Anne Darling Elementary

Anne Darling Elementary, a compact elementary school in San Jose, California, operated by San Jose Unified, teaches 260 students, covering grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 44% below the state mean of about 465.

Within San Jose Unified, which oversees 41 schools and 24,322 students, Anne Darling Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Anne Darling Elementary lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (85%). Beyond that, the school reports 8% Asian, 5% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Anne Darling Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 73% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Santa Clara County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Anne Darling Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.0%; this one delivers 21.8%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Santa Clara County indicate median household income runs about $164,281, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Santa Clara County runs 412 public schools (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students), of which Anne Darling Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Rocketship Discovery Prep, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Anne Darling Elementary operates from a metropolitan location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Anne Darling Elementary's enrollment has declined 36% since 2018, when it stood at 404 (now 260). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 79% to 85% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 22.6:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 today.

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