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Ohlone Elementary

Palo Alto Unified Palo Alto Santa Clara County 94303
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
914 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
448 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
19:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
7%
Teachers
23 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 10.3%
White 28.6%
Asian 44.6%
Black 1.3%
Other 15.2%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Ohlone Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard66.4%
Met Standard21.7%
Below Standard12.0%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "88% proficient" for Ohlone Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

66.4% of students exceeded standard while 21.7% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 45.4 points above the state average of 21.0%. That's 6.1 points above the Palo Alto Unified district average of 60.3%. Compared to the 17 nearby schools within ~3 miles, this exceeded rate is 20.5 points higher (vs 45.9% average). The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Students here improve by 4.8 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 7.5%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
66.4%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
88.0%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+4.8pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
7.5%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.4%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
914
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 81 56.8% 21.0% 16.1% 6.2% 77.8%
4th 72 73.6% 15.3% 6.9% 4.2% 88.9%
5th 75 66.7% 21.3% 6.7% 5.3% 88.0%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 81 69.1% 22.2% 8.6% 0.0% 91.4%
4th 73 57.5% 34.3% 5.5% 2.7% 91.8%
5th 75 74.7% 16.0% 9.3% 0.0% 90.7%