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Palo Alto Middle College High

Los Altos Hills · CA · Palo Alto Unified · Public

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Programs & features
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Academic signals
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Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Palo Alto Middle College High compares for families

What families should know about Palo Alto Middle College High.

  • LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Los Altos High, St Francis High School, Henry M. Gunn High and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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🏛️ Federal Title I context

Lower-need school

Not Title I eligible (FRPL < 25%)

13.3%
FRPL rate — % of students who qualify for the federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program. This is the underlying federal income-eligibility signal Title I designations are computed from (ESEA Sec. 1113).
0% (no FRPL) 35% TA · 40% Schoolwide 100% (universal FRPL)

<25% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Well below the Title I threshold; expect a higher-income student body on average.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.

Not enough enrollment history on file to chart a trend for this school yet.

Nearby high schools — the local competition

The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
Los Altos High
Los Altos
Public 2.0 2,170 +1.6%
St Francis High School
Mountain View
Private 2.4 1,745 -0.9%
Henry M. Gunn High
Palo Alto
Public 2.7 1,643 -12.0%
School For Independent Learners
Los Altos
Private 2.7 14
Mtn View Academy
Mountain View
Private 3.3 59 -54.6%
Mountain View High
Mountain View
Public 3.4 2,187 -5.6%
Waldorf School-Peninsula
Mountain View
Private 3.5 121 -16.6%
Alta Vista High
Mountain View
Public 3.6 78 +25.8%

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