C. W. Haman Elementary

C. W. Haman Elementary is one of the small K-5 schools in Santa Clara, California, one of the schools within Santa Clara Unified, with 324 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so C. W. Haman Elementary sits 30% smaller than that benchmark.

Santa Clara Unified runs 30 schools in total, collectively educating 14,411 students. C. W. Haman Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, C. W. Haman Elementary lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 39%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 27% White, 23% Asian, 9% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting C. W. Haman Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 28% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Santa Clara County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, C. W. Haman Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 62.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.1%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Santa Clara County indicate the typical household earns roughly $164,281 per year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Santa Clara County's 412 public schools (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students), C. W. Haman Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Wilson Alternative, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts C. W. Haman Elementary at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 55.1%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at C. W. Haman Elementary has shrank 15%, going from 380 students in 2018 to 324 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 23.2:1 in 2018 to 19.8:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for C. W. Haman Elementary typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.