Enrollment & Outcomes Scorecard
Palo Alto High
Public · Santa Clara County · 1,828 students
UC Reach · Class of 2025
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-2%
Senior-class enrollment (2018–2026)
+4.3 pp
vs. Santa Clara County baseline (-6%)
~1744
5-yr projected enrollment (84 fewer than today)
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is down 2% (486→477 from 2018 to 2026), tracking the peer-group median of -3%.
- ▸In business terms, this is market-share growth during a market contraction. Santa Clara County's senior population shrank 6% over the same window — Palo Alto High only shrank 2%. So Palo Alto High picked up about 4 percentage points of relative share — families chose it over the alternatives even as the overall pool got smaller. That's overperforming the market in a shrinking market.
- ▸At its recent rate (-1.6%/yr), enrollment projects to ~1744 by 2029 — about 84 fewer students than today.
Most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | UC Reach | Enroll. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palo Alto Senior High School | Public | 69.9% | -8% |
| Menlo Atherton High School | Public | 30.1% | -1% |
| Sequoia High School | Public | 21.3% | -5% |
| Woodside High School | Public | 31.7% | -2% |
| Henry M. Gunn High | Public | — | -16% |
| Los Altos High | Public | 54.3% | +4% |
UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class. Sources: UCOP Admissions by Source School, CDE enrollment, IRS Form 990, NCES F-33. Test Prep Gurus Intelligence by Test Prep Gurus · Methodology
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