School district · California
San Jose Unified
San Jose Unified in California: 41 public schools with 24,322 students and 20.7 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $19,727 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 41
- Students
- 24,322
- Students per teacher
- 20.7
- CA 21.6 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $19,727
- CA $20.7K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 1,177
- Counselors (FTE)
- 80.2
- Students per counselor
- 303
- CA 407 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 15.3
- Librarians (FTE): 0.0
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on California's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
California: 47%49%proficient
+0.8 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 61% of school districts in California
Median 42% · 854 school districts compared
10,264 students tested, grades 3–8 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
California: 38%43%proficient
+0.5 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 70% of school districts in California
Median 32% · 854 school districts compared
10,406 students tested, grades 3–8 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
- Federal
- 4.5% · $27.7M
- State
- 25% · $152.9M
- Local
- 70% · $430.1M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $11,733
- Support services
- $7,363
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $10.1M
- Long-term debt
- $553.6M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Allen at SteinbeckFree meals for all | K–5 | 406 | 17.9 | 27% | 24% |
Almaden ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 305 | 19.9 | 39% | 38% |
Anne Darling ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 260 | 17.3 | 16% | 9.9% |
| K–5 | 715 | 22.9 | 74% | 76% | |
Canoas ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 282 | 16.9 | 35% | 31% |
Empire Gardens ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 214 | 18.4 | 15% | 8.5% |
Ernesto Galarza ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 322 | 22.5 | 15% | 12% |
Gardner ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 385 | 18.6 | 23% | 18% |
Grant ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 383 | 18.2 | 14% | 9.1% |
| K–5 | 466 | 19.4 | 78% | 81% | |
| K–5 | 622 | 27.6 | 70% | 67% | |
| K–5 | 309 | 23.8 | 70% | 74% | |
Horace Mann ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 293 | 20.5 | 20% | 12% |
| K–5 | 602 | 22.1 | 73% | 76% | |
Lowell ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 261 | 21.4 | 11% | 4.8% |
Merritt Trace ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 829 | 22.2 | 37% | 28% |
Rachel Carson ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 199 | 16.4 | 34% | 29% |
| K–5 | 356 | 21.9 | 65% | 61% | |
River GlenFree meals for all | K–8 | 463 | 29.4 | 54% | 41% |
Schallenberger ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 509 | 19.7 | 58% | 50% |
Selma Olinder ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 269 | 16.3 | 20% | 21% |
| K–5 | 480 | 21.8 | 72% | 76% | |
Terrell ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 255 | 17.2 | 24% | 23% |
Walter L. Bachrodt ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 398 | 23.9 | 35% | 31% |
Washington ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 329 | 19.4 | 11% | 14% |
| K–5 | 559 | 23.3 | 85% | 86% | |
Willow Glen ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 660 | 20.8 | 52% | 44% |
| 6–8 | 862 | 21.1 | 75% | 80% | |
Castillero MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 865 | 22.8 | 58% | 50% |
Herbert Hoover MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 910 | 18.5 | 35% | 24% |
John Muir MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 722 | 20.0 | 42% | 34% |
Muwekma Ohlone MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 587 | 18.0 | 26% | 15% |
Willow Glen MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 1,180 | 23.7 | 51% | 37% |
Abraham Lincoln HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,590 | 19.6 | — | — |
Broadway HighAlternativeFree meals for all | 9–12 | 176 | 10.9 | — | — |
Gunderson HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 744 | 16.6 | — | — |
| 9–12 | 1,471 | 25.5 | — | — | |
Liberty AlternativeAlternativeFree meals for all | 6–12 | 274 | 22.3 | — | — |
Pioneer HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,393 | 21.6 | — | — |
San Jose HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 874 | 18.6 | — | — |
Willow Glen HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,543 | 20.3 | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 855 Lenzen Ave., San Jose, CA 95126
- Phone
- (408)535-6000
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.