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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Baldwin (Julia) Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
425
Elementary
DISTRICT 439 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY·NCES 062781004204
Baldwin (Julia) Elementary
280 Martinvale Ln., San Jose, CA 95119 · (408) 226-3370 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL425 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 42% of California public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
25.0:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
149 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 62 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 19% larger than its 6th grade class (62).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
46.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.7pp since 2014
Math
45.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +6.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 7 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 20.4% | 26.3% | 24.2% | 29.2% |
| Math | 20.8% | 24.9% | 22.4% | 31.8% |
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 | 46.7% | 45.7% |
| 2023-24 | 45.5% | 49.2% |
| 2022-23 | 39.7% | 40.0% |
| 2021-22 | 42.6% | 40.4% |
| 2018-19 | 43.8% | 43.9% |
| 2017-18 | 48.3% | 47.8% |
| 2016-17 | 46.5% | 38.4% |
| 2015-16 | 37.0% | 37.0% |
| 2014-15 | 40.0% | 39.0% |
% 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
46.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Baldwin (Julia) Elementary
Baldwin (Julia) Elementary's state test result (46.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baldwin (Julia) Elementary this school | 425 | 35.1% | 46.6% |
| Ledesma (Rita) Elementary San Jose | 426 | 35.0% | 60.4% |
| Lincoln Elementary Torrance | 418 | 43.5% | 77.4% |
| Ponderosa Elementary South San Francisco | 359 | 35.4% | 51.2% |
| John F. Kennedy Elementary Newark | 455 | 31.0% | 53.0% |
| Falcon Academy of Science and Technology Brea | 544 | 35.3% | 70.8% |
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 Baldwin (Julia) Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.6% | #1,955 of 5,151 | #136 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.7% | #1,876 of 5,172 ▼ 302 | #131 of 226 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #2,302 of 5,172 ▼ 72 | #141 of 226 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.7pp | #1,759 of 5,116 | #40 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 425 | #3,354 of 5,915 | #125 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.0:1 | #4,428 of 5,352 | #214 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.8% | #902 of 5,354 | #61 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.1% | #4,558 of 5,625 | #126 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.1% | #442 of 1,139 | #11 of 36 |
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
425
-53 (-11%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 609
Student : Teacher
25.0:1
was 26.6:1
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 | 425 | 17 | 25.0:1 | 35% (149) |
| 2023-24 | 478 | 18 | 26.6:1 | 40% (192) |
| 2022-23 | 447 | 18 | 24.8:1 | 32% (144) |
| 2020-21 | 478 | 18 | 26.6:1 | 29% (137) |
| 2017-18 | 379 | 14 | 27.1:1 | 41% (154) |
| 2015-16 | 384 | 14 | 27.4:1 | 42% (163) |
| 2010-11 | 440 | N/A | N/A | 58% (257) |
| 2000-01 | 462 | 22 | 21.0:1 | 43% (197) |
| 1990-91 | 609 | 24 | 25.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Baldwin (Julia) Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (379 to 425); teachers up 21% (14 to 17).
About Baldwin (Julia) Elementary
Baldwin (Julia) Elementary is an elementary school in San Jose, California, and it is part of Oak Grove Elementary. Students in kindergarten through 6 make up the school's enrollment of 425 students.
Oak Grove Elementary (18 schools, 8,515 students) runs Baldwin (Julia) Elementary.
At Baldwin (Julia) Elementary, Hispanic students make up the biggest share, 43%. Other groups make up 34% Asian, 10% multiracial, 9% White, and 3% Black. County-wide, 25% of Santa Clara County residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 68% means there is a 68% chance two randomly chosen students at Baldwin (Julia) Elementary are from different groups.
Its ratio of 25.0:1 is based on 17 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 35%. The average for public schools in Santa Clara County is similar, at 37%.
On the allk12 Grade, Baldwin (Julia) Elementary lands at C+, ahead of 42% of California public elementary schools.
Baldwin (Julia) Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 46.6% and a predicted 59.0%.
In the surrounding county, Santa Clara County, median household income comes to about $164,281, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. The county's public schools total 412, with about 230,059 students.
Of the public schools around it, Baldwin (Julia) Elementary is closest to Bernal Intermediate, about 0.4 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Baldwin (Julia) Elementary places 6th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Federal data place Baldwin (Julia) Elementary in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Baldwin (Julia) Elementary enrolled 478 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 425. Federal data show the ratio falling from 26.6:1 to 25.0:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Oak Grove Elementary
- Herman (Leonard) IntermediateMiddle · 723 students
- Bernal IntermediateMiddle · 675 students
- Sakamoto ElementaryElementary · 571 students
- Parkview ElementaryElementary · 549 students
- Santa Teresa ElementaryElementary · 542 students
- Davis (Caroline) IntermediateMiddle · 537 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
- Bernal Intermediate0.4 mi · 675
- Los Paseos Elementary0.8 mi · 403
- Martin Murphy Middle0.8 mi · 466
- Santa Teresa Elementary1.0 mi · 542
- Taylor (Bertha) Elementary1.5 mi · 497
- Ledesma (Rita) Elementary1.8 mi · 426
Frequently asked questions
About Baldwin (Julia) ElementaryHow many students attend Baldwin (Julia) Elementary?
Baldwin (Julia) Elementary enrolls approximately 425 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Baldwin (Julia) Elementary serve?
Baldwin (Julia) Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Baldwin (Julia) Elementary have?
Baldwin (Julia) Elementary employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Baldwin (Julia) Elementary?
Student demographics at Baldwin (Julia) Elementary are roughly 9% White, 43% Hispanic, 3% Black, 34% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Baldwin (Julia) Elementary public or private?
Baldwin (Julia) Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Oak Grove Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.