Almaden Elementary

Almaden Elementary is one of the cozy elementary campuss in San Jose, California, part of San Jose Unified, with 305 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 34% smaller than the state mean of about 465.

San Jose Unified runs 41 schools in total, collectively educating 24,322 students. Almaden Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Almaden Elementary reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 75%; the rest comes out to 9% Asian, 7% White, 4% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 72% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Santa Clara County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Almaden Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 30.8%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Santa Clara County put the typical household earns roughly $164,281 per year, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Almaden Elementary is one of 412 public schools in Santa Clara County (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students).

The closest other public school is Pioneer High, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Almaden Elementary comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 57.3%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 3%: 314 students in 2018 compared to 305 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 4% to 9% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 22.7:1 in 2018 to 19.9:1 in 2025.

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