Challenger School - Middlefield (Top Ranked 糖心原创 for 2026-27)

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Top Ranked CA School
Grades: Prekindergarten-8
Enrollment: 406 students
Average class size: 24 students
Application Deadline: None / Rolling
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School News

- 05/30/2019
Vayun Krishna, 12, Sunnyvale; 6th grade, Challenger School-Middlefield (fossiliferous, frivolity, teledu, pyrheliometer, drilvis and ixodid, which he misspelled ixodyd)
- 05/28/2019
The Santa Clara County Office of Education (SCCOE) is excited to announce the 2019 California State Elementary Spelling Bee winner, Vayun Krishna. The Palo Alto sixth-grader, who attends Challenger School ...moreMiddlefield. hide
- 02/17/2019
Vayun Krishna, a sixth-grader from Challenger School-Middlefield in Palo Alto, came in second.

School Rankings

Challenger School - Middlefield ranks among the top 20% of private schools in California for:

School Facts

Religious Affiliation

Nonsectarian

Grades Offered

Grades Prekindergarten-8

Students By Grade

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Distribution of Students By Grade
Grade	Challenger School - Middlefield
Pre-K	72
Kind	65
1	59
2	56
3	52
4	27
5	20
6	20
7	20
8	15

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Year Founded

1963

Summer School Offered

Yes

Summer Program Details

School Calendar

Student Body

Total Students

406 students

Student Body Type

Co-ed

Academic Profile

Total Classroom Teachers

29 teachers

Student-Teacher Ratio

14:1

National avg.:

Average Class Size

24 students

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List of Courses Offered

Tuition & Financial Aid

Admission Deadline

None / Rolling

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Sports

School Mascot

Falcons

School Notes

Celebrating nearly 60 years of learning and fun, Challenger School is an independent private school that focuses on academic excellence, individual achievement, strong logic and thinking skills, and self-reliance.

Our curriculum focuses on the foundations of knowledge: language arts, math, and logic. Early mastery of these basics prepares students for advanced studies and learning at an accelerated pace.
Breathtaking Results - Our uniquely structured classes yield astonishing results in young students. Challenger students achieve scores on average in the 90th percentile on the national Stanford Achievement Test (SAT). This means that our average student outperforms nine out of ten students who take that test. Challenger School offers preschool through eighth grade programs that prepare children to live happily and successfully for their whole lives.

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Challenger School - Middlefield ranks among the top 20% of private schools in California for: Largest student body.

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The application deadline for Challenger School - Middlefield is rolling (applications are reviewed as they are received year-round).

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Challenger School - Middlefield is located in the Fairmeadow neighborhood of Palo Alto, CA. There are 2 other private schools located in Fairmeadow.

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The average private school tuition in Palo Alto, CA is $41,387 for elementary schools and $48,451 for high schools (read more about average private school tuition across the country).

The average acceptance rate in Palo Alto, CA is 61% (read more about average acceptance rates across the country).