Use my locationShowing schools within 10 miles of Portola Valley. Distances are measured from the middle of the schools in Portola Valley.
Portola Valley
11 scored schools near Portola Valley
Each school level has its own list. Scores use California’s state tests (CAASPP), 2025–26 elementary and middle; 2024–25 high school.
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The district is known for every school. IB and Public Waldorf are checked against the International Baccalaureate’s directory and the Alliance for Public Waldorf Education’s member list.
These schools take students by address, so the district is the filter that matters.
These come from each charter’s own website. We have read 0 of the 11 charters here. A school we have not read is never counted as a “no”.
We hold no program detail for magnets yet, only how they admit.
These are the nearest schools of every kind. Choose a kind of school to see that kind across the whole 10 miles.
0 schools take students by address. Your home address decides which one your child is assigned to. Ask the district which school serves your street.
11 charter schools. A charter takes students from any address and runs its own lottery; you apply to each one. We have read no coming dates on their sites.
No magnets or schools of choice are within 10 miles of Portola Valley.
Elementary
Which elementary schools are near Portola Valley?
7 scored elementary schools are within 10 miles of Portola Valley. The closest is Bullis Charter, 5.6 miles away.
Distance 5.6mi
Bullis CharterCharter
Santa Clara County Office of Education · Grades K–8 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
81127% below the standard
Scope Score 98Strong · 99th percentile
Distance 6.8mi
KIPP Valiant Community PrepCharter
Ravenswood City Elementary · Grades K–8 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
1677% below the standard
Scope Score 71Needs Support · 23rd percentile
Distance 6.8mi
Rocketship Redwood CityCharter
Redwood City Elementary · Grades K–5 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
171865% below the standard
Scope Score 78Solid · 65th percentile
Distance 7.2mi
Connect Community CharterCharter
Redwood City Elementary · Grades K–8 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
94% below the standard
Scope Score 66Needs Support · 3rd percentile
Distance 7.2mi
KIPP Excelencia Community PreparatoryCharter
Redwood City Elementary · Grades K–8 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
152461% below the standard
Scope Score 73Developing · 37th percentile
Distance 8.0mi
Aspire East Palo Alto CharterCharter
Ravenswood City Elementary · Grades K–8 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
88% below the standard
Scope Score 68Needs Support · 7th percentile
Distance 9.9mi
San Carlos Charter Learning CenterCharter
San Carlos Elementary · Grades K–8 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
532423% below the standard
Scope Score 91Strong · 95th percentile
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the schools in Portola Valley, not driving routes. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP), 2025–26.
Middle
Which middle schools are near Portola Valley?
6 scored middle schools are within 10 miles of Portola Valley. The closest is Bullis Charter, 5.6 miles away.
Distance 5.6mi
Bullis CharterCharter
Santa Clara County Office of Education · Grades K–8 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
73198% below the standard
Scope Score 96Strong · 99th percentile
Distance 6.8mi
KIPP Valiant Community PrepCharter
Ravenswood City Elementary · Grades K–8 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
172261% below the standard
Scope Score 78Solid · 68th percentile
Distance 7.2mi
Connect Community CharterCharter
Redwood City Elementary · Grades K–8 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
1286% below the standard
Scope Score 67Needs Support · 6th percentile
Distance 7.2mi
KIPP Excelencia Community PreparatoryCharter
Redwood City Elementary · Grades K–8 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
121870% below the standard
Scope Score 73Developing · 39th percentile
Distance 8.0mi
Aspire East Palo Alto CharterCharter
Ravenswood City Elementary · Grades K–8 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
1089% below the standard
Scope Score 67Needs Support · 4th percentile
Distance 9.9mi
San Carlos Charter Learning CenterCharter
San Carlos Elementary · Grades K–8 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
432532% below the standard
Scope Score 87Strong · 91st percentile
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the schools in Portola Valley, not driving routes. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP), 2025–26.
High school
Which high schools are near Portola Valley?
4 scored high schools are within 10 miles of Portola Valley. The closest is Oxford Day Academy, 7.5 miles away.
These results are from spring 2025, when the state called its top two levels Exceeded and Met. The state now calls the same levels Advanced and Proficient.
Distance 7.5mi
Oxford Day AcademyCharter
San Mateo County Office of Education · Grades 9–12 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
988% below the standard
Scope Score 58Needs Support · 1st percentile
Distance 7.6mi
East Palo Alto AcademyCharter
Sequoia Union High · Grades 9–12 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
1878% below the standard
Scope Score 66Needs Support · 10th percentile
Distance 7.7mi
Summit Preparatory Charter HighCharter
Sequoia Union High · Grades 9–12 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
131869% below the standard
Scope Score 77Solid · 57th percentile
Distance 7.8mi
KIPP Esperanza HighCharter
Sequoia Union High · Grades 9–12 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
162460% below the standard
Scope Score 74Developing · 46th percentile
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the schools in Portola Valley, not driving routes. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP), 2024–25. High school Scope Scores use spring 2025 tests. They include graduation and college-readiness records, which the state publishes a year after the tests.
