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Enrollment
675
Middle
DISTRICT 645 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY·NCES 062781004205
Bernal Intermediate
6610 San Ignacio Ave., San Jose, CA 95119 · (408) 578-5731 · Santa Clara County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL675 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 58% of California public middle schools
- B+Test 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.
- CThree-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
22.9:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.8:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
283 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 7 | 345 | 51% |
| Grade 8 | 330 | 49% |
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
56.6%
CA avg 49.1% . -3.4pp since 2014
Math
44.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -12.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 23.9% | 32.7% | 19.8% | 23.6% |
| Math | 30.9% | 13.9% | 19.1% | 36.1% |
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 | 56.6% | 44.8% |
| 2023-24 | 56.3% | 44.1% |
| 2022-23 | 55.1% | 39.6% |
| 2021-22 | 59.6% | 40.7% |
| 2018-19 | 56.8% | 53.8% |
| 2017-18 | 60.4% | 51.4% |
| 2016-17 | 61.1% | 50.3% |
| 2015-16 | 60.0% | 55.0% |
| 2014-15 | 60.0% | 57.0% |
% 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
50.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Bernal Intermediate
Bernal Intermediate's state test result (50.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bernal Intermediate this school | 675 | 41.9% | 50.4% |
| Moreland Middle San Jose | 707 | 38.3% | 51.9% |
| Casimir Middle Torrance | 617 | 44.1% | 59.9% |
| Dolores Huerta Middle San Jose | 571 | 37.0% | 39.5% |
| Brea Junior High Brea | 921 | 37.9% | 63.8% |
| Newark Middle Newark | 980 | 40.1% | 39.8% |
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 Bernal Intermediate ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.4% | #348 of 1,224 | #34 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.8% | #336 of 1,227 ▼ 8 | #33 of 56 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.6% | #368 of 1,227 ▼ 18 | #34 of 56 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.5pp | #799 of 1,214 | #36 of 56 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 675 | #641 of 1,377 | #35 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.9:1 | #964 of 1,279 | #57 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.0% | #193 of 1,278 | #14 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.9% | #1,027 of 1,329 | #31 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.4% | #641 of 930 | #44 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
675
-41 (-6%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 758
Student : Teacher
22.9:1
was 21.7:1
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 | 675 | 29.4 | 22.9:1 | 42% (283) |
| 2023-24 | 688 | 29.3 | 23.5:1 | 39% (271) |
| 2022-23 | 636 | 30.5 | 20.9:1 | 29% (184) |
| 2020-21 | 716 | 33 | 21.7:1 | 21% (148) |
| 2017-18 | 753 | 31.8 | 23.7:1 | 28% (212) |
| 2015-16 | 782 | 32 | 24.4:1 | 33% (256) |
| 2010-11 | 881 | N/A | N/A | 34% (302) |
| 2000-01 | 845 | 38 | 22.2:1 | 18% (154) |
| 1990-91 | 758 | 35 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bernal Intermediate.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (753 to 675); teachers down 7% (31.8 to 29.4).
About Bernal Intermediate
Bernal Intermediate runs as a mid-sized middle school in San Jose, California. There are 675 students enrolled, covering grades 7 through 8.
A total of 18 schools make up Oak Grove Elementary, with 8,515 students enrolled.
No group is above 50% at Bernal Intermediate; the largest is Hispanic, at 46%. It is also 28% Asian, 15% White, 7% multiracial, and 3% Black. Santa Clara County's residents are about 25% Hispanic, 21 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 68%.
The school's 29.4 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.9:1. Middle schools in California average 20.7:1, 2.2 fewer students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 42% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among California public middle schools, Bernal Intermediate outscored 58%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Bernal Intermediate is 4.6 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 50.4% actual, 55.0% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.
The county, Santa Clara County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $164,281, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. The county has 412 public schools and about 230,059 students.
Of the public schools around it, Bernal Intermediate is closest to Baldwin (Julia) Elementary, about 0.4 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, Bernal Intermediate is 5th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Bernal Intermediate has an NCES locale of City: Large.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 41 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The number of students per teacher increased from 21.7 to 22.9 over 4 years.
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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 Oak Grove Elementary
- Herman (Leonard) IntermediateMiddle · 723 students
- Sakamoto ElementaryElementary · 571 students
- Parkview ElementaryElementary · 549 students
- Santa Teresa ElementaryElementary · 542 students
- Davis (Caroline) IntermediateMiddle · 537 students
- Taylor (Bertha) ElementaryElementary · 497 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
- Baldwin (Julia) Elementary0.4 mi · 425
- Santa Teresa Elementary0.6 mi · 542
- Taylor (Bertha) Elementary1.0 mi · 497
- Los Paseos Elementary1.1 mi · 403
- Martin Murphy Middle1.2 mi · 466
- Anderson (Alex) Elementary1.9 mi · 492
Frequently asked questions
About Bernal IntermediateHow large is Bernal Intermediate?
Bernal Intermediate enrolls approximately 675 students in grades 07-08.
Is Bernal Intermediate an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bernal Intermediate is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bernal Intermediate?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bernal Intermediate is approximately 22.9:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bernal Intermediate?
At Bernal Intermediate, the student body is approximately 15% White, 46% Hispanic, 3% Black, 28% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Bernal Intermediate public or private?
Bernal Intermediate 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.