Curtner Elementary

Curtner Elementary operates as a reasonably sized primary school in Milpitas, California, part of Milpitas Unified. Current enrollment sits at 663 students spanning grades K through 6. That puts it 43% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Milpitas Unified comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 10,076 students; Curtner Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Curtner Elementary reports that 76% of the student body identifies as Asian. Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% White. That is noticeably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

On the resource side, The school lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 25.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 24% of students at Curtner Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Santa Clara County (around 37%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Curtner Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 65.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 78.7%.

In the broader 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 roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Curtner Elementary is one of 412 public schools in Santa Clara County (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students).

The closest other public school is Anthony Spangler Elementary, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Curtner Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 64.4%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Curtner Elementary has decreased 11%, going from 747 students in 2018 to 663 in 2025.

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