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Henry M. Gunn High

Henry M. Gunn High serves grades 9–12 for 1,713 students in Palo Alto Unified School District.

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Next day off: Wed, Nov 11 · No School - Veterans's Day · All days off

Palo Alto Unified School District calendar

Key dates

  1. No School - Veterans's DayWednesday · All dayKey date
  2. Early Release DayFriday · All dayKey date
  3. Early Release DayFriday · All dayKey date
  4. Teacher Work Day - Grades 9-12Monday · All dayKey date
  5. No School - Martin Luther King Jr. DayMonday · All dayKey date
  6. No School - Local HolidayFriday · All dayKey date

Coming up

  1. SEDAC MeetingThursday · 12:00 PM · Palo Alto District Office – Board Room
  2. End of 1st TrimesterFriday · All day
  3. Regular Board MeetingTuesday · 6:30 PM · Board Room, 25 Churchill Ave, Palo Alto
  4. BPRC MeetingFriday · 8:30 AM · Palo Alto District Office – Aspen Room
  5. Regular Board MeetingTuesday · 6:30 PM · Board Room, 25 Churchill Ave, Palo Alto
  6. End of 2nd Quarter/1st Semester (84 Days)Friday · All day
  7. Staff Development Day - Grades TK-8Monday · All day
  8. Regular Board MeetingTuesday · 6:30 PM · Board Room, 25 Churchill Ave, Palo Alto

Last checked Oct 31, 2026, 3:06 PM. Confirm dates with the district ↗. Recurring calendar entries may not appear here.

Enrollment fell from 1,996 in 2019–20 to 1,713 in 2023–24. Its largest grade in 2023–24 was grade 12, with 456 students. 10% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch (156 free, 7 reduced-price). Federal records list it as not a Title I school in 2019–20. The closest park is Terman Park (0.5 mi).

At a glance

Henry M. Gunn High by the numbers

Student–teacher ratio is not classroom size.

Grades9–12
Students1,713
Teachers100
Students per teacher17.1
Free or reduced-price lunch10%
School typeRegular School
DistrictPalo Alto Unified School District
Title INot a Title I school (2019–20)
Enrollment

Students at Henry M. Gunn High

Students by grade, 2023–24
  • 9401
  • 10426
  • 11430
  • 12456
Total enrollment by school year
  • 2019–201,996
  • 2020–211,936
  • 2021–221,868
  • 2022–231,787
  • 2023–241,713
Nearby

Parks near Henry M. Gunn High

All parks
Park · 0.5 miTerman ParkPark · 0.6 miBriones ParkPlaygroundPark · 0.7 miEsther Clark Park
Contact

Address, phone and official links

780 Arastradero Rd., Palo Alto 94306

(650) 354-8200

Palo Alto Unified School District website ↗California School Dashboard report cards ↗NCES school record ↗Directions ↗

State school ID 4332904 (search it on California School Dashboard) · NCES ID 062961004587

Palo Alto Unified School District

Other high schools in the district

All schools
9–12Palo Alto High1,932 students
Nearby

Schools nearby

Middle school · 0.5 miEllen Fletcher MiddleGrades 6–8Elementary school · 0.5 miJuana Briones ElementaryGrades K–5Elementary school · 0.9 miBarron Park ElementaryGrades K–5School · 1.1 miKeys Family Day SchoolGrades K–8Middle school · 1.7 miJane Lathrop Stanford MiddleGrades 6–8Elementary school · 1.7 miHerbert Hoover ElementaryGrades K–5

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2019–20 to 2023–24, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal; parks from OpenStreetMap. Contact the school or district to confirm enrollment boundaries, schedules and programs.

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