Palo Alto, California

Palo Alto is a city in Santa Clara County, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, USA, named for a tree called El Palo Alto. The city is located at the northern end of Silicon Valley, and is home to Stanford University (which is technically located in an adjacent area, Stanford, California), and several successful high-technology companies, such as Hewlett-Packard. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 58,598.

School system

Public schools

The Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD) provides public education for Palo Alto.

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Private schools

• Palo Alto Montessori School - an accredited preschool which has been educating 2?5 years olds since 1977.
• Pinewood School - located on Fremont Road in Los Altos Hills; most of the students are from Los Altos Hills/Los Altos area
• Kitty Petty Institute - a preschool for disabled children
• St Elizabeth Seton Extended - a Catholic school
• Castilleja School - a prestigious girls? school
• International School of the Peninsula - a K?8 school emphasizing on dual language teaching
• Bowman International School - a school founded in 1995 which emphasizes on teaching about different cultures