English as a Second Language (ESL)

Do you need to improve your English to get a job or a promotion? Apply for citizenship? Communicate with your children’s teachers? Become more confident and self-reliant? Whether your goals are personal or professional, the Palo Alto Adult School ESL program offers a wide-range of free classes to help you. For additional fee-based English classes, please see the English Enrichment section.

To enter our FREE classes, new students must register for a placement test. Our next placement test registration opens at 9 a.m. Sat., Feb. 22, 2025. If you have questions, or for more details, please call the ESL office at (650) 494-2326, or send us an email at esl@pausd.org.