Private schools
Which private schools are near Portola Valley?
Private schools don’t take California’s state tests, so there is no state testing data for them. We list them and never score them.
- Woodside Priory SchoolGrades 6–12 · 411 students0.2 mi
- Woodland SchoolGrades K–8 · 261 students2.2 mi
- Trinity SchoolGrades Pre-K–5 · 107 students3.2 mi
- Phillips Brooks SchoolGrades Pre-K–5 · 240 students3.8 mi
- Pinewood Private–Upper CampusGrades 7–12 · 299 students4.2 mi
- VR School of AIGrades 1–12 · 630 students4.3 mi
- The VR SchoolGrades 6–12 · 462 students4.3 mi
- Robin AcademyGrades 1–12 · 135 students4.8 mi
- Sand Hill SchoolGrades 2–8 · 55 students4.9 mi
- Esther B. Clark School - Palo AltoGrades 1–11 · 80 students4.9 mi
- Bowman SchoolGrades Pre-K–8 · 257 students5.2 mi
- Living Wisdom School of Palo AltoGrades K–12 · 72 students5.2 mi
- St. Raymond Elementary SchoolGrades Pre-K–8 · 238 students5.2 mi
- Casa Dei Bambini SchoolGrades Pre-K–1 · 12 students5.2 mi
- Redwoods International Montessori House of ChldrnGrades Pre-K to transitional year after K · 2 students5.2 mi
- Sacred Heart Schools AthertonGrades Pre-K–12 · 1,118 students5.2 mi
- Lydian AcademyGrades 6–12 · 72 students5.3 mi
- Odyssey MontessoriGrades Pre-K to transitional year after K · 10 students5.5 mi
- St. Nicholas Catholic SchoolGrades K–8 · 282 students5.5 mi
- Guidepost MontessoriGrades Pre-K–K · 3 students5.5 mi
- Keys Family Day SchoolGrades 5–8 · 139 students5.6 mi
- Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes Menlo ParkGrades 4–10 · 6 students5.6 mi
- Menlo SchoolGrades 6–12 · 818 students5.7 mi
- Castilleja SchoolGrades 6–12 · 422 students5.7 mi
- MiaPrep Online High SchoolGrades 7–12 · 709 students5.7 mi
- School for Independent LearnersGrades 8–12 · 14 students5.8 mi
- Heritage AcademyGrades K–6 · 67 students5.9 mi
- St. Pius Elementary SchoolGrades Pre-K–8 · 234 students6.0 mi
- Pinewood Private–Middle CampusGrades 3–6 · 181 students6.0 mi
- Nativity Elementary SchoolGrades K–8 · 183 students6.0 mi
- Tru SchoolGrades K–5 · 36 students6.1 mi
- Ventana SchoolGrades Pre-K–5 · 82 students6.2 mi
- Keys Family Day SchoolGrades K–8 · 317 students6.2 mi
- Pinewood Private–Lower CampusGrades K–2 · 130 students6.2 mi
- Kubo MontessoriGrades Pre-K to transitional year after K · 2 students6.3 mi
- Mountain View-Los Altos Montessori Childrens CtrGrades Pre-K–K · 5 students6.3 mi
- Chesterton Academy of St. JamesGrades 9–12 · 31 students6.3 mi
- Canterbury Christian SchoolGrades K–6 · 88 students6.4 mi
- Los Altos Christian SchoolsGrades K–11 · 191 students6.4 mi
- St. Elizabeth Seton SchoolGrades Pre-K–8 · 175 students6.4 mi
- Stratford School - Palo AltoGrades K–8 · 301 students6.5 mi
- Achieve Inc.Grades 3–12 · 56 students6.5 mi
- Challenger School - MiddlefieldGrades K–8 · 383 students6.6 mi
- Imagination Lab SchoolGrades K–7 · 27 students6.6 mi
- Grossman Academy10 students6.6 mi
- Living Widsom High SchoolGrades 9–12 · 10 students6.6 mi
- Cornerstone SchoolGrades K–5 · 68 students6.6 mi
- Cornerstone Learning FoundationGrades transitional 1st grade to 4 · 51 students6.6 mi
- Weingarten Childrens CenterGrades Pre-K–K · 15 students6.6 mi
- Gideon Hausner Jewish Day SchoolGrades K–8 · 315 students6.7 mi
- Athena AcademyGrades 1–8 · 58 students6.7 mi
- St. Paul Lutheran Child Development CenterGrades Pre-K–K · 11 students6.7 mi
- Holy Family SchoolGrades 5–8 · 26 students6.8 mi
- Waldorf School-PeninsulaGrades 6–12 · 121 students6.8 mi
- Wherry AcademyGrades 5–12 · 6 students6.8 mi
- Peninsula SchoolGrades Pre-K–8 · 214 students6.9 mi
- Waldorf School of the PeninsulaGrades Pre-K–5 · 115 students7.0 mi
