Cedar Grove Elementary

Cedar Grove Elementary is one of the middle-of-the-pack primary schools in San Jose, California, part of Evergreen Elementary, with 493 students on its rolls from grades K through 6.

Evergreen Elementary comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 8,464 students; Cedar Grove Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Cedar Grove Elementary records that the largest single group is Asian at 55%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 32% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 41% Asian, putting the school's mix visibly more Asian than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Cedar Grove Elementary records 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Santa Clara County's rate of about 37%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Cedar Grove Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.8%.

In the surrounding community, Santa Clara County reports that median household earnings sit near $164,281, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Santa Clara County runs 412 public schools (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students), of which Cedar Grove Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Norwood Creek Elementary, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Cedar Grove Elementary comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 50.3%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Looking at the recent track record. Cedar Grove Elementary's enrollment has decreased 20% since 2018, when it stood at 619 (now 493). Class-load math has narrowed: from 26.9:1 in 2018 to 23.5:1 in 2025.

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