Education

PAUSD spends $35K per student, among the highest in the bay area. However, we still can’t balance our budget, and always talk about cutting teachers. Where is the money going? Check out the PAUSD Budget Explorer. PAUSD has a $354 million budget for about 10,200 students, roughly $35K per student (up from about $16K a decade ago). The national average is about $18,000. Los Altos spends about $28K …

Comparing PAUSD with Harker: Harker doubles your top-50 odds (though there is selection bias), UCs are the most common outcome for PAUSD, and Foothill is smarter than it sounds. I wanted to get some clarity on what the actual data looks like - expecially comparing public school in Palo Alto with other private schools in the bay area. Fortunately, PAUSD publishes detailed matriculation data for …