GreenTown Los Altos’ LASD WoW! Survey Analysis - Fall 2025
- Margie Suozzo
- Apr 2
- 2 min read
Updated: Apr 5
In Fall 2025, over several weeks in October and November, Los Altos School District (LASD) surveyed students about their journey to school using a method developed by GreenTown Los Altos. Classroom teachers conducted a hand-count in which students raised their hands when they heard the transport method that they used that morning (e.g., walk, bike, car, carpool, other). For example, teachers asked: “By a show of hands, when you left your house this morning, how many of you walked to school?"
The table below outlines the percent of students who used alternative modes for their school commute, e.g., walk or wheel (WoW!) to school. Modes that qualify for WoW! include walking, biking, scootering, skateboarding, roller blading, or carpooling with students from another family. One caveat with the data is that some days in which students were surveyed coincided with WoW! Days in which students were explicitly encouraged to walk or bike to school. These are indicated with an * or ** in the table below.
GreenTown's WoW! program provides support to parent leads at each school. The data from LASD surveys helps GreenTown direct program resources by revealing which schools are effectively promoting alternative transportation and which could use additional support.
Table: School Commute: Percentage WoW! vs. Single-Family Car
School | WoW! (All Modes) | Single-Family Car |
Loyola* | 69.3% | 30.7% |
Gardner Bullis* | 60.7% | 39.3% |
Santa Rita** | 58.0% | 42.0% |
Springer** | 49.5% | 50.5% |
Almond** | 41.1% | 58.9% |
Oak* | 39.1% | 60.9% |
Covington | 31.3% | 68.7% |
Blach | 66.8% | 33.2% |
Egan | 56.7% | 43.3 |
* or ** Indicates that the school had a Fall WoW! encouragement event.
**Indicates that a majority of classrooms were surveyed on the school's Fall WoW! Day.
To learn more about the findings, please click on the PDF below.
Please contact Margie Suozzo, GreenTown Los Altos WoW! Lead for questions and comments.
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