Tru School
Private · Grades K–5 · 31 students
Walter Hays Elementary
1525 Middlefield Rd., Palo Alto, CA 94301
Grades
K–5
Elementary
Students
305
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
20.5 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Palo Alto Unified
Santa Clara County
Schola Grade A · Excellent
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 5,632 California elementary schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other California elementary schools; the line marks the middle. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About Walter Hays Elementary
Walter Hays Elementary is a public elementary school in Palo Alto, California, serving grades K–5. It is part of Palo Alto Unified. The school is located in a small city in Santa Clara County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 305 students were enrolled, with about 20.5 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is smaller than the typical California elementary school (21.4 students per teacher). Its Schola Grade is A (excellent), compared with 5,632 California elementary schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades K–5
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Public School · What this means
- Level
- Elementary
- Grades offered
- K–5
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 305 students
- Students per teacher
- 20.5 to 1
- Charter school
- No
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- City — Small
- School district
- Palo Alto Unified
- County
- Santa Clara County
- NCES school ID
- 062961004588
Schools near Walter Hays Elementary
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School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.