Palo Alto Unified School District

PAUSD serves approximately 10,000 students who live in most, but not all, of the City of Palo Alto, certain areas of Los Altos Hills, and Portola Valley, as well as the Stanford University campus. The District consists of twelve K , 5 elementary schools, three middle schools (grades 6 , 8) and two high schools (grades 9 , 12). In addition, the District currently operates a pre-school, Young Fives program, a self-supporting Adult School, the Hospital School at Stanford's Lucille Packard Children's Hospital, and Summer School.