5 Palo Alto Schools With The Best Teachers For 2020

PALO ALTO, CA — The beginning of the school year is a good time to do a little research on how your teachers stack up against others — whether you’re sending your children to kindergarten for the first time or if they’re preparing to graduate.

Niche, which rates everything in education, has created a list of what it considers the schools with the best teachers in the Palo Alto Unified School District.

According to Niche.com, the rankings are based on seven factors: academic grades, parent/student surveys on teachers, teacher absenteeism, teacher salary index, teachers in their first or second year, average teacher salary and the student-teacher ratio.

Read more on how this ranking was calculated.

Henry M. Gunn High School has the best teachers in the Palo Alto Unified School District, according to the rankings. With 1,896 total students in the school, and a student-teacher ratio of 16:1, Henry M. Gunn High School had an A+ rating in teachers and A+ overall Niche grade. It also ranked first overall for best public high school teachers in California.

Palo Verde Elementary School followed in second place with a total of 389 students and a 20:1 student-teacher ratio. It was given an A+ rating in teachers and an A+ overall Niche grade.

Here are the top 5 schools in the Palo Alto area with the best teachers:

1. Henry M. Gunn High School
2. Palo Verde Elementary School
3. Duveneck Elementary School
4. Juana Briones Elementary School
5. Frank S. Greene Jr. Middle School