Enrollment
374
Elementary
DISTRICT 485 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EVERGREEN ELEMENTARY·NCES 061314001490
Cadwallader Elementary
3799 Cadwallader Ave., San Jose, CA 95121 · (408) 270-4950 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL374 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 68% of California public elementary 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.
- 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
23.4:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
162 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 | 76 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 53 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 43% larger than its 6th grade class (53).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
62.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -4.2pp since 2014
Math
57.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 39.5% | 23.4% | 17.0% | 20.2% |
| Math | 33.9% | 24.0% | 22.2% | 19.9% |
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 | 62.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 62.4% |
| 2022-23 | 65.9% | 68.2% |
| 2021-22 | 68.9% | 64.9% |
| 2018-19 | 64.3% | 63.6% |
| 2017-18 | 60.7% | 59.2% |
| 2016-17 | 62.4% | 61.1% |
| 2015-16 | 66.0% | 66.0% |
| 2014-15 | 67.0% | 55.0% |
% 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
60.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Cadwallader Elementary
Cadwallader Elementary's state test result (60.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cadwallader Elementary this school | 374 | 43.3% | 60.8% |
| Brooktree Elementary San Jose | 387 | 40.6% | 47.6% |
| Skyline Elementary Daly City | 366 | 39.3% | 56.3% |
| Laneview Elementary San Jose | 349 | 37.5% | 51.6% |
| Manuel De Vargas Elementary San Jose | 379 | 44.9% | 64.6% |
| Cedar Grove Elementary San Jose | 493 | 48.3% | 50.0% |
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 Cadwallader Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.8% | #1,077 of 5,151 | #99 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.9% | #1,156 of 5,172 ▼ 237 | #103 of 226 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.8% | #1,154 of 5,172 ▲ 35 | #99 of 226 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.5pp | #350 of 5,116 | #34 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 374 | #4,002 of 5,915 | #159 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.4:1 | #3,271 of 5,352 | #171 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.1% | #1,923 of 5,354 | #113 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.3% | #4,204 of 5,625 | #108 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.4% | #571 of 1,139 | #15 of 36 |
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
374
-30 (-7%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 511
Student : Teacher
23.4:1
was 25.3:1
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 | 374 | 16 | 23.4:1 | 43% (162) |
| 2023-24 | 354 | 14 | 25.3:1 | 23% (83) |
| 2022-23 | 340 | 13.8 | 24.7:1 | 39% (133) |
| 2020-21 | 404 | 16 | 25.3:1 | 34% (138) |
| 2017-18 | 345 | 14 | 24.6:1 | 40% (137) |
| 2015-16 | 353 | 14 | 25.2:1 | 41% (143) |
| 2010-11 | 397 | N/A | N/A | 45% (177) |
| 2000-01 | 505 | 24 | 21.0:1 | 32% (161) |
| 1990-91 | 511 | 23 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cadwallader Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (345 to 374); teachers up 14% (14 to 16).
About Cadwallader Elementary
Cadwallader Elementary is a public elementary school run by Evergreen Elementary in San Jose, California. The school's 374 students are in kindergarten through 6.
Evergreen Elementary has 8,464 students spread across 16 schools.
At Cadwallader Elementary, Asian students make up 54% of the student body. The remaining shares are 34% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 5% White. Santa Clara County as a whole is about 41% Asian, so the school's share is higher. Cadwallader Elementary's diversity index is 59%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal staffing data show 16 full-time-equivalent teachers at Cadwallader Elementary and a ratio of 23.4:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 43% of enrollment.
Cadwallader Elementary is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 68% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Cadwallader Elementary, the prediction is 54.2% and the result is 60.8%.
Among Santa Clara County residents, 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 Cadwallader Elementary, Santa Clara County has 411 other public schools.
Evergreen Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles away. The five-mile area around Cadwallader Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Cadwallader Elementary ranks 6th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 60.8% against a local average of 63.1%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has fallen by 30 students since 2020-21, to 374. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 25.3:1 to 23.4:1.
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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
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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
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- Leigh HighHigh · 1,884 students
Nearby schools
- Evergreen Elementary0.6 mi · 528
- James Franklin Smith Elementary0.6 mi · 595
- John J. Montgomery Elementary0.7 mi · 504
- Millbrook Elementary0.9 mi · 503
- Silver Creek High1.0 mi · 2,139
- Holly Oak Elementary1.0 mi · 445
Frequently asked questions
About Cadwallader ElementaryHow many students attend Cadwallader Elementary?
Cadwallader Elementary enrolls approximately 374 students in grades KG-06.
Is Cadwallader Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cadwallader Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Cadwallader Elementary have?
Cadwallader Elementary employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cadwallader Elementary?
At Cadwallader Elementary, the student body is approximately 5% White, 34% Hispanic, 1% Black, 54% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Cadwallader Elementary public or private?
Cadwallader Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Evergreen Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.