Education Piedmont, California

a view of piedmont middle school , witter field, taken piedmont high school

elementary , secondary students (pk-12) residing in piedmont, children of city of piedmont employees, , children of piedmont unified school district employees eligible attend schools within piedmont unified school district. district, coinciding municipal boundaries, includes 3 elementary schools (havens, beach, , wildwood), 1 middle school (piedmont middle school), , 2 high schools—one larger (piedmont high school), , 1 smaller, alternative high school, millennium high school. high percentage of piedmont high school graduates accepted 4-year undergraduate programs. many graduates continue post-secondary education @ prestigious , competitive public , private colleges , universities.

the piedmont unified school district ranked #10 of 756 districts in state of california according 1 statistical analysis of california public education.

piedmont voters have approved several local bond measures earmarked maintaining and/or improving pusd s educational facilities. instance, witter field, pusd s sports complex, rebuilt between 1996 , 1999. city-owned field adjacent beach elementary school resurfaced natural cork-based artificial turf in 2015. pusd-owned artificial turf field @ havens elementary school (becker playfield) placed in 2010.

most recently, passage of measure e in 2006, voters authorized piedmont unified school district issue $56 million in bonds improve piedmont public school buildings reduce dangers earthquakes, eliminate major collapse risks, , meet or exceed current state , federal seismic safety standards.

in addition public bond measures approved pusd facility upgrades , modernization, piedmont voters have quadrennially approved, since 1980, supplemental parcel tax (collected annually) accounts significant portion of pusd s basic operational budget. in 2005, 2 measures approved voters, 1 of renewed basic school district parcel tax, paying 21% of district s budget, , added incremental amount, short-term, compensate reduced funding state, , federal, sources. piedmont s recent school support tax, measure a, again approved 88% of piedmont voters in 2012. due further reductions in state educational budgets during great recession (2008-2011), state diversions local school property tax allocations since 2004, , shifting of state financial responsibilities onto local school districts, piedmont s local school parcel tax represents 30% of pusd s annual operating budget.

piedmont high school hosts annual leonard j. waxdeck bird calling contest every spring, top 3 winners appearing on late show david letterman , performing bird calls.

the piedmont educational foundation awards number of grants academic innovation in piedmont schools each year, , provides source of operational funding pusd through endowment fund reached $6 million in 2015.