Enrollment
240
Elementary
DISTRICT 376 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA CLARA UNIFIED·NCES 063543006033
Bowers Elementary
2755 Barkley Ave., Santa Clara, CA 95051 · (408) 423-1100 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL240 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 57% 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.
- 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
20.3:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
143 students
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 57 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 28 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 50% larger than its 5th grade class (38).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
50.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +15.0pp since 2014
Math
42.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +14.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 15 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 21.3% | 28.7% | 18.5% | 31.5% |
| Math | 18.0% | 24.3% | 25.2% | 32.4% |
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 | 50.0% | 42.3% |
| 2023-24 | 46.4% | 46.5% |
| 2022-23 | 45.1% | 43.9% |
| 2021-22 | 42.7% | 45.5% |
| 2018-19 | 46.9% | 36.9% |
| 2017-18 | 41.1% | 40.4% |
| 2016-17 | 39.9% | 41.5% |
| 2015-16 | 40.0% | 32.0% |
| 2014-15 | 35.0% | 28.0% |
% 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
46.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Bowers Elementary
Bowers Elementary's state test result (46.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowers Elementary this school | 240 | 59.6% | 46.3% |
| Woodrow Wilson Elementary Daly City | 266 | 61.3% | 37.0% |
| Garden Village Elementary Colma | 288 | 60.1% | 40.5% |
| Valle Vista Elementary San Jose | 204 | 65.7% | 31.4% |
| Coolidge Elementary San Gabriel | 232 | 65.1% | 49.3% |
| Banta Elementary Tracy | 202 | 62.9% | 17.0% |
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 Bowers Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #1,983 of 5,151 | #138 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.3% | #2,120 of 5,172 ▼ 396 | #138 of 226 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #2,039 of 5,172 ▲ 120 | #138 of 226 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.1pp | #2,620 of 5,116 | #61 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 240 | #5,168 of 5,915 | #241 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.3:1 | #1,105 of 5,352 | #76 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.9% | #1,633 of 5,354 | #102 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.6% | #3,497 of 5,625 | #72 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.4% | #2,384 of 3,837 | #143 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
240
-17 (-7%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 479
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
was 19.8:1
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 | 240 | 11.8 | 20.3:1 | 60% (143) |
| 2023-24 | 242 | 12 | 20.2:1 | 59% (142) |
| 2022-23 | 232 | 13 | 17.9:1 | 65% (150) |
| 2020-21 | 257 | 13 | 19.8:1 | 60% (155) |
| 2017-18 | 274 | 10 | 27.4:1 | 72% (196) |
| 2015-16 | 321 | 13 | 24.7:1 | 64% (207) |
| 2010-11 | 386 | N/A | N/A | 55% (211) |
| 2000-01 | 459 | 22 | 20.9:1 | 54% (246) |
| 1990-91 | 479 | 19 | 25.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bowers Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (274 to 240); teachers up 18% (10 to 11.8).
About Bowers Elementary
Bowers Elementary is an elementary school with a street address in Santa Clara, California. The school has 240 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in California have about 465 students on average; enrollment here is 48% lower.
Bowers Elementary is part of a district of 30 schools: Santa Clara Unified, with 14,411 students.
The share of Hispanic students at Bowers Elementary is 54%, a majority. The school is also 28% Asian, 9% White, and 6% multiracial. That is higher than the 25% Hispanic share among all Santa Clara County residents. A diversity index of 62% means there is a 62% chance two randomly chosen students at Bowers Elementary are from different groups.
On staff are 11.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 20.3:1. The average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. About 60% of students at Bowers Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 37% for public schools in Santa Clara County.
Bowers Elementary holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 57% of California public elementary schools.
Bowers 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 46.3% and a predicted 44.6%.
For the population of Santa Clara County, median household income comes to about $164,281, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Santa Clara County counts 412 public schools with about 230,059 students.
A public school about 0.2 miles away, Juan Cabrillo Middle, is the closest to Bowers Elementary. Bowers Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 46.3% average proficiency ranks 5th among 9 nearby schools.
Its NCES locale code is City: Mid-size: the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 7% decline, from 257 to 240.
People who know Bowers Elementary can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Santa Clara Unified
- Santa Clara HighHigh · 1,663 students
- Adrian Wilcox HighHigh · 1,614 students
- Juan Cabrillo MiddleMiddle · 796 students
- Marian A. Peterson MiddleMiddle · 759 students
- Buchser MiddleMiddle · 711 students
- Kathleen MacDonald HighHigh · 683 students
Other schools in Santa Clara
- Santa Clara HighHigh · 1,663 students
- Adrian Wilcox HighHigh · 1,614 students
- Juan Cabrillo MiddleMiddle · 796 students
- Buchser MiddleMiddle · 711 students
- Laurelwood ElementaryElementary · 571 students
- Don CallejonElementary · 568 students
Other Bowers Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Bowers Elementary. Bowers Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Bowers ElementaryHarriman, TN · 524 students
Nearby schools
- Juan Cabrillo Middle0.2 mi · 796
- Bracher Elementary0.6 mi · 269
- Briarwood Elementary0.7 mi · 288
- Adrian Wilcox High0.8 mi · 1,614
- Central Park Elementary0.9 mi · 419
- Scott Lane Elementary0.9 mi · 406
Frequently asked questions
About Bowers ElementaryHow large is Bowers Elementary?
Bowers Elementary enrolls approximately 240 students in grades KG-05.
Is Bowers Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bowers Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Bowers Elementary have?
Bowers Elementary employs 12 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.3:1.
How diverse is Bowers Elementary?
Bowers Elementary reports a student body of 9% White, 54% Hispanic, 1% Black, 28% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Bowers Elementary public or private?
Bowers Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Santa Clara Unified.
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