Walter Hays Elementary

Walter Hays Elementary

Public Elementary School | Grade K-5
1525 Middlefield Rd,  Palo Alto, CA
Community Center Neighborhood
Palo Alto Unified School District
4.5
269 Students
A+
Niche Grade

School Details

Head of School
Mary Bussmann
Student Teacher Ratio
20:1
Math Proficiency
72%
Reading Proficiency
72%

Niche Grade

A
Academics
A+
Teachers
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Niche Grade Details

Academics
Reading Proficiency
72%
Math Proficiency
72%
Teachers
Student Teacher Ratio
20:1
Teachers
15
Full Time Teachers
15
Teachers in First or Second Year
3.9%

GreatSchools Rating

10
Test Scores
5
Equity
7
Student Progress
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Test Scores

Math
57.2%
State Average
17.9%
Science
49%
State Average
9.9%
GreatSchools Test Scores Rating
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The Test Score Rating reflects annual state test results for this school compared with scores statewide.

Student Diversity

Male
56.5%
Female
43.5%
Asian or Pacific Islander
32.7%
White
31.3%
Hispanic
19.7%
Two or more races
12.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
2%
Black
1.7%
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School Rankings

#60 Best Public ES in California
Source: Niche

Specialty School Programs

Free/Reduced Lunch Offered

This School’s Reviews

GreatSchools Reviews
4.5 4 Reviews
5.0 parent
1/18/2025
Our family absolutely adores this gem of a school. It is blessed with experienced teachers in every grade who continuously look for opportunities to develop their curriculum and also how to make learning more engaging. We continue to benefit from generous funding by the PTA and PiE, which bring spec...
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5.0 parent
1/23/2024
Walter Hays is a fantastic school that offers a lot of opportunities to all students. Our child is in Special Education and we feel that her progress is remarkable. Additional Parent organized activities (Makerspace for sewing, sawing and art work, Ice Skating, etc.) make it fun for the families to...
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4.0 parent
1/23/2019
Walter Hays does the best it can do given it is a public school in an extremely involved, well funded, wealthy area. The PTA and PiE funding allows for lots of STEM and Arts education as well as support via Aids for in class support of children with learning differences or needing support as second...
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4.0 parent
8/15/2015
Walter Hayes is a good school. In California. You have teachers here who are well compensated and very accomplished. In my opinion, that doesn't exactly translate to being awesome. We went to this school from 1st grade to 5th grade. I have family in public schools in Texas that frankly put this scho...
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