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Enrollment
396
Elementary
DISTRICT 383 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRANKLIN-MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY·NCES 061437001646
Captain Jason M. Dahl Elementary
3200 Water St., San Jose, CA 95111 · (408) 363-5650 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL396 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 11% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
24.0:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
339 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 65%
Community
2
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 | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 61 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 10% larger than its 6th grade class (61).
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
27.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -3.3pp since 2014
Math
16.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -16.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 down about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 7.2% | 20.6% | 15.3% | 56.9% |
| Math | 5.6% | 10.8% | 19.2% | 64.5% |
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 | 27.8% | 16.4% |
| 2023-24 | 23.2% | 16.6% |
| 2022-23 | 27.1% | 21.7% |
| 2021-22 | 23.3% | 23.3% |
| 2018-19 | 31.4% | 27.9% |
| 2017-18 | 33.4% | 28.9% |
| 2016-17 | 27.0% | 22.9% |
| 2015-16 | 34.0% | 29.0% |
| 2014-15 | 31.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
20.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Captain Jason M. Dahl Elementary
Captain Jason M. Dahl Elementary's state test result (20.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Captain Jason M. Dahl Elementary this school | 396 | 85.6% | 20.9% |
| Monte Vista Elementary West Covina | 448 | 85.5% | 50.0% |
| Cameron Elementary West Covina | 363 | 86.5% | 39.1% |
| Palmer Way National City | 387 | 82.2% | 38.1% |
| Kenmore Elementary Baldwin Park | 437 | 86.7% | 42.4% |
| G. W. Hellyer Elementary San Jose | 387 | 80.9% | 40.1% |
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 Captain Jason M. Dahl Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.9% | #4,499 of 5,151 | #206 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.4% | #4,621 of 5,172 ▼ 93 | #211 of 226 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.8% | #4,199 of 5,172 ▲ 279 | #188 of 226 ▲ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.3pp | #1,399 of 5,116 | #109 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 396 | #3,740 of 5,915 | #147 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.0:1 | #3,736 of 5,352 | #188 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.1% | #3,549 of 5,354 | #187 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.6% | #1,596 of 5,625 | #9 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.9% | #548 of 3,837 | #49 of 189 |
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
396
-90 (-19%) vs 2020
-55% since 1990-91, when it was 882
Student : Teacher
24.0:1
was 20.3:1
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 | 396 | 16.5 | 24.0:1 | 86% (339) |
| 2023-24 | 419 | 18.5 | 22.6:1 | 71% (296) |
| 2022-23 | 414 | 21.5 | 19.3:1 | 59% (246) |
| 2020-21 | 486 | 24 | 20.3:1 | 79% (383) |
| 2017-18 | 565 | 25.5 | 22.2:1 | 75% (423) |
| 2015-16 | 638 | 26 | 24.5:1 | 86% (546) |
| 2010-11 | 686 | N/A | N/A | 88% (606) |
| 2000-01 | 698 | 33 | 21.1:1 | 67% (471) |
| 1990-91 | 882 | 30 | 29.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Captain Jason M. Dahl Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (565 to 396); teachers down 35% (25.5 to 16.5).
About Captain Jason M. Dahl Elementary
Captain Jason M. Dahl Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in San Jose, California. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 6, with 396 students on the rolls.
Captain Jason M. Dahl Elementary is among 16 schools run by Franklin-McKinley Elementary, which serves 5,663 students.
About 76% of the student body at Captain Jason M. Dahl Elementary is Hispanic. The remaining students are 19% Asian. Among people living in Santa Clara County, the Hispanic share is about 25%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 38%.
Its staff includes 16.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 24.0 students per teacher. Compared with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California, this school's ratio is higher. Roughly 86% of students at Captain Jason M. Dahl Elementary can receive free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Santa Clara County is 37%.
Among California public elementary schools, Captain Jason M. Dahl Elementary outscored 11%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Captain Jason M. Dahl Elementary would be expected to post about 29.4%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 20.9%.
Looking at the county, Santa Clara County, the median household earns about $164,281 a year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Santa Clara County has 412 public schools with about 230,059 students, including Captain Jason M. Dahl Elementary.
Rocketship Rising Stars is about 0.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Captain Jason M. Dahl Elementary ranks 4th of 5 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 20.9% against a local average of 27.5%.
Captain Jason M. Dahl Elementary falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment decreased 19% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 20.3:1 to 24.0:1.
The discussion board for Captain Jason M. Dahl Elementary is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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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- 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
- G. W. Hellyer ElementaryElementary · 387 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
Nearby schools
- Rocketship Rising Stars0.4 mi · 621
- KIPP Heritage Academy0.4 mi · 454
- Los Arboles Literacy and Technology Academy0.5 mi · 185
- Andrew P. Hill High0.6 mi · 1,564
- Lairon College Preparatory Academy0.7 mi · 253
- Sylvandale Middle0.9 mi · 330
Frequently asked questions
About Captain Jason M. Dahl ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Captain Jason M. Dahl Elementary?
Captain Jason M. Dahl Elementary enrolls approximately 396 students in grades KG-06.
Is Captain Jason M. Dahl Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Captain Jason M. Dahl Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Captain Jason M. Dahl Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Captain Jason M. Dahl Elementary is approximately 24.0:1 (17 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Captain Jason M. Dahl Elementary?
Student demographics at Captain Jason M. Dahl Elementary are roughly 2% White, 76% Hispanic, 2% Black, 19% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Captain Jason M. Dahl Elementary public or private?
Captain Jason M. Dahl Elementary 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.