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Enrollment
406
Elementary
DISTRICT 412 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN JOSE UNIFIED·NCES 063459005697
Allen at Steinbeck
820 Steinbeck Dr., San Jose, CA 95123 · (408) 535-6205 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL406 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
280 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 65%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 89 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 59% larger than its 5th grade class (56).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
26.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -4.2pp since 2014
Math
24.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.3% | 15.5% | 20.6% | 52.6% |
| Math | 8.7% | 15.4% | 23.6% | 52.3% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.8% | 24.1% |
| 2023-24 | 21.1% | 22.4% |
| 2022-23 | 27.8% | 31.2% |
| 2021-22 | 27.7% | 20.5% |
| 2020-21 | 27.7% | 13.2% |
| 2018-19 | 40.2% | 24.1% |
| 2017-18 | 48.8% | 38.3% |
| 2016-17 | 38.5% | 26.9% |
| 2015-16 | 38.0% | 26.0% |
| 2014-15 | 31.0% | 20.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
23.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 39% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Allen at Steinbeck
Allen at Steinbeck's state test result (23.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allen at Steinbeck this school | 406 | 69.0% | 23.7% |
| Morse Elementary Placentia | 382 | 69.1% | 54.5% |
| La Veta Elementary Orange | 408 | 68.6% | 51.3% |
| Miller Elementary Escondido | 378 | 71.7% | 37.9% |
| Barrett Elementary Morgan Hill | 374 | 67.4% | 24.9% |
| Lorne Street Elementary Northridge | 372 | 71.0% | 43.4% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Allen at Steinbeck ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.7% | #4,226 of 5,151 | #194 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.1% | #3,868 of 5,172 ▲ 44 | #192 of 226 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.8% | #4,299 of 5,172 ▲ 343 | #191 of 226 ▲ 15 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.4pp | #2,881 of 5,116 | #78 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 406 | #3,634 of 5,915 | #139 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #253 of 5,352 | #16 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.0% | #2,836 of 5,354 | #149 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.0% | #3,017 of 5,625 | #57 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.1% | #1,082 of 3,837 | #85 of 189 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
406
-32 (-7%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 621
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 24.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 406 | 22.7 | 17.9:1 | 69% (280) |
| 2023-24 | 407 | 22.5 | 18.1:1 | 67% (274) |
| 2022-23 | 394 | 19.9 | 19.8:1 | 66% (262) |
| 2020-21 | 438 | 18 | 24.3:1 | 55% (242) |
| 2017-18 | 528 | 23.7 | 22.3:1 | 67% (355) |
| 2015-16 | 724 | 31 | 23.4:1 | 60% (435) |
| 2010-11 | 879 | N/A | N/A | 50% (438) |
| 2000-01 | 454 | 26 | 17.5:1 | 45% (205) |
| 1990-91 | 621 | 29 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Allen at Steinbeck.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (528 to 406); teachers down 4% (23.7 to 22.7).
About Allen at Steinbeck
Allen at Steinbeck is a medium-sized elementary school in San Jose Unified, located in San Jose, California. It educates 406 students in kindergarten through 5.
The San Jose Unified system has 41 schools and 24,322 students.
Hispanic students are the majority at Allen at Steinbeck, with 69% of enrollment. Other groups make up 12% White, 10% Asian, and 5% multiracial. Santa Clara County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. The school's diversity index is 49%, meaning two students picked at random have a 49% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Dividing enrollment by its 22.7 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 17.9:1. That is 4.4 students per teacher below the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Allen at Steinbeck reports 69% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Santa Clara County average 37%.
Allen at Steinbeck is graded D by allk12, scoring above 11% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Schools in California with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 39.1%. Allen at Steinbeck posts 23.7%, 15.4 points below that, which places it in the bottom 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Census estimates describe Santa Clara County this way: the median household income is $164,281, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Allen at Steinbeck, Santa Clara County has 411 other public schools.
The closest other public school is Gunderson High, about 0.8 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, Allen at Steinbeck ranks 6th on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 406 students in 2024-25, 32 fewer than the 438 it had in 2020-21. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 24.3:1 to 17.9:1.
To ask about science fairs, picture day, and bus routes, start a discussion on this page. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Santa Clara County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,902,047
Census ACS
Median income
$164,281
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
412
230,059 students
Quick facts
Related schools
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- Herbert Hoover MiddleMiddle · 910 students
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- Discovery Charter II0.9 mi · 476
- Herman (Leonard) Intermediate1.1 mi · 723
- Frost (Earl) Elementary1.1 mi · 313
- Liberty Alternative1.1 mi · 274
- Indigo1.1 mi · 267
Frequently asked questions
About Allen at SteinbeckWhat is the total enrollment at Allen at Steinbeck?
Allen at Steinbeck enrolls approximately 406 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Allen at Steinbeck serve?
Allen at Steinbeck serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Allen at Steinbeck?
Approximately 17.9:1 students per teacher at Allen at Steinbeck.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Allen at Steinbeck?
At Allen at Steinbeck, the student body is approximately 12% White, 69% Hispanic, 1% Black, 10% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Allen at Steinbeck?
Allen at Steinbeck is overseen by San Jose Unified in Santa Clara County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.