Anthony Spangler Elementary

As a medium-sized elementary campus in Milpitas, California, Anthony Spangler Elementary serves 610 students from grades K through 6, overseen by Milpitas Unified. That puts it 31% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Milpitas Unified runs 15 schools in total, collectively educating 10,076 students. Anthony Spangler Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Anthony Spangler Elementary lists that Asian students make up the majority at 67%; the rest comes out to 18% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% White, 3% Black. By comparison, Santa Clara County as a whole is about 41% Asian, so the school skews meaningfully more Asian than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Anthony Spangler Elementary logs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 35% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Anthony Spangler Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 58.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.2%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Santa Clara County put median household earnings sit near $164,281, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Anthony Spangler Elementary is one of 412 public schools in Santa Clara County (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students).

The closest other public school is Curtner Elementary, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Anthony Spangler Elementary at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 61.2%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Five-year trend. Anthony Spangler Elementary's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 616 (now 610). The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 22.1:1 in 2018 to 24.4:1 today.

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