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Alumni: what's one memory from Blackford Elementary that still sticks with you?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
414
Elementary
DISTRICT 465 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAMPBELL UNION·NCES 060720000657
Blackford Elementary
1970 Willow St., San Jose, CA 95125 · (408) 978-4675 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL414 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 3% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
21.8:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
236 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 65%
Community
5
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 | 101 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (101) is 63% larger than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
20.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -3.2pp since 2014
Math
21.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +6.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 4.5% | 16.3% | 24.2% | 55.1% |
| Math | 6.2% | 15.1% | 27.9% | 50.8% |
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 | 20.8% | 21.2% |
| 2023-24 | 26.4% | 21.5% |
| 2022-23 | 25.6% | 20.4% |
| 2021-22 | 34.3% | 25.0% |
| 2018-19 | 34.3% | 25.2% |
| 2017-18 | 30.9% | 26.7% |
| 2016-17 | 26.5% | 21.2% |
| 2015-16 | 35.0% | 22.0% |
| 2014-15 | 24.0% | 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
22.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-23.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 46% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Blackford Elementary
Blackford Elementary's state test result (22.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackford Elementary this school | 414 | 57.0% | 22.7% |
| Washington Elementary Richmond | 385 | 55.3% | 21.1% |
| Barstow Fine Arts Academy Barstow | 405 | 57.8% | 13.4% |
| Rogers (Greg) Elementary Chula Vista | 382 | 55.0% | 32.9% |
| Stockton Collegiate International Elementary Stockton | 360 | 56.4% | N/A |
| Walter L. Bachrodt Elementary San Jose | 398 | 61.3% | 30.1% |
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 Blackford Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.7% | #4,316 of 5,151 | #199 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.2% | #4,184 of 5,172 ▼ 166 | #200 of 226 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.8% | #4,797 of 5,172 ▼ 628 | #211 of 226 ▼ 16 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -8.7pp | #181 of 5,116 | #18 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 414 | #3,505 of 5,915 | #134 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.8:1 | #2,029 of 5,352 | #121 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.4% | #2,957 of 5,354 | #151 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.0% | #3,604 of 5,625 | #77 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.7% | #1,340 of 3,837 | #99 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
414
+50 (+14%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 726
Student : Teacher
21.8:1
was 22.8:1
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 | 414 | 19 | 21.8:1 | 57% (236) |
| 2023-24 | 398 | 18 | 22.1:1 | 61% (243) |
| 2022-23 | 374 | 17 | 22.0:1 | 51% (190) |
| 2020-21 | 364 | 16 | 22.8:1 | 65% (236) |
| 2017-18 | 522 | 23 | 22.7:1 | 68% (355) |
| 2015-16 | 543 | 18 | 30.2:1 | 66% (358) |
| 2010-11 | 680 | N/A | N/A | 72% (487) |
| 2000-01 | 593 | 29 | 20.4:1 | 35% (207) |
| 1990-91 | 726 | 28 | 25.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Blackford Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (522 to 414); teachers down 17% (23 to 19).
About Blackford Elementary
Blackford Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school that serves part of San Jose, California. It reported 414 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
The district, Campbell Union, has 6,108 students enrolled across 12 schools.
More than half of the students at Blackford Elementary are Hispanic (71%). Other reported shares: 8% White, 7% Asian, 7% Black, and 5% multiracial. That compares with about 25% Hispanic among all Santa Clara County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 47%.
Its ratio of 21.8:1 is based on 19 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. In all, 57% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Santa Clara County average 37%.
Blackford Elementary holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 3% of California public elementary schools.
Blackford Elementary trails its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 23.5 points (22.7% versus 46.1%), a bottom-10% result in California on BeatsExpectations.
Looking at the county, Santa Clara County, the median household earns about $164,281 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Santa Clara County has 412 public schools with about 230,059 students, including Blackford Elementary.
Del Mar High, about 0.6 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Blackford Elementary places 8th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Federal data place Blackford Elementary in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Blackford Elementary is one of the charter schools in California.
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 50 students, from 364 to 414.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at Blackford Elementary. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Campbell Union
- Campbell School of InnovationElementary · 815 students
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- Forest Hill ElementaryElementary · 506 students
- Lynhaven ElementaryElementary · 463 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
- Del Mar High0.6 mi · 1,350
- Sherman Oaks Elementary0.8 mi · 524
- Booksin Elementary1.1 mi · 715
- Willow Glen Elementary1.4 mi · 660
- Castlemont Elementary1.4 mi · 436
- River Glen1.4 mi · 463
Frequently asked questions
About Blackford ElementaryHow many students attend Blackford Elementary?
Blackford Elementary enrolls approximately 414 students in grades KG-05.
Is Blackford Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Blackford Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Blackford Elementary have?
Blackford Elementary employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.8:1.
How diverse is Blackford Elementary?
Blackford Elementary reports a student body of 8% White, 71% Hispanic, 7% Black, 7% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Blackford Elementary?
Blackford Elementary is overseen by Campbell Union in Santa Clara County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.