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Enrollment
815
Middle
DISTRICT 719 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EVERGREEN ELEMENTARY·NCES 061314010321
Chaboya Middle
3276 Cortona Dr., San Jose, CA 95135 · (408) 270-6900 · Santa Clara County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL815 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 86% 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.
- A-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.0:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
134 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 7 | 419 | 51% |
| Grade 8 | 396 | 49% |
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
78.1%
CA avg 49.1% . -3.9pp since 2014
Math
75.3%
CA avg 37.7% . -5.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 43.4% | 34.7% | 12.6% | 9.3% |
| Math | 60.4% | 15.0% | 13.3% | 11.4% |
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 | 78.1% | 75.3% |
| 2023-24 | 82.6% | 76.5% |
| 2022-23 | 82.2% | 75.7% |
| 2021-22 | 81.9% | 75.8% |
| 2018-19 | 82.8% | 81.2% |
| 2017-18 | 83.7% | 81.2% |
| 2016-17 | 82.9% | 82.4% |
| 2015-16 | 84.0% | 83.0% |
| 2014-15 | 82.0% | 81.0% |
% 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
78.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Chaboya Middle
Chaboya Middle's state test result (78.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chaboya Middle this school | 815 | 16.4% | 78.2% |
| John F. Kennedy Middle Cupertino | 880 | 15.7% | 90.8% |
| Gale Ranch Middle San Ramon | 971 | 9.8% | 79.9% |
| Sam H. Lawson Middle Cupertino | 841 | 15.2% | 87.1% |
| Sierramont Middle San Jose | 742 | 24.8% | 66.5% |
| South Pointe Middle Walnut | 979 | 25.0% | 78.3% |
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 Chaboya Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.2% | #50 of 1,224 | #12 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.3% | #56 of 1,227 ▼ 15 | #14 of 56 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.1% | #93 of 1,227 ▼ 57 | #15 of 56 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.1pp | #193 of 1,214 | #8 of 56 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 815 | #414 of 1,377 | #17 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.6:1 | #912 of 1,279 | #52 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.7% | #784 of 1,278 | #47 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.4% | #1,253 of 1,329 | #55 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.3% | #179 of 930 | #17 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
815
-132 (-14%) vs 2020
-7% since 2000-01, when it was 874
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
was 25.6:1
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 | 815 | 36.1 | 22.6:1 | 16% (134) |
| 2023-24 | 838 | 35.8 | 23.4:1 | 10% (81) |
| 2022-23 | 853 | 34.3 | 24.9:1 | 14% (123) |
| 2020-21 | 947 | 37 | 25.6:1 | 13% (120) |
| 2017-18 | 1,106 | 43.7 | 25.3:1 | 10% (116) |
| 2015-16 | 1,143 | 43 | 26.6:1 | 11% (125) |
| 2010-11 | 1,030 | N/A | N/A | 12% (119) |
| 2000-01 | 874 | 38 | 23.0:1 | 20% (176) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chaboya Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (1,106 to 815); teachers down 17% (43.7 to 36.1).
About Chaboya Middle
San Jose, California, is home to Chaboya Middle, a medium-sized middle-grades school. The student body numbers 815 students, from grades 7 through 8. The average among middle schools in California is roughly 659 students; this school is 24% larger than that.
Evergreen Elementary has 16 schools and 8,464 students, and Chaboya Middle is one of those schools.
Roughly 74% of students at Chaboya Middle are Asian. Beyond that, enrollment is 14% Hispanic, 6% White, and 5% multiracial. The Asian share of the county population is lower, at 41%. Chaboya Middle's diversity index is 43%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal data list 36.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at Chaboya Middle in 2024-25, for a ratio of 22.6:1. That is 1.9 students per teacher above the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 16%. That rate is below the 37% average among public schools in Santa Clara County.
allk12 grades Chaboya Middle an A. The grade compares the school only with California public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Chaboya Middle is 8.3 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 78.2% actual, 69.9% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.
In the county around the school, Santa Clara County, the median household income is $164,281, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 412 public schools in Santa Clara County, enrolling about 230,059 students in all.
Tom Matsumoto Elementary is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Chaboya Middle ranks 3rd on proficiency.
Chaboya Middle falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is down 14% from 2020-21, when Chaboya Middle had 947 students, to 2024-25, when it had 815. The ratio of students to teachers went from 25.6:1 to 22.6:1 over the same years.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Chaboya Middle covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. 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
Related schools
Other schools in Evergreen Elementary
- Quimby Oak MiddleMiddle · 857 students
- Tom Matsumoto ElementaryElementary · 727 students
- James Franklin Smith ElementaryElementary · 595 students
- Norwood Creek ElementaryElementary · 530 students
- Evergreen ElementaryElementary · 528 students
- John J. Montgomery ElementaryElementary · 504 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
- Tom Matsumoto Elementary0.2 mi · 727
- Carolyn A. Clark Elementary0.8 mi · 497
- Evergreen Elementary1.0 mi · 528
- Evergreen Valley High1.2 mi · 2,703
- Millbrook Elementary1.5 mi · 503
- Cadwallader Elementary1.5 mi · 374
Frequently asked questions
About Chaboya MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Chaboya Middle?
Chaboya Middle enrolls approximately 815 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Chaboya Middle serve?
Chaboya Middle serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Chaboya Middle?
Approximately 22.6:1 students per teacher at Chaboya Middle.
What is the student diversity at Chaboya Middle?
Student demographics at Chaboya Middle are roughly 6% White, 14% Hispanic, 1% Black, 74% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Chaboya Middle in?
Chaboya Middle is part of Evergreen Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.