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Enrollment
529
Elementary
DISTRICT 430 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAMBRIAN·NCES 060714000650
Bagby Elementary
1840 Harris Ave., San Jose, CA 95124 · (408) 377-3882 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL529 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 80% of California public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+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
Student : Teacher
21.2:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
79 students
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 129 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (129) is 72% larger than its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Bagby Elementary→Price Charter Middle
Based on grade levels within Cambrian. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
72.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +8.3pp since 2014
Math
74.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +18.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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 18 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 49.5% | 22.8% | 13.4% | 14.3% |
| Math | 48.5% | 26.0% | 13.8% | 11.7% |
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 | 72.3% | 74.5% |
| 2023-24 | 69.4% | 70.5% |
| 2022-23 | 63.3% | 68.3% |
| 2021-22 | 70.0% | 65.2% |
| 2018-19 | 61.9% | 66.8% |
| 2017-18 | 65.3% | 63.5% |
| 2016-17 | 62.2% | 55.1% |
| 2015-16 | 62.0% | 55.0% |
| 2014-15 | 64.0% | 56.0% |
% 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
71.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 Bagby Elementary
Bagby Elementary's state test result (71.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bagby Elementary this school | 529 | 14.9% | 71.8% |
| Rancho Las Positas Elementary Livermore | 586 | 16.2% | 61.3% |
| Encinal Elementary Atherton | 604 | 15.6% | 74.6% |
| Richard Henry Lee Elementary Los Alamitos | 603 | 19.1% | 83.9% |
| Rossmoor Elementary Los Alamitos | 540 | 18.0% | 78.5% |
| Vallemar Elementary Pacifica | 500 | 15.6% | 58.9% |
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 Bagby Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.8% | #570 of 5,151 | #68 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.5% | #433 of 5,172 ▲ 145 | #64 of 226 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.3% | #636 of 5,172 ▲ 121 | #72 of 226 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.8pp | #1,419 of 5,116 | #28 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 529 | #2,101 of 5,915 | #57 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.2:1 | #1,602 of 5,352 | #100 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.1% | #193 of 5,354 | #11 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.9% | #5,314 of 5,625 | #200 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.9% | #3,335 of 3,837 | #174 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 2024-25Enrollment
529
+153 (+41%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 519
Student : Teacher
21.2:1
was 22.1:1
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 | 529 | 25 | 21.2:1 | 15% (79) |
| 2023-24 | 500 | 22 | 22.7:1 | 13% (64) |
| 2022-23 | 483 | 21 | 23.0:1 | 15% (72) |
| 2020-21 | 376 | 17 | 22.1:1 | 12% (46) |
| 2017-18 | 556 | 24 | 23.2:1 | 19% (103) |
| 2015-16 | 644 | 27 | 23.9:1 | 14% (91) |
| 2010-11 | 696 | N/A | N/A | 16% (109) |
| 2000-01 | 596 | 29 | 20.6:1 | 16% (95) |
| 1990-91 | 519 | 19 | 27.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bagby Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (556 to 529); teachers up 4% (24 to 25).
About Bagby Elementary
Students in San Jose, California, attend Bagby Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. Enrollment totals 529 students across kindergarten through 5.
Across its 6 schools, Cambrian enrolls 3,111 students. Bagby Elementary is one of those schools.
The biggest share of students at Bagby Elementary, 34%, is White. Other reported shares: 30% Hispanic, 19% Asian, 14% multiracial, and 3% Black. The diversity index for Bagby Elementary is 74%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Bagby Elementary reported 25 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 21.2:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1. There are 79 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 15% of enrollment. The 37% average for public schools in Santa Clara County is 22 points higher.
Bagby Elementary holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 80% of California public elementary schools.
In California, Bagby Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 71.8% actual against a predicted 70.8%.
In Santa Clara County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $164,281, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. There are 412 public schools in the county, enrolling about 230,059, Bagby Elementary among them.
Price Charter Middle is about 0.4 miles from Bagby Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Bagby Elementary ranks 4th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
NCES assigns Bagby Elementary the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Reported enrollment: 376 (2020-21) and 529 (2024-25). These figures may describe different sets of grades.
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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 Cambrian
- Price Charter MiddleMiddle · 959 students
- Steindorf STEAM K-8 MagnetElementary · 491 students
- Fammatre ElementaryElementary · 482 students
- Farnham CharterElementary · 372 students
- Sartorette CharterElementary · 278 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
- Price Charter Middle0.4 mi · 959
- Fammatre Elementary0.5 mi · 482
- Steindorf STEAM K-8 Magnet0.8 mi · 491
- Booksin Elementary1.1 mi · 715
- Sartorette Charter1.3 mi · 278
- Blackford Elementary1.5 mi · 414
Frequently asked questions
About Bagby ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Bagby Elementary?
Bagby Elementary enrolls approximately 529 students in grades KG-05.
Is Bagby Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bagby Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Bagby Elementary?
Approximately 21.2:1 students per teacher at Bagby Elementary.
How diverse is Bagby Elementary?
Bagby Elementary reports a student body of 34% White, 30% Hispanic, 3% Black, 19% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Is Bagby Elementary public or private?
Bagby Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cambrian.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.