Enrollment
274
Middle
DISTRICT 268 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRANKLIN-MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY·NCES 061437001643
Bridges Academy
1702 Mclaughlin Ave., San Jose, CA 95122 · (408) 283-6400 · Santa Clara County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL274 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 8% of California public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
18.6:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
245 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 135 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 139 | 51% |
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
19.7%
CA avg 49.1% . -11.3pp since 2014
Math
9.1%
CA avg 37.7% . -11.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 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 11 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 | 1.6% | 18.0% | 32.8% | 47.5% |
| Math | 2.4% | 6.7% | 18.2% | 72.7% |
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 | 19.7% | 9.1% |
| 2023-24 | 24.3% | 16.7% |
| 2022-23 | 28.9% | 11.3% |
| 2021-22 | 30.6% | 10.6% |
| 2018-19 | 35.5% | 21.7% |
| 2017-18 | 35.7% | 28.7% |
| 2016-17 | 39.9% | 22.4% |
| 2015-16 | 37.0% | 22.0% |
| 2014-15 | 31.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
17.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Bridges Academy
Bridges Academy's state test result (17.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridges Academy this school | 274 | 89.4% | 17.6% |
| Walnut Grove Intermediate West Covina | 259 | 90.0% | 34.9% |
| Rise Kohyang Middle Los Angeles | 280 | 93.6% | N/A |
| Woodcrest Junior High Ontario | 324 | 87.7% | 48.2% |
| August Boeger Middle San Jose | 397 | 81.9% | 27.0% |
| Izaak Walton Intermediate Garden Grove | 458 | 91.0% | 39.5% |
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 Bridges Academy ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.6% | #1,105 of 1,224 | #54 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.1% | #1,167 of 1,227 ▼ 276 | #55 of 56 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.7% | #1,171 of 1,227 ▼ 96 | #55 of 56 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.2pp | #35 of 1,214 | #3 of 56 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 274 | #1,216 of 1,377 | #60 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #271 of 1,279 | #22 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.3% | #844 of 1,278 | #49 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.4% | #297 of 1,329 | #2 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.5% | #152 of 930 | #13 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
274
-57 (-17%) vs 2020
-76% since 1990-91, when it was 1,129
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 18.4:1
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 | 274 | 14.7 | 18.6:1 | 89% (245) |
| 2023-24 | 273 | 20.3 | 13.4:1 | 75% (206) |
| 2022-23 | 287 | 19.4 | 14.8:1 | 72% (208) |
| 2020-21 | 331 | 18 | 18.4:1 | 91% (300) |
| 2017-18 | 378 | 20 | 18.9:1 | 67% (255) |
| 2015-16 | 541 | 29 | 18.7:1 | 80% (434) |
| 2010-11 | 658 | N/A | N/A | 70% (462) |
| 2000-01 | 909 | 43 | 21.1:1 | 36% (329) |
| 1990-91 | 1,129 | 53 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bridges Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (378 to 274); teachers down 26% (20 to 14.7).
About Bridges Academy
Bridges Academy is a small middle school in San Jose, California, (ZIP code 95122). The school had 274 students in grades 7 through 8 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for middle schools in California is about 659, so this school runs 58% smaller than that.
Franklin-McKinley Elementary, which runs Bridges Academy, has 16 schools and 5,663 students.
A majority of students at Bridges Academy, 76%, are Hispanic. The remaining shares are 20% Asian. Santa Clara County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. By the diversity index, Bridges Academy comes in at 38%.
Its teaching staff equals 14.7 full-time positions, a ratio of 18.6:1. That ratio is under the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. Around 89% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in Santa Clara County is 37%.
Bridges Academy is graded D by allk12, scoring above 8% of California public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school with Bridges Academy's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 27.1%. Bridges Academy scores 17.6%, 9.6 points below that line.
Census Bureau estimates for Santa Clara County show that median household income is about $164,281, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. A total of 412 public schools operate in Santa Clara County, serving about 230,059 students.
The closest other public school is ACE Esperanza Middle, less than a tenth of a mile away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Bridges Academy is behind the 37.7% nearby average, ranking 5th of 6.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 331 to 274.
Conversations here can range across 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 Franklin-McKinley Elementary
- Windmill Springs ElementaryElementary · 598 students
- Franklin ElementaryElementary · 525 students
- Shirakawa (George Sr.) ElementaryElementary · 508 students
- Stonegate ElementaryElementary · 500 students
- Jeanne R. Meadows ElementaryElementary · 422 students
- Captain Jason M. Dahl ElementaryElementary · 396 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 Bridges Academy schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Bridges Academy. Bridges Academy is the largest of the 3.
- Bridges AcademyLemoore, CA · 1 students
- BRIDGES AcademyIndependence, KS · 24 students
Nearby schools
- ACE Esperanza Middle0.1 mi · 205
- Santee Elementary0.2 mi · 318
- Robert F. Kennedy Elementary0.3 mi · 300
- Alpha: Cornerstone Academy Preparatory0.3 mi · 554
- Luis Valdez Leadership Academy0.4 mi · 225
- College Connection Academy0.4 mi · 213
Frequently asked questions
About Bridges AcademyHow large is Bridges Academy?
Bridges Academy enrolls approximately 274 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Bridges Academy serve?
Bridges Academy serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bridges Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bridges Academy is approximately 18.6:1 (15 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Bridges Academy?
Bridges Academy reports a student body of 1% White, 76% Hispanic, 1% Black, 20% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Bridges Academy public or private?
Bridges Academy is a public K-12 school, overseen by Franklin-McKinley Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.