Adelante Dual Language Academy

Adelante Dual Language Academy is one of the middle-of-the-pack K-5 schools in San Jose, California, overseen by Alum Rock Union Elementary, with 505 students on its rolls from grades K through 8.

Adelante Dual Language Academy is one of 22 schools operated by Alum Rock Union Elementary, a district that teaches 7,251 students overall.

On demographics, Adelante Dual Language Academy records that 97% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. By comparison, Santa Clara County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Santa Clara County (around 37%), the school's rate is north of typical.

In the area at large, Santa Clara County reports that the typical household earns roughly $164,281 per year, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Adelante Dual Language Academy is one of 412 public schools in Santa Clara County (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students).

Nearest neighbor: Mt. Pleasant High, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Adelante Dual Language Academy operates from a high-density location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 513 students in 2018 compared to 505 in 2025.

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