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Palo Alto High

Palo Alto High serves grades 9–12 for 1,932 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 2,177 in 2019–20 to 1,932 in 2023–24. Its largest grade in 2023–24 was grade 12, with 520 students. 11% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch (194 free, 14 reduced-price). Federal records list it as not a Title I school in 2019–20. The closest park is El Camino Field (0.2 mi).

At a glance

Palo Alto High by the numbers

Student–teacher ratio is not classroom size.

Grades9–12
Students1,932
Teachers114
Students per teacher16.9
Free or reduced-price lunch11%
School typeRegular School
DistrictPalo Alto Unified School District
Title INot a Title I school (2019–20)
Enrollment

Students at Palo Alto High

Students by grade, 2023–24
  • 9467
  • 10479
  • 11466
  • 12520
Total enrollment by school year
  • 2019–202,177
  • 2020–212,085
  • 2021–222,010
  • 2022–231,992
  • 2023–241,932
Nearby

Parks near Palo Alto High

All parks
Park · 0.2 miEl Camino FieldPark · 0.4 miScott ParkPlaygroundPark · 0.5 miHeritage ParkPlayground
Contact

Address, phone and official links

50 Embarcadero Rd., Palo Alto 94301

(650) 329-3701

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

State school ID 4335782 (search it on California School Dashboard) · NCES ID 062961004596

Palo Alto Unified School District

Other high schools in the district

All schools
9–12Henry M. Gunn High1,713 students
Nearby

Schools nearby

School · 0.2 miCastilleja SchoolGrades 6–12Elementary school · 0.7 miAddison ElementaryGrades K–5Elementary school · 0.8 miTru SchoolGrades K–5Elementary school · 0.8 miWalter Hays ElementaryGrades K–5School · 0.8 miLiving Wisdom School Of Palo AltoGrades K–12School · 1.1 miSt Elizabeth Seton SchoolGrades Pre-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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