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What do you wish you knew before starting at D. J. Sedgwick Elementary?
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Enrollment
407
Elementary
DISTRICT 493 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUPERTINO UNION·NCES 061029004034
D. J. Sedgwick Elementary
19200 Phil Ln., Cupertino, CA 95014 · (408) 252-3103 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL407 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 95% of California public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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
21.6:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
110 students
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 65%
Community
5
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 | 80 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (77).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
79.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.0pp since 2014
Math
78.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 54.6% | 24.4% | 9.8% | 11.2% |
| Math | 56.5% | 22.0% | 14.0% | 7.5% |
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 | 79.0% | 78.5% |
| 2023-24 | 77.7% | 80.1% |
| 2022-23 | 79.3% | 79.3% |
| 2021-22 | 78.2% | 76.4% |
| 2020-21 | 72.6% | 71.7% |
| 2018-19 | 78.2% | 77.5% |
| 2017-18 | 77.6% | 80.4% |
| 2016-17 | 75.9% | 79.1% |
| 2015-16 | 79.0% | 83.0% |
| 2014-15 | 76.0% | 78.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
78.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 64% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in California's top 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 D. J. Sedgwick Elementary
D. J. Sedgwick Elementary's state test result (78.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| D. J. Sedgwick Elementary this school | 407 | 27.0% | 78.8% |
| Mission Valley Elementary Fremont | 375 | 24.5% | 75.1% |
| Field (Eugene) Elementary Pasadena | 449 | 28.7% | 76.4% |
| O. N. Hirsch Elementary Fremont | 441 | 34.2% | 75.6% |
| Cyrus J. Morris Elementary Walnut | 485 | 28.5% | 67.9% |
| Brookvale Elementary Fremont | 428 | 29.2% | 70.4% |
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 D. J. Sedgwick Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.8% | #278 of 5,151 | #45 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.5% | #290 of 5,172 ▼ 68 | #50 of 226 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #316 of 5,172 ▲ 31 | #40 of 226 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.5pp | #2,825 of 5,116 | #76 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 407 | #3,610 of 5,915 | #138 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.6:1 | #1,853 of 5,352 | #114 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.1% | #3,179 of 5,354 | #161 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.0% | #4,891 of 5,625 | #149 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -39.8% | #152 of 3,837 | #13 of 189 |
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
407
-112 (-22%) vs 2020
-37% since 2000-01, when it was 650
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
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 | 407 | 18.9 | 21.6:1 | 27% (110) |
| 2023-24 | 392 | 19.7 | 19.9:1 | 21% (84) |
| 2022-23 | 367 | 16.6 | 22.1:1 | 24% (88) |
| 2020-21 | 519 | 21 | 24.7:1 | 7% (36) |
| 2017-18 | 676 | 26.5 | 25.5:1 | 7% (47) |
| 2015-16 | 644 | 26 | 24.8:1 | 4% (26) |
| 2010-11 | 515 | N/A | N/A | 8% (39) |
| 2000-01 | 650 | 35 | 18.6:1 | 16% (105) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for D. J. Sedgwick Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 40% (676 to 407); teachers down 29% (26.5 to 18.9).
About D. J. Sedgwick Elementary
D. J. Sedgwick Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school found in Cupertino, California. It educates 407 students in kindergarten through 5.
Cupertino Union operates 23 schools. Combined enrollment is 13,526 students.
A majority of students at D. J. Sedgwick Elementary, 73%, are Asian. The next largest groups are 10% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, and 8% White. The school's Asian share is 33 points above the 41% share among Santa Clara County residents. By the diversity index, D. J. Sedgwick Elementary comes in at 44%.
The school employs the equivalent of 18.9 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 21.6:1. Among elementary schools in California, the typical ratio is 22.3:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 27%. For comparison, public schools in Santa Clara County average 37%.
The allk12 Grade for D. J. Sedgwick Elementary is A+. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 95% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
D. J. Sedgwick Elementary is 15.1 points above expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the top 10% in California.
Within Santa Clara County, median household income is about $164,281, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 412 public schools in Santa Clara County, with a combined enrollment of about 230,059.
The school nearest to D. J. Sedgwick Elementary is Warren E. Hyde Middle, at a distance of about 0.3 miles. Within five miles of D. J. Sedgwick Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, D. J. Sedgwick Elementary places 8th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Small.
The number of students declined from 519 to 407 over 4 years. Students per teacher fell from 24.7 in 2020-21 to 21.6 in 2024-25.
The D. J. Sedgwick Elementary community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. 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 Cupertino Union
- Cupertino MiddleMiddle · 1,067 students
- Joaquin Miller MiddleMiddle · 1,067 students
- John F. Kennedy MiddleMiddle · 880 students
- Sam H. Lawson MiddleMiddle · 841 students
- Louis E. Stocklmeir ElementaryElementary · 840 students
- Warren E. Hyde MiddleMiddle · 800 students
Other schools in Cupertino
- Homestead HighHigh · 2,224 students
- Cupertino HighHigh · 1,800 students
- Monta Vista HighHigh · 1,630 students
- John F. Kennedy MiddleMiddle · 880 students
- Sam H. Lawson MiddleMiddle · 841 students
- Warren E. Hyde MiddleMiddle · 800 students
Nearby schools
- Warren E. Hyde Middle0.3 mi · 800
- Cupertino High0.3 mi · 1,800
- Nelson S. Dilworth Elementary0.6 mi · 547
- Joaquin Miller Middle0.9 mi · 1,067
- Murdock-Portal Elementary1.0 mi · 551
- C. B. Eaton Elementary1.0 mi · 489
Frequently asked questions
About D. J. Sedgwick ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at D. J. Sedgwick Elementary?
D. J. Sedgwick Elementary enrolls approximately 407 students in grades KG-05.
Is D. J. Sedgwick Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
D. J. Sedgwick Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does D. J. Sedgwick Elementary have?
D. J. Sedgwick Elementary employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.6:1.
How diverse is D. J. Sedgwick Elementary?
D. J. Sedgwick Elementary reports a student body of 8% White, 8% Hispanic, 73% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is D. J. Sedgwick Elementary public or private?
D. J. Sedgwick Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cupertino Union.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.