- Kehillah Jewish High SchoolGrades 9–12 · 200 students7.0 mi
- Meira AcademyGrades 9–12 · 12 students7.0 mi
- Synapse SchoolGrades K–8 · 352 students7.0 mi
- St. Joseph School Mountain ViewGrades K–8 · 126 students7.1 mi
- Palo Alto Preparatory SchoolGrades 8–12 · 64 students7.1 mi
- St. Francis High SchoolGrades 9–12 · 1,745 students7.1 mi
- Headsup Child Development Center Palo AltoGrades K · 14 students7.1 mi
- Emerson SchoolGrades 1–7 · 26 students7.1 mi
- The Girls' Middle SchoolGrades 6–8 · 202 students7.1 mi
- Fusion Academy - Palo AltoGrades 6–12 · 102 students7.3 mi
- Mtn View AcademyGrades 9–12 · 59 students7.3 mi
- Silicon Valley International SchoolGrades Pre-K–12 · 585 students7.3 mi
- Redeemer Lutheran SchoolGrades K–8 · 207 students7.3 mi
- Hope Technology SchoolGrades Pre-K–12 · 78 students7.3 mi
- Khan Lab SchoolGrades K–6 · 40 students7.4 mi
- Miramonte SchoolGrades K–8 · 100 students7.4 mi
- Wings Learning CenterGrades 3–12 · 29 students7.4 mi
- Our Lady of Mt. Carmel SchoolGrades Pre-K–8 · 245 students7.5 mi
- The Primary School - East Palo AltoGrades Pre-K–4 · 229 students7.5 mi
- Stanford Online High SchoolGrades 7–12 · 903 students7.6 mi
- Eastside College Preparatory SchoolGrades 9–12 · 258 students7.6 mi
- Beechwood SchoolGrades K–8 · 160 students7.7 mi
- St. SimonGrades Pre-K–8 · 457 students7.7 mi
- Acton Academy Silicon ValleyGrades K–8 · 49 students7.8 mi
- Green Chinese SchoolGrades K–5 · 40 students7.8 mi
- Mid-Peninsula High SchoolGrades 9–12 · 137 students7.8 mi
- Open Mind SchoolGrades Pre-K–12 · 21 students7.9 mi
- Creative Learning CenterGrades 2–12 · 52 students8.0 mi
- Yew Chung International School (sv)Grades K–8 · 145 students8.3 mi
- German Intl School of Silicon ValleyGrades Pre-K–12 · 464 students8.3 mi
- St. Stephen Lutheran SchoolGrades 3–8 · 11 students8.4 mi
- Kindercourt AcademyGrades K to transitional year after K · 45 students8.7 mi
- Arbor Bay SchoolGrades K–8 · 29 students8.8 mi
- Villa MontessoriGrades Pre-K–K · 2 students8.8 mi
- St. Charles SchoolGrades K–8 · 276 students8.8 mi
- South Peninsula Hebrew Day SchoolGrades Pre-K–8 · 158 students8.8 mi
- Stratford School - Sunnyvale de Anza ParkGrades Pre-K–5 · 363 students8.9 mi
- Sunnyvale Christian SchoolGrades K–5 · 81 students9.2 mi
- Legend College PreparatoryGrades 8–12 · 62 students9.6 mi
- French American School of Silicon ValleyGrades Pre-K–5 · 128 students9.6 mi
- Challenger School - SunnyvaleGrades K–8 · 355 students9.6 mi
- Stratford School Washington ParkGrades K–5 · 318 students9.6 mi
- Delor Montessori SchoolGrades K to transitional year after K · 24 students9.6 mi
- Little Tree MontessoriGrades K · 22 students9.7 mi
- Resurrection SchoolGrades K–8 · 186 students9.7 mi
102 private schools are within 10 miles of Portola Valley, nearest first. Source: the federal private-school survey and private schools’ filings with the state. Tuition is the lowest and highest yearly price on the school’s own site, where we have read it.
Districts nearby
Which districts run the schools near Portola Valley?
Your address decides which school your child is assigned to. Ask the district which school serves your address.
- Redwood City Elementary3 public and charter schools in the lists above
- Sequoia Union High3 public and charter schools in the lists above
- Ravenswood City Elementary2 public and charter schools in the lists above
- San Carlos Elementary1 public or charter school in the lists above
- San Mateo County Office of Education1 public or charter school in the lists above
- Santa Clara County Office of Education1 public or charter school in the lists above