{"a_g_completion_pct":null,"at_a_glance":["Palo Alto Senior High School is a public high school in Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California with 495 seniors in the Class of 2025.","Its UC Reach Score is 70 (Excellent, top 6% in California): 346 UC admits (counted at each UC) from a senior class of 495, so a student admitted to several campuses counts at each. That is higher than 96% of California high schools.","In 2025 its students filed 1,702 UC applications and received 346 offers, a UC admit rate of 20.3% (counted at each campus); 59 enrolled.","More of its graduates enrolled at UC Berkeley than at any other UC campus (26 in 2025); UC Berkeley and UCLA together admitted 68.","Of its graduates who enrolled at a UC, 92% earned a degree within six years (cohort entering 2019).","Enrollment was 1,828 students in 2026, down 5% since 2018.","Palo Alto Senior High School publishes a matriculation list (where its graduates enrolled) for the 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026: 266 colleges, with per-college counts; the largest counts are Foothill College (42), Stanford University (16), University of California-Berkeley (16), New York University (12), University of California-Irvine (12). Source: College Matriculation Summary (Palo Alto High School College & Career Center).","Palo Alto Senior High School's feeder standing, from the schools' own published counts: #3 USC, #4 Northwestern, #7 Northeastern, #8 NYU, #8 Colorado, #9 Boston University. Ivy+ enrollment: #23 of 298 schools per class year.","Palo Alto Senior High School had 28 National Merit Semifinalists in the Class of 2025, the seniors who graduated in June 2025 (Palo Alto Senior High School 2025-2026 school profile).","Palo Alto Senior High School had 79% of the Class of 2025, the seniors who graduated in June 2025, attending four-year colleges (Palo Alto Senior High School 2025-2026 school profile).","Sources: University of California Office of the President (admissions), California Department of Education (enrollment, A-G, college-going), and the school's own published documents where named."],"caveats":["UC admits and applications are counted at each campus: a student admitted to three UCs counts three times. The UC Reach Score is those admits divided by the senior class, times 100, so a strong school scores above 100.","A published college list is the school's own document, copied as printed; counts are the school's, never ours, and an unnumbered list carries no counts.","Enrollment is NCES CCD for national pages and CDE for California pages; graduation and readiness measures are the state's or EDFacts' own definitions, named in each sentence.","Every figure here is also rendered on the HTML page it describes."],"city":"Palo Alto","college_going_rate_12mo_pct":null,"county":"Santa Clara","enrollment":{"since_total":1932,"since_year":2018,"total":1828,"year":2026},"faq":[{"a":"Palo Alto Senior High School's UC Reach Score is 70 (Excellent, top 6% in California): 346 UC admits (counted at each UC) from a senior class of 495, so a student admitted to several campuses counts at each. That is higher than 96% of California high schools.","q":"What is Palo Alto Senior High School's UC Reach Score?"},{"a":"In 2025 its students filed 1,702 UC applications and received 346 offers, a UC admit rate of 20.3% (counted at each campus); 59 enrolled.","q":"How many students from Palo Alto Senior High School got into a UC?"},{"a":"More of Palo Alto Senior High School's graduates enrolled at UC Berkeley than at any other UC campus (26 in 2025); UC Berkeley and UCLA together admitted 68.","q":"Which UC campus do Palo Alto Senior High School graduates attend most?"},{"a":"Palo Alto Senior High School publishes a matriculation list (where its graduates enrolled) for the 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026: 266 colleges, with per-college counts; the largest counts are Foothill College (42), Stanford University (16), University of California-Berkeley (16), New York University (12), University of California-Irvine (12). Source: College Matriculation Summary (Palo Alto High School College & Career Center).","q":"Where do Palo Alto Senior High School graduates go to college?"},{"a":"Palo Alto Senior High School's feeder standing, from the schools' own published counts: #3 USC, #4 Northwestern, #7 Northeastern, #8 NYU, #8 Colorado, #9 Boston University. Ivy+ enrollment: #23 of 298 schools per class year.","q":"Which colleges is Palo Alto Senior High School a top feeder school to?"},{"a":"Enrollment was 1,828 students in 2026, down 5% since 2018.","q":"How many students attend Palo Alto Senior High School?"}],"feeder_standing":{"admit_boards":[],"boards":[{"college":"Stanford University","n":169,"per_year":16.0,"rank":1,"slug":"stanford-university","top":true,"url":"/leaderboards/feeder-schools/stanford-university"},{"college":"Johns Hopkins University","n":157,"per_year":4.0,"rank":1,"slug":"johns-hopkins-university","top":true,"url":"/leaderboards/feeder-schools/johns-hopkins-university"},{"college":"University of Southern California","n":214,"per_year":11.0,"rank":3,"slug":"university-of-southern-california","top":true,"url":"/leaderboards/feeder-schools/university-of-southern-california"},{"college":"Northwestern 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