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Enrollment
865
Middle
DISTRICT 854 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN JOSE UNIFIED·NCES 063459005707
Castillero Middle
6384 Leyland Park Dr., San Jose, CA 95120 · (408) 535-6385 · Santa Clara County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL865 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of California public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
22.8:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.7:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
277 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 286 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 282 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 297 | 34% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
58.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.2pp since 2014
Math
50.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 24.2% | 34.0% | 22.6% | 19.2% |
| Math | 32.9% | 17.3% | 22.4% | 27.4% |
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 | 58.2% | 50.2% |
| 2023-24 | 59.4% | 47.7% |
| 2022-23 | 54.3% | 46.1% |
| 2021-22 | 57.9% | 47.9% |
| 2020-21 | 58.7% | 43.4% |
| 2018-19 | 60.8% | 49.8% |
| 2017-18 | 54.6% | 51.3% |
| 2016-17 | 59.4% | 50.6% |
| 2015-16 | 62.0% | 52.0% |
| 2014-15 | 56.0% | 45.0% |
% 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
53.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Castillero Middle
Castillero Middle's state test result (53.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castillero Middle this school | 865 | 32.0% | 53.9% |
| Erle Stanley Gardner Middle Temecula | 1,008 | 36.4% | 58.7% |
| Las Colinas Middle Camarillo | 819 | 30.0% | 53.7% |
| Dolores Huerta Middle Burbank | 931 | 30.6% | 41.6% |
| Isaac Newton Graham Middle Mountain View | 860 | 26.3% | 58.6% |
| Meadowbrook Middle Poway | 972 | 24.6% | 54.0% |
Matched among California middle 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 Castillero Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.9% | #297 of 1,224 | #29 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.2% | #268 of 1,227 ▲ 14 | #29 of 56 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.2% | #352 of 1,227 ▼ 51 | #32 of 56 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.3pp | #715 of 1,214 | #30 of 56 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 865 | #347 of 1,377 | #12 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.8:1 | #948 of 1,279 | #56 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.1% | #134 of 1,278 | #10 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.0% | #1,130 of 1,329 | #39 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.9% | #187 of 930 | #18 of 53 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
865
-184 (-18%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 1,153
Student : Teacher
22.8:1
was 22.3:1
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 | 865 | 37.9 | 22.8:1 | 32% (277) |
| 2023-24 | 849 | 38.7 | 21.9:1 | 30% (253) |
| 2022-23 | 881 | 37.4 | 23.6:1 | 31% (273) |
| 2020-21 | 1,049 | 47 | 22.3:1 | 28% (293) |
| 2017-18 | 1,167 | 53.7 | 21.7:1 | 34% (391) |
| 2015-16 | 1,167 | 55 | 21.2:1 | 31% (366) |
| 2010-11 | 1,276 | N/A | N/A | 36% (461) |
| 2000-01 | 1,167 | 54 | 21.6:1 | 22% (259) |
| 1990-91 | 1,153 | 54 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Castillero Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (1,167 to 865); teachers down 29% (53.7 to 37.9).
About Castillero Middle
San Jose, California, is home to Castillero Middle, a medium-sized middle school. The latest federal count shows 865 students in grades 6 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in California is about 659 students.
Castillero Middle is one school in San Jose Unified, a system of 41 schools with 24,322 students.
Castillero Middle's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 40%. The remaining students are 32% White, 17% Asian, and 10% multiracial. Among people living in Santa Clara County, the Hispanic share is about 25%. Castillero Middle has a diversity index of 70%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 22.8:1 comes from the school's 37.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California is lower than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 32% of students at Castillero Middle as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
allk12 grades Castillero Middle a B. The grade compares the school only with California public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Castillero Middle is 6.9 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (53.9% versus 60.8%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in California.
Santa Clara County census figures show that median household income is about $164,281, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. A total of 412 public schools operate in Santa Clara County, serving about 230,059 students.
The nearest public school is Simonds Elementary, at about 0.6 miles. Castillero Middle has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 73.9% proficiency; Castillero Middle posts 53.9%.
Castillero Middle is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 865 was 18% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 1,049.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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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Nearby schools
- Simonds Elementary0.6 mi · 480
- Los Alamitos Elementary0.6 mi · 602
- Guadalupe Elementary1.2 mi · 537
- Dartmouth Middle1.7 mi · 903
- Williams Elementary1.8 mi · 559
- Pioneer High1.9 mi · 1,393
Frequently asked questions
About Castillero MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Castillero Middle?
Castillero Middle enrolls approximately 865 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Castillero Middle serve?
Castillero Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Castillero Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Castillero Middle is approximately 22.8:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Castillero Middle?
Student demographics at Castillero Middle are roughly 32% White, 40% Hispanic, 2% Black, 17% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Castillero Middle in?
Castillero Middle is part of San Jose Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.