 13% Hispanic, 1% Black, 52% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Palo Verde Elementary?
Palo Verde Elementary is overseen by Palo Alto Unified in Santa Clara County.
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