Elementary · California

Carlton Elementary

Free meals for all

Carlton Elementary, a public elementary school in San Jose, California: grades k–5, 656 students, 25.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Union Elementary.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 656
Teachers (FTE): 25.5
Students per teacher: 25.7
Grades: K–5; Elementary

More students per teacher than 89% of elementary schools in California

Median 22.4 · 5,918 schools compared

More students per teacher than 98% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 83% of elementary schools in California

Median 455 · 5,933 schools compared

Larger than 86% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades K–5
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Large city
Run by: Union Elementary

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Union Elementary.

Location

Address: 2421 Carlton Ave., San Jose, CA 95124
Phone: (408)356-1141
City or town: San Jose
County: Santa Clara County

Website Quality of life in San Jose Schools in San Jose

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Alta Vista ElementaryFree meals for all	K–5	584	26.0	0.6 mi
Farnham CharterCharterFree meals for all	K–5	372	23.3	0.9 mi
Blossom Hill ElementaryFree meals for all	K–5	530	24.1	1.1 mi
Oster ElementaryFree meals for all	K–5	627	26.0	1.5 mi
VillageCharter	K–5	198	23.3	1.6 mi
Louise Van Meter ElementaryFree meals for all	K–5	507	21.1	1.6 mi

Sources

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).

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