High Schools in Palo Alto, CA

High schools in Palo Alto, California on a map, with rankings, graduation rates and multi-year trends.

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Top ranked high schools in Palo Alto, 2026-27

2 high schools in Palo Alto are ranked in this edition, ordered by California state rank.

  1. Henry M. Gunn High School — Palo Alto · #23 in CA · #180 nationally
  2. Palo Alto High School (Paly) — Palo Alto · #56 in CA · #394 nationally

Palo Alto compared with California

Henry M. Gunn High School, the best-ranked school in Palo Alto, is #23 of 1,598 ranked schools in California, in the top 1.5% of the state's list.

2 of the 2 ranked schools in Palo Alto are in the national top 1,000.

The median ranked school in Palo Alto enrolls 1,767 students, compared with a median of 873 for ranked schools across California.

Ranks are from the 2026-27 U.S. News & World Report Best High Schools edition. How HighSchoolTrends uses this data.

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