Carolyn A. Clark Elementary

Carolyn A. Clark Elementary is an elementary-level community of mid-tier scale in San Jose, California, overseen by Evergreen Elementary, educateing 497 students in grades K through 6.

Carolyn A. Clark Elementary is one of 16 schools operated by Evergreen Elementary, a district that instructs 8,464 students overall.

On demographics, Carolyn A. Clark Elementary reports that 73% of the student body identifies as Asian; the rest breaks down as 17% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% White. By comparison, Santa Clara County as a whole is about 41% Asian, so the school skews noticeably more Asian than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school lists 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.9:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 18% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Santa Clara County's rate of about 37%.

After controlling for student poverty, Carolyn A. Clark Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 68.6%, the actual is 73.2%, a residual of +4.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Santa Clara County put median household earnings sit near $164,281, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Santa Clara County's 412 public schools (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students), Carolyn A. Clark Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Evergreen Valley High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Carolyn A. Clark Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 72.5%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 21%: 631 students in 2018 compared to 497 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 7% to 17%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 26.3:1 in 2018 to 24.9:1 in 2025.

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