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Enrollment
862
Middle
DISTRICT 854 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN JOSE UNIFIED·NCES 063459005703
Bret Harte Middle
7050 Bret Harte Dr., San Jose, CA 95120 · (408) 535-6270 · Santa Clara County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL862 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 88% of California public middle schools
- A+Test 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.7:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
103 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 6 | 266 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 283 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 313 | 36% |
Student demographics
64%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
75.2%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.8pp since 2014
Math
80.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 37.1% | 38.1% | 15.1% | 9.6% |
| Math | 64.8% | 15.3% | 11.0% | 9.0% |
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 | 75.2% | 80.0% |
| 2023-24 | 73.8% | 78.6% |
| 2022-23 | 75.0% | 74.9% |
| 2021-22 | 77.4% | 73.6% |
| 2020-21 | 79.6% | 75.0% |
| 2018-19 | 78.7% | 76.4% |
| 2017-18 | 79.6% | 80.3% |
| 2016-17 | 79.0% | 78.5% |
| 2015-16 | 80.0% | 79.0% |
| 2014-15 | 78.0% | 75.0% |
% 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
77.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 Bret Harte Middle
Bret Harte Middle's state test result (77.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bret Harte Middle this school | 862 | 11.9% | 77.0% |
| Ridgecrest Intermediate Rancho Palos Verdes | 881 | 10.3% | 81.0% |
| Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle Palo Alto | 1,002 | 10.7% | 83.3% |
| Iron Horse Middle San Ramon | 939 | 9.9% | 77.8% |
| Diablo Vista Middle Danville | 835 | 8.3% | 78.9% |
| Pine Valley Middle San Ramon | 973 | 6.8% | 77.5% |
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 Bret Harte Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #61 of 1,224 | #14 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #31 of 1,227 ▼ 1 | #9 of 56 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.2% | #122 of 1,227 ▲ 1 | #18 of 56 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.2pp | #609 of 1,214 | #15 of 56 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 862 | #351 of 1,377 | #13 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.1:1 | #643 of 1,279 | #40 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.0% | #316 of 1,278 | #21 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.9% | #1,280 of 1,329 | #60 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.7% | #127 of 930 | #10 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
862
-194 (-18%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 953
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
was 21.1:1
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 | 862 | 40.8 | 21.1:1 | 12% (103) |
| 2023-24 | 910 | 43.7 | 20.8:1 | 12% (108) |
| 2022-23 | 914 | 42.6 | 21.5:1 | 12% (112) |
| 2020-21 | 1,056 | 50 | 21.1:1 | 11% (114) |
| 2017-18 | 1,227 | 54.6 | 22.5:1 | 15% (188) |
| 2015-16 | 1,238 | 52 | 23.8:1 | 11% (139) |
| 2010-11 | 1,207 | N/A | N/A | 13% (156) |
| 2000-01 | 1,288 | 57 | 22.6:1 | 8% (103) |
| 1990-91 | 953 | 47 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bret Harte Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (1,227 to 862); teachers down 25% (54.6 to 40.8).
About Bret Harte Middle
Bret Harte Middle is a medium-sized middle school with its address in San Jose, California. The school had 862 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (middle schools in California) has about 659 students.
San Jose Unified enrolls 24,322 students, and its 41 schools include Bret Harte Middle.
At Bret Harte Middle, Asian students make up 53% of the student body. It is also 23% White, 14% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Santa Clara County is roughly 41% Asian. Pick two students at random and there is a 64% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its teaching staff equals 40.8 full-time positions, a ratio of 21.1:1. For comparison, middle schools in California average 20.7:1. Around 12% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. That is 25 points below the 37% average for public schools in Santa Clara County.
Bret Harte Middle is graded A by allk12, scoring above 88% of California public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Test results at Bret Harte Middle are 4.5 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (77.0% actual, 72.5% predicted).
Bret Harte Middle is located in Santa Clara County, where the median household income is $164,281, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Besides Bret Harte Middle, Santa Clara County has 411 other public schools.
The nearest public school is Leland High, at about 0.3 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Bret Harte Middle ranks 4th in a group of 7 nearby schools.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
Bret Harte Middle's enrollment declined from 1,056 in 2020-21 to 862 in 2024-25.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 San Jose Unified
- Abraham Lincoln HighHigh · 1,590 students
- Willow Glen HighHigh · 1,543 students
- Leland HighHigh · 1,471 students
- Pioneer HighHigh · 1,393 students
- Willow Glen MiddleMiddle · 1,180 students
- Herbert Hoover MiddleMiddle · 910 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
Other Bret Harte Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 1 state are named Bret Harte Middle. Bret Harte Middle is the largest of the 3.
- Bret Harte MiddleHayward, CA · 465 students
- Bret Harte MiddleOakland, CA · 337 students
Nearby schools
- Leland High0.3 mi · 1,471
- Graystone Elementary0.4 mi · 466
- Williams Elementary0.5 mi · 559
- Sakamoto Elementary1.3 mi · 571
- Simonds Elementary1.4 mi · 480
- Discovery Charter II1.6 mi · 476
Frequently asked questions
About Bret Harte MiddleHow large is Bret Harte Middle?
Bret Harte Middle enrolls approximately 862 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Bret Harte Middle serve?
Bret Harte Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Bret Harte Middle?
Approximately 21.1:1 students per teacher at Bret Harte Middle.
How diverse is Bret Harte Middle?
Bret Harte Middle reports a student body of 23% White, 14% Hispanic, 2% Black, 53% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Bret Harte Middle public or private?
Bret Harte Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by San Jose Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.