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School Listings
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Elementary Schools
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Addison Elementary School650 Addison Avenue
Principal John Lents
Enrollment 380. Built in 1925. -
Barron Park Elementary School800 Barron Avenue
Principal Cathy Howard
Enrollment 222. Built in 1947 -
Duveneck Elementary School705 Alester Avenue
Principal Ruth Malen
Enrollment 444. Built in 1950 -
El Carmelo Elementary School3024 Bryant Street
Principal Lupe Garcia
Enrollment 350. Built in 1955. -
Escondido Elementary School890 Escondido Road
Principal Gary Prehn
Enrollment 442. Built in 1960s. -
Fairmeadow Elementary School500 E. Meadow Drive
Principal Scott Bowers
Enrollment 339. Built in 1955. -
Hoover Elementary School445 E Charleston Road, Palo Alto
Principal Don Cox
Enrollment 359. Built in 1950s. -
Juana Briones Elementary School4100 Orme Street
Principal Gary Dalton
Enrollment 250. Built in 1952. -
Lucille M. Nixon Elementary School1711 Stanford Avenue
Principal Barbara Welch
Enrollment 410. Built in 1970. -
Ohlone Elementary School950 Amarillo Avenue
Principal Susan Charles
Enrollment 420. Built in 1949. -
Palo Verde Elementary School3450 Louis Road
Principal Eric Goddard
Enrollment 370. Built in 1953. -
Walter Hays Elementary School1525 Middlefield Road
Principal Carol Piraino
Enrollment 503. Built in 1923.
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Middle Schools
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JLS Stanford Middle School480 E. Meadow Drive
Principal Joseph Di Salvo
Enrollment 919. Built in 1953. -
Jordan Middle School750 N. California Avenue
Principal Suzanne Solomon
Enrollment 1,000. Built in 1937. -
Terman Middle School655 Arastradero Road
Principal Larry Thomas
Enrollment 550. Built in 1950.
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High Schools
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Gunn Senior High School780 Arastradero Road
Principal Scott Laurence
Enrollment 1,671. Built in 1964. -
Mid-Peninsula High School1340 Willow Road, Menlo Park
Principal Doug Thompson
Enrollment 150. Built in 1979. A private co-ed school for grades 9-12. -
Palo Alto Senior High School50 Embarcadero Road
Principal Sandra Pearson
Enrollment 1,574. Built in 1918.
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School Districts
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Palo Alto Unified School District25 Churchill Avenue
Superintendent Mary Frances Callan
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General
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PAUSD Master Calendar
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Castilleja School1310 Bryant Street, Palo Alto
Head of School: Joan Lonergan. Built in 1907. Enrollment 415. Private, all-girl school grades 6-12. -
Children's International School4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto
Director: Margaret Ricks. Built in 1995. Enrollment 120. A private year-round school for grades K-8. -
International School of the PeninsulaUpper campus: 151 Laura Lane: Lower campus and admissions: 3233 Cowper Street, Palo Alto
Head of School: Ellen Fournier. Built in 1979. Enrollment 500. Private. Nursery school pre-K through 9 for French-American section, nursery Pre-K through 5th for Chinese-American section. -
Keys School2890 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto
Principal Jon Ninnemann. Established in 1973. Enrollment 170. A private, co-ed school for grades K-8. -
Menlo School50 Valparaiso Avenue, Atherton
Head of School Norm Colb. Built in 1915. Enrollment 780. A private co-ed school grades 6-12 offering a college preparatory curriculum. -
Mid-Peninsula Jewish Community Day4000 Terman Drive, Palo Alto
Principal Dr. Gerald Elgarten. Established in 1989. Enrollment 350. A private school grades K-8 providing general studies in a Jewish environment. -
Phillips Brooks School2245 Avy Avenue
Principal Elizabeth Passi
Enrollment 268. Built in 1978. An independent, co-ed school grades Preschool-5. -
Pinewood School477 Fremont Avenue, Los Altos
Head of School Alice Johnson
Enrollment 130 (lower campus) and 168 (middle campus). Built in 1985. A private, co-ed school with three campuses for grades K-12. -
Sacred Heart Preparatory150 Va;lparaiso Avenue, Atherton
Principal Richard Dioli
Enrollment 450. Built in 1898. A private, independent Roman Catholic school grades 9-12. -
St Elizabeth Seton School1095 Channing Avenue
Principal Sister Theresa Marie McDermott
Enrollment 270. Built in 1960. A Catholic co-ed school for grades K-8 -
St Joseph's School of the Sacred Heart50 Emilie Avenue, Atherton
Principal Karen Eshoo
Enrollment 400. Built in 1898. A private, Roman Catholic school for grades 1-8. -
Woodside Priory School302 Portola Road
Headmaster Timothy Molak
Enrollment 300. Built in 1957. A Co-ed Benedictine school with a college preparatory curriculum. Grades 6-12.
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