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What's something Central Park Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
419
Elementary
DISTRICT 376 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA CLARA UNIFIED·NCES 063543013982
Central Park Elementary
2720 Sonoma Pl., Santa Clara, CA 95051 · (408) 423-4400 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL419 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 43% of California public elementary schools
- A-Test 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.
- DThree-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
19.9:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
83 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 | 98 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (98) is 53% larger than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
61.1%
CA avg 49.1% . -7.6pp since 2016
Math
56.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -9.4pp since 2016
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 8 points since 2016, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 36.3% | 24.9% | 16.6% | 22.3% |
| Math | 34.9% | 21.7% | 18.7% | 24.8% |
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 | 61.1% | 56.6% |
| 2023-24 | 59.3% | 56.3% |
| 2022-23 | 59.0% | 54.6% |
| 2021-22 | 64.3% | 61.7% |
| 2018-19 | 69.6% | 69.8% |
| 2017-18 | 60.2% | 67.5% |
| 2016-17 | 68.8% | 66.0% |
% 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
58.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Central Park Elementary
Central Park Elementary's state test result (58.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Park Elementary this school | 419 | 19.8% | 58.1% |
| Audubon Elementary Foster City | 445 | 20.9% | 68.4% |
| Lakeview Elementary Yorba Linda | 381 | 22.3% | 79.5% |
| College Park Elementary Irvine | 430 | 19.3% | 71.6% |
| Phoebe Apperson Hearst Elementary Pleasanton | 467 | 16.3% | 69.3% |
| Soleado Elementary Rancho Palos Verdes | 443 | 13.3% | 87.4% |
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 Central Park Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.1% | #1,217 of 5,151 | #106 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.6% | #1,226 of 5,172 ▼ 55 | #109 of 226 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.1% | #1,248 of 5,172 ▲ 41 | #106 of 226 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.1pp | #724 of 5,116 | #61 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 419 | #3,442 of 5,915 | #132 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.9:1 | #865 of 5,352 | #57 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.7% | #1,046 of 5,354 | #73 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.8% | #5,158 of 5,625 | #178 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +28.9% | #138 of 1,139 | #6 of 36 |
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
419
-26 (-6%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
was 24.7:1
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 | 419 | 21.1 | 19.9:1 | 20% (83) |
| 2023-24 | 439 | 21.1 | 20.8:1 | 20% (86) |
| 2022-23 | 430 | 19.1 | 22.5:1 | 27% (118) |
| 2020-21 | 445 | 18 | 24.7:1 | 15% (68) |
| 2017-18 | 325 | 5.5 | 59.1:1 | 18% (58) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Central Park Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 29% (325 to 419); teachers up 284% (5.5 to 21.1).
About Central Park Elementary
Central Park Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary school in Santa Clara, California. Total enrollment is 419 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 5.
A total of 30 schools make up Santa Clara Unified, with 14,411 students enrolled.
Asian students make up 49% of enrollment at Central Park Elementary, the largest share of any group. Next come 23% Hispanic, 16% White, and 9% multiracial. That compares with about 41% Asian among all Santa Clara County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 67%.
Central Park Elementary has 21.1 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.9:1. The school's 19.9:1 compares with an average of 22.3:1 for elementary schools in California. The school has 20% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 37% average for public schools in Santa Clara County is 17 points higher.
Among California public elementary schools, Central Park Elementary outscored 43%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
After adjusting for student poverty, Central Park Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of California schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 58.1%; the prediction is 67.9%.
In Santa Clara County, home to about 1,902,047 people, the median household earns about $164,281 a year, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Santa Clara County number 412, with about 230,059 students.
Santa Clara High sits about 0.4 miles from Central Park Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Central Park Elementary places 4th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Mid-size, or inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school shrank from 445 students in 2020-21 to 419 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 24.7:1 to 19.9:1.
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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 Santa Clara Unified
- Santa Clara HighHigh · 1,663 students
- Adrian Wilcox HighHigh · 1,614 students
- Juan Cabrillo MiddleMiddle · 796 students
- Marian A. Peterson MiddleMiddle · 759 students
- Buchser MiddleMiddle · 711 students
- Kathleen MacDonald HighHigh · 683 students
Other schools in Santa Clara
- Santa Clara HighHigh · 1,663 students
- Adrian Wilcox HighHigh · 1,614 students
- Juan Cabrillo MiddleMiddle · 796 students
- Buchser MiddleMiddle · 711 students
- Laurelwood ElementaryElementary · 571 students
- Don CallejonElementary · 568 students
Other Central Park Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 10 states are named Central Park Elementary. Central Park Elementary is the 5th largest of the 10.
- CENTRAL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPLANTATION, FL · 800 students
- Central Park Elementary SchoolMIDLAND, MI · 646 students
- Central Park Elementary SchoolMidlothian, IL · 640 students
- Central Park Elementary SchoolBossier City, LA · 431 students
- CENTRAL PARK ELEMENTARYROSEVILLE, MN · 411 students
Nearby schools
- Santa Clara High0.4 mi · 1,663
- C. W. Haman Elementary0.7 mi · 324
- Pomeroy Elementary0.7 mi · 300
- Millikin Elementary0.8 mi · 504
- Bowers Elementary0.9 mi · 240
- Santa Clara Community Day0.9 mi · 10
Frequently asked questions
About Central Park ElementaryHow large is Central Park Elementary?
Central Park Elementary enrolls approximately 419 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Central Park Elementary serve?
Central Park Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Central Park Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Central Park Elementary is approximately 19.9:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Central Park Elementary?
Student demographics at Central Park Elementary are roughly 16% White, 23% Hispanic, 2% Black, 49% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Central Park Elementary public or private?
Central Park Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Santa Clara Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.