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Enrollment
497
Elementary
DISTRICT 485 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EVERGREEN ELEMENTARY·NCES 061314011451
Carolyn A. Clark Elementary
3701 Rue Mirassou Dr., San Jose, CA 95148 · (408) 223-4560 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL497 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 66% of California public elementary schools
- ATest 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.
- FThree-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
24.9:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
91 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 86 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 23% smaller than its 6th grade class (86).
Student demographics
43%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
69.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -14.0pp since 2014
Math
67.0%
CA avg 37.7% . -12.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 14 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 | 42.0% | 27.0% | 16.3% | 14.7% |
| Math | 45.7% | 21.3% | 18.7% | 14.3% |
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 | 69.0% | 67.0% |
| 2023-24 | 71.9% | 74.5% |
| 2022-23 | 70.3% | 71.4% |
| 2021-22 | 77.5% | 77.1% |
| 2018-19 | 80.8% | 80.3% |
| 2017-18 | 86.3% | 80.1% |
| 2016-17 | 81.6% | 81.7% |
| 2015-16 | 83.0% | 82.0% |
| 2014-15 | 83.0% | 79.0% |
% 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
70.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Carolyn A. Clark Elementary
Carolyn A. Clark Elementary's state test result (70.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carolyn A. Clark Elementary this school | 497 | 18.3% | 70.8% |
| Evergreen Elementary San Jose | 528 | 15.3% | 82.0% |
| Cherrywood Elementary San Jose | 529 | 24.2% | 69.7% |
| L. P. Collins Elementary Cupertino | 498 | 17.1% | 80.2% |
| Northwood Elementary San Jose | 452 | 13.3% | 69.7% |
| College Park Elementary San Mateo | 431 | 14.4% | 82.7% |
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 Carolyn A. Clark Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.8% | #622 of 5,151 | #73 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #731 of 5,172 ▼ 296 | #81 of 226 ▼ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #791 of 5,172 ▼ 176 | #82 of 226 ▼ 16 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -9.3pp | #159 of 5,116 | #16 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 497 | #2,466 of 5,915 | #82 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.9:1 | #4,348 of 5,352 | #211 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.9% | #3,254 of 5,354 | #163 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.3% | #5,204 of 5,625 | #183 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.2% | #1,290 of 3,837 | #96 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
497
-115 (-19%) vs 2020
-39% since 2010-11, when it was 813
Student : Teacher
24.9:1
was 23.5:1
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 | 497 | 20 | 24.9:1 | 18% (91) |
| 2023-24 | 542 | 22 | 24.6:1 | 11% (62) |
| 2022-23 | 562 | 25 | 22.5:1 | 19% (109) |
| 2020-21 | 612 | 26 | 23.5:1 | 12% (76) |
| 2017-18 | 631 | 24 | 26.3:1 | 10% (63) |
| 2015-16 | 732 | 29 | 25.2:1 | 7% (54) |
| 2010-11 | 813 | N/A | N/A | 9% (74) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carolyn A. Clark Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (631 to 497); teachers down 17% (24 to 20).
About Carolyn A. Clark Elementary
Carolyn A. Clark Elementary sits in San Jose, California, and is classified as an elementary school. It teaches 497 students in kindergarten through 6.
Evergreen Elementary runs 16 schools with a combined 8,464 students. Carolyn A. Clark Elementary is one of them.
More than half of the students at Carolyn A. Clark Elementary are Asian (73%). The rest of enrollment is 17% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 2% White. Census estimates put the Asian share of Santa Clara County's population at about 41%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Carolyn A. Clark Elementary scores 43%.
The school has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 24.9 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, so this school has more students per teacher. The school reported 18% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Across public schools in Santa Clara County, the average is 37%.
Among California public elementary schools, Carolyn A. Clark Elementary outscored 66%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
The model predicts 68.8% for a school in California with Carolyn A. Clark Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Carolyn A. Clark Elementary posts 70.8%.
Santa Clara County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $164,281, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Santa Clara County's 412 public schools enroll about 230,059 students and include Carolyn A. Clark Elementary.
Of the public schools around it, Carolyn A. Clark Elementary is closest to Evergreen Valley High, about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 72.2% on proficiency, and Carolyn A. Clark Elementary is below that at 70.8%.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 19% decline, from 612 to 497. The ratio was 23.5:1 in 2020-21 and 24.9:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Carolyn A. Clark Elementary is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Evergreen Elementary
- Quimby Oak MiddleMiddle · 857 students
- Chaboya MiddleMiddle · 815 students
- Tom Matsumoto ElementaryElementary · 727 students
- James Franklin Smith ElementaryElementary · 595 students
- Norwood Creek ElementaryElementary · 530 students
- Evergreen ElementaryElementary · 528 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
- Evergreen Valley High0.5 mi · 2,703
- Tom Matsumoto Elementary0.7 mi · 727
- Chaboya Middle0.8 mi · 815
- Quimby Oak Middle0.9 mi · 857
- Millbrook Elementary1.0 mi · 503
- Evergreen Elementary1.0 mi · 528
Frequently asked questions
About Carolyn A. Clark ElementaryHow large is Carolyn A. Clark Elementary?
Carolyn A. Clark Elementary enrolls approximately 497 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Carolyn A. Clark Elementary serve?
Carolyn A. Clark Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Carolyn A. Clark Elementary?
Approximately 24.9:1 students per teacher at Carolyn A. Clark Elementary.
How diverse is Carolyn A. Clark Elementary?
Carolyn A. Clark Elementary reports a student body of 2% White, 17% Hispanic, 1% Black, 73% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Carolyn A. Clark Elementary?
Carolyn A. Clark Elementary is overseen by Evergreen Elementary in Santa Clara County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.