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Amy Imai Elementary

253 Martens Ave., Mountain View, CA 94040 · (650) 526-3490 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL388 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 87% of California public elementary schools
  • A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • A-Beats 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

Enrollment
388
Elementary
DISTRICT 350 · STATE 465
Student : Teacher
21.5:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
43 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten10627%
Grade 14211%
Grade 24913%
Grade 36918%
Grade 45915%
Grade 56316%

This year's kindergarten class (106) is 68% larger than its 5th grade class (63).

Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 62% · US 70%
White
9926%
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 20% · US 43%
Hispanic
5213%
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 56% · US 30%
Asian
17645%
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 12% · US 6%
Two+
5915%
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 6% · US 5%
Pacific Islander
21%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
19651%
Female
19249%

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Test scores

CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standard
English Language Arts
84.2%
CA avg 49.1% . -3.8pp since 2014
Math
83.3%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.7pp since 2014

What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 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 down about 2 points.

Performance levels, 2024-25

SubjectStandard ExceededStandard MetStandard Nearly MetStandard Not Met
English Language Arts68.3%15.8%8.2%7.7%
Math66.7%16.7%10.2%6.5%
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 yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2584.2%83.3%
2023-2481.5%79.8%
2022-2385.5%85.9%
2021-2286.7%86.6%
2018-1987.6%86.3%
2017-1889.6%86.1%
2016-1787.6%87.4%
2015-1690.0%88.0%
2014-1588.0%85.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
82.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.1pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.

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 Amy Imai Elementary

Amy Imai Elementary's state test result (82.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Amy Imai Elementary this school38811.1%82.1%
Redwood Shores Elementary
Redwood City
4048.2%78.8%
Fairmeadow Elementary
Palo Alto
42512.2%83.8%
Cornerstone at Pedregal Elementary
Rancho Palos Verdes
4118.5%90.2%
Pacific Sky
San Diego
36811.1%78.6%
Christa McAuliffe
Saratoga
3589.8%78.5%
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 Amy Imai Elementary ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn CaliforniaIn Santa Clara County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
82.1%#150 of 5,151#26 of 226
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
83.3%#136 of 5,172
▲ 92
#27 of 226
▲ 18
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
84.2%#130 of 5,172
▲ 64
#21 of 226
▲ 7
3-year test score change
ranked biggest drop first
-2.9pp#984 of 5,116#79 of 225
Enrollment
ranked largest first
388#3,830 of 5,915#149 of 255
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
21.5:1#1,804 of 5,352#106 of 247
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
68.8%#781 of 5,354#52 of 247
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
11.1%#5,445 of 5,625#217 of 252
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-35.9%#259 of 3,837#20 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 2024-25
Enrollment
388
-92 (-19%) vs 2020
+26% since 2000-01, when it was 309
Student : Teacher
21.5:1
was 21.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2538818.121.5:111% (43)
2023-2439820.519.4:112% (48)
2022-233801722.4:110% (39)
2020-214802221.8:15% (25)
2017-186052425.2:19% (52)
2015-165722226.0:17% (40)
2010-11574N/AN/A14% (82)
2000-013091520.6:13% (10)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Amy Imai Elementary.

Since 2017-18: students down 36% (605 to 388); teachers down 25% (24 to 18.1).

About Amy Imai Elementary

Amy Imai Elementary is an elementary school in Mountain View, California, reachable at (650) 526-3490. Students in kindergarten through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 388 students.

Amy Imai Elementary is in Mountain View Whisman, a district with 4,624 students across 11 schools.

The largest group at Amy Imai Elementary is Asian students, at 45%. After that, the student body is 26% White, 15% multiracial, and 13% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Amy Imai Elementary scores 69%.

Staffing at Amy Imai Elementary comes to 18.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 21.5:1. Elementary schools in California average 22.3:1, 0.8 more students per teacher than here. Amy Imai Elementary counts 11% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Santa Clara County report 37%.

Amy Imai Elementary earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 87% of California public elementary schools.

Schools in California with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 73.0%. Amy Imai Elementary scores 82.1%.

The school is in Santa Clara County, where median household income comes to about $164,281, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Santa Clara County's 412 public schools enroll about 230,059 students and include Amy Imai Elementary.

About 0.5 miles separate Amy Imai Elementary from the closest public school, Benjamin Bubb Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Amy Imai Elementary is 4th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.

The NCES locale for Amy Imai Elementary is City: Small, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.

By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 388, from 480 in 2020-21.

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Santa Clara County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Amy Imai Elementary
District
Mountain View Whisman
Address
253 Martens Ave., Mountain View, CA 94040
Phone
(650) 526-3490
County
Santa Clara County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–05
Total enrollment
388
Teachers (FTE)
18
Student–teacher ratio
21.5:1
Free and reduced lunch
43 (11%)
Locale
13-City: Small
NCES ID
062628007791
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Amy Imai Elementary
How large is Amy Imai Elementary?
Amy Imai Elementary enrolls approximately 388 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Amy Imai Elementary serve?
Amy Imai Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Amy Imai Elementary?
Approximately 21.5:1 students per teacher at Amy Imai Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Amy Imai Elementary?
Student demographics at Amy Imai Elementary are roughly 26% White, 13% Hispanic, 45% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Is Amy Imai Elementary public or private?
Amy Imai Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Mountain View Whisman.
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