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Palo Alto Unified

General Information

District Identification Code (CDS): 43-69641-0000000
Address: 25 Churchill Ave.
Palo Alto, CA 94306
District Type: Unified
County: Santa Clara
Website: www.pausd.org
# of Students in 2009 : 11204
# of Schools: 17
# of High Schools: 2
# of Middle Schools: 3
# of Elementary Schools: 12

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School Type: Top Schools:

- API %ile 80 or above     - API %ile between 50 & 80     - API %ile below 50

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Academic Performance

API State Rank for 2009 -- #36

District State
API Growth Score 920 755
Statewide Rank Percentile 97%

SAT State Rank for 2009 -- #1

District State
State
Percentile
Score
SAT Total 100% 1921 1502
SAT Reading 100% 625 495
SAT Math 100% 664 513
SAT Writing 100% 632 494

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Top Schools

API
Rank
Top High Schools API
Score
API
Percent
-ile
15 Henry M. Gunn High 915 99%
23 Palo Alto High 899 98%
SAT
Rank
Top High Schools SAT
Score
SAT
Percent
-ile
4 Henry M. Gunn High 1924 100%
7 Palo Alto High 1917 99%
API
Rank
Top Middle Schools API
Score
API
Percent
-ile
23 Terman Middle 941 98%
29 David Starr Jordan Middle 937 98%
67 Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle 911 95%
API
Rank
Top Elementary Schools API
Score
API
Percent
-ile
14 Herbert Hoover Elementary 982 100%
24 Duveneck Elementary 975 100%
106 Lucille M. Nixon Elementary 955 98%
205 Addison Elementary 940 96%
214 Palo Verde Elementary 939 96%

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Student Demographics

Total Enrollment in 2009 : 11204 students

Student Ethnicities

District State
Students % %
Native American 16 0.1 0.8
Asian 3110 27.8 12.1
Black 317 2.8 7.5
Hispanic 853 7.6 50.2
White 5354 47.8 29.5

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Teachers

District State
Students 11204
Fulltime Equivalent Teachers 751.8
Students / Fulltime Equivalent Teachers 14.9 20.9