The Portola Valley Elementary School District is a top-ranked public elementary school district

School district

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 in the San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

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, USA

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, serving the communities of Portola Valley and Woodside. The district, code 4168981, serves over 700 students. About half of the students from this district matriculate to the Sequoia Union High School District

Sequoia Union High School District

The Sequoia Union High School District is a public school district in the San Francisco Bay Area, primarily serving the communities of Atherton, Belmont, East Palo Alto, Ladera, San Carlos, Menlo Park, Portola Valley, Redwood City, and Woodside....

 and half to a number of independent high schools in the area. The superintendent

Superintendent (education)

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 is Tim Hanretty.

Awards

• Corte Madera was named a national Blue Ribbon School
  Blue Ribbon Schools Program
  The Blue Ribbon Schools Program is a United States government program created in 1981 to honor schools which have achieved high levels of performance or significant improvements with emphasis on schools serving disadvantaged students. The program centers around a self-assessment conducted by the...
  
   in 2008.
• Corte Madera won the California Distinguished School
  California Distinguished School
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  award in 2011.

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