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Enrollment
397
Middle
DISTRICT 302 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOUNT PLEASANT ELEMENTARY·NCES 062640003987
August Boeger Middle
1944 Flint Ave., San Jose, CA 95148 · (408) 223-3770 · Santa Clara County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL397 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 29% of California public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.0:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
325 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 118 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 136 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 143 | 36% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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
School pathway
Based on grade levels within Mount Pleasant Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
35.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +7.5pp since 2014
Math
18.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 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 | 10.7% | 24.8% | 24.5% | 40.0% |
| Math | 9.3% | 9.3% | 18.8% | 62.7% |
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 | 35.5% | 18.5% |
| 2023-24 | 36.6% | 18.0% |
| 2022-23 | 32.9% | 17.4% |
| 2021-22 | 40.2% | 16.4% |
| 2018-19 | 44.6% | 19.5% |
| 2017-18 | 41.3% | 21.2% |
| 2016-17 | 39.9% | 20.1% |
| 2015-16 | 37.0% | 20.0% |
| 2014-15 | 28.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
27.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 August Boeger Middle
August Boeger Middle's state test result (27.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| August Boeger Middle this school | 397 | 81.9% | 27.0% |
| Ocala Middle San Jose | 377 | 79.3% | 25.6% |
| Kipp Prize Preparatory Academy San Jose | 416 | 80.8% | N/A |
| Cesar Chavez Middle Hayward | 453 | 84.1% | 12.7% |
| Santa Fe Computer Science Magnet Monrovia | 424 | 80.2% | 37.3% |
| La Vina Middle Delano | 521 | 78.9% | 51.1% |
Matched among California middle 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 August Boeger Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #830 of 1,224 | #47 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.5% | #908 of 1,227 ▼ 66 | #49 of 56 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.5% | #837 of 1,227 ▼ 98 | #45 of 56 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.3pp | #255 of 1,214 | #11 of 56 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 397 | #1,089 of 1,377 | #52 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.2:1 | #347 of 1,279 | #24 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.6% | #787 of 1,278 | #48 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.9% | #494 of 1,329 | #8 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.8% | #95 of 930 | #6 of 53 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
397
-95 (-19%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 520
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
was 21.4:1
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 | 397 | 20.7 | 19.2:1 | 82% (325) |
| 2023-24 | 398 | 22.9 | 17.4:1 | 73% (291) |
| 2022-23 | 422 | 22 | 19.2:1 | 75% (316) |
| 2020-21 | 492 | 23 | 21.4:1 | 59% (291) |
| 2017-18 | 582 | 28.8 | 20.2:1 | 80% (464) |
| 2015-16 | 593 | 28 | 21.2:1 | 89% (525) |
| 2010-11 | 842 | N/A | N/A | 73% (612) |
| 2000-01 | 654 | 28 | 23.4:1 | 44% (291) |
| 1990-91 | 520 | 27 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for August Boeger Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (582 to 397); teachers down 28% (28.8 to 20.7).
About August Boeger Middle
August Boeger Middle operates as a low-enrollment middle school in San Jose, California. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 397 students. Against the 659-student average for middle schools in California, enrollment here is 40% lower.
Mount Pleasant Elementary has 5 schools and 1,512 students, and August Boeger Middle is one of those schools.
At August Boeger Middle, Hispanic students make up 74% of the student body. The next largest groups are 18% Asian and 4% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 49 points above the 25% share among Santa Clara County residents. The school's diversity index is 43%, meaning two students picked at random have a 43% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Dividing enrollment by its 20.7 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 19.2:1. That is lower than the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. Eligible students account for 82% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Across public schools in Santa Clara County, the average is 37%.
allk12 grades August Boeger Middle a C. The grade compares the school only with California public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
A school with August Boeger Middle's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 31.6%. August Boeger Middle scores 27.0%, 4.6 points below that line.
Census Bureau estimates for Santa Clara County show that the median household income is $164,281, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. There are 412 public schools in Santa Clara County, enrolling about 230,059 students in all.
The nearest public school is Valle Vista Elementary, at about 0.1 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 26.3%, lower than August Boeger Middle's 27.0%.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show a 19% enrollment decrease, from 492 in 2020-21 to 397 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 21.4:1 in 2020-21 to 19.2:1 in 2024-25.
Community posts for August Boeger Middle can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
Other schools in Mount Pleasant Elementary
- Ida Jew AcademiesElementary · 435 students
- Robert Sanders ElementaryElementary · 304 students
- Valle Vista ElementaryElementary · 204 students
- Mt. Pleasant ElementaryElementary · 172 students
Other schools in San Jose
- Evergreen Valley HighHigh · 2,703 students
- Independence HighHigh · 2,289 students
- Silver Creek HighHigh · 2,139 students
- Santa Teresa HighHigh · 2,134 students
- Piedmont Hills HighHigh · 1,918 students
- Leigh HighHigh · 1,884 students
Nearby schools
- Valle Vista Elementary0.1 mi · 204
- Ida Jew Academies0.1 mi · 435
- Robert Sanders Elementary0.3 mi · 304
- KIPP Navigate College Prep0.3 mi · 297
- Mt. Pleasant High0.4 mi · 998
- Adelante Dual Language Academy0.7 mi · 505
Frequently asked questions
About August Boeger MiddleHow many students attend August Boeger Middle?
August Boeger Middle enrolls approximately 397 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does August Boeger Middle serve?
August Boeger Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at August Boeger Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at August Boeger Middle is approximately 19.2:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at August Boeger Middle?
At August Boeger Middle, the student body is approximately 2% White, 74% Hispanic, 2% Black, 18% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is August Boeger Middle public or private?
August Boeger Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Mount Pleasant Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.