Palo Alto Unified
Key statistics
Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.
Students
By grade
- Kindergarten 798
- Grade 1 652
- Grade 2 670
- Grade 3 716
- Grade 4 735
- Grade 5 729
- Grade 6 732
- Grade 7 794
- Grade 8 788
- Grade 9 865
- Grade 10 890
- Grade 11 909
- Grade 12 931
By race/ethnicity
- Asian 43%
- White 27%
- Hispanic/Latino 16%
- Two or more races 11%
- Black or African American 2%
- Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%
- American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
- Race not reported <1%
Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.
Free and reduced-price lunch
- Free lunch 12%
- Reduced-price lunch 1%
Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.
Spending and revenue
Spending per student
- Instruction $20,183
- Support services $10,654
- Other (food service, etc.) $525
Where the money comes from
- Local 87%
- State 11%
- Federal 2%
Total revenue $405.9 milliontotal spending $442.6 million
Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.
District details
Grades served
KG to 12
Locale (NCES)
City: SmallStudents: 92% city, 8% suburb
Total staff (FTE)
1,385
District office
25 Churchill Ave, Palo Alto CA 94306
Phone
County
Santa Clara County
Official website
NCES District ID
629610
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About Palo Alto Unified
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