Bret Harte Middle

Bret Harte Middle, an average-sized middle-grades school in San Jose, California, one of the schools within San Jose Unified, educates 862 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so Bret Harte Middle sits 31% above that benchmark.

San Jose Unified runs 41 schools in total, collectively educating 24,322 students. Bret Harte Middle is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Bret Harte Middle lists that the most-represented group is Asian (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest comes out to 23% White, 14% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 41% Asian, putting the school's mix noticeably more Asian than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 12% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Santa Clara County (around 37%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Bret Harte Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 72.4%, the actual is 76.3%, a residual of +3.9 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Santa Clara County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $164,281 per year, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Bret Harte Middle is one of 412 public schools in Santa Clara County (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students).

Nearest neighbor: Leland High, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bret Harte Middle at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 71.5%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Over the past 7-year window. Bret Harte Middle's enrollment has fell 30% since 2018, when it stood at 1,227 (now 862). The White share of enrollment decreased from 32% to 23% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 22.5:1 in 2018 to 21.1:1 today.

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