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Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle

Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle serves grades 6–8 for 1,025 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 1,085 in 2019–20 to 1,025 in 2023–24. Its largest grade in 2023–24 was grade 8, with 372 students. 10% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch (88 free, 9 reduced-price). Federal records list it as not a Title I school in 2019–20. The closest park is Mitchell Park (0.2 mi).

At a glance

Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle by the numbers

Student–teacher ratio is not classroom size.

Grades6–8
Students1,025
Teachers68
Students per teacher15.1
Free or reduced-price lunch10%
School typeRegular School
DistrictPalo Alto Unified School District
Title INot a Title I school (2019–20)
Enrollment

Students at Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle

Students by grade, 2023–24
  • 6331
  • 7322
  • 8372
Total enrollment by school year
  • 2019–201,085
  • 2020–21987
  • 2021–22996
  • 2022–23996
  • 2023–241,025
Nearby

Parks near Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle

All parks
Park · 0.2 miMitchell ParkPlayground · Dog parkPark · 0.4 miRobles ParkPlaygroundPark · 0.6 miRamos ParkPlayground
Contact

Address, phone and official links

480 East Meadow Dr., Palo Alto 94306

(650) 856-5188

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

State school ID 6060081 (search it on California School Dashboard) · NCES ID 062961004598

Palo Alto Unified School District

Other middle schools in the district

All schools
6–8Ellen Fletcher Middle549 students6–8Frank S. Greene Jr. Middle760 students
Nearby

Schools nearby

Elementary school · 0.1 miFairmeadow ElementaryGrades K–5Elementary school · 0.2 miHerbert Hoover ElementaryGrades K–5School · 0.3 miAchieve Inc.Grades 1–12High school · 0.6 miLiving Widsom High SchoolGrades 9–12School · 0.6 miImagination Lab SchoolGrades K–7School · 0.6 miKeys Family Day SchoolGrades K–8

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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