College Connection Academy

College Connection Academy operates as an one-room-style middle school in San Jose, California, one of the schools within Franklin-McKinley Elementary. Current enrollment sits at 213 students spanning grades 7 through 8. That puts it 68% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 659 students.

Within Franklin-McKinley Elementary, which oversees 16 schools and 5,663 students, College Connection Academy is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, College Connection Academy lists that the largest single group is Asian, at 64% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 32% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 41% Asian, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Asian than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, College Connection Academy has 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 65% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Santa Clara County (around 37%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), College Connection Academy is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 40.6%; this one delivers 64.9%, a residual of +24.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, Santa Clara County reports that the typical household earns roughly $164,281 per year, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. College Connection Academy is one of 412 public schools in Santa Clara County (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students).

Luis Valdez Leadership Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around College Connection Academy. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), College Connection Academy ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 33.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 9%: 196 students in 2018 compared to 213 in 2025.

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