Use my locationShowing schools within 10 miles of Portola Valley. Distances are measured from the middle of the schools in Portola Valley.
Portola Valley
1 scored school 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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We hold no program detail for magnets yet, only how they admit.
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No charter schools are within 10 miles of Portola Valley.
2 magnets and schools of choice. You apply through the district, not the school.
Elementary
Which elementary schools are near Portola Valley?
1 scored elementary school is within 10 miles of Portola Valley. The closest is Orion Alternative, 7.0 miles away.
Distance 7.0mi
Orion Alternative
Redwood City Elementary · Grades K–5 · Check how it admits students.
462034% below the standard
Scope Score 85Strong · 86th 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?
No scored high schools are within 10 miles of Portola Valley. The closest is Palo Alto Middle College High, 5.1 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 5.1mi
Palo Alto Middle College High
Palo Alto Unified · Grades 9–12 · Check how it admits students.
532522% below the standard
No score
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.
- Palo Alto Unified1 public or charter school in the lists above
- Redwood City Elementary1 public or charter school in the lists above