Don Callejon

Don Callejon is a medium-sized K-5 school in Santa Clara, California, overseen by Santa Clara Unified. The school instructs 568 students in grades K through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Don Callejon sits 22% larger than that benchmark.

Don Callejon is one of 30 schools operated by Santa Clara Unified, a district that caters to 14,411 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Don Callejon shows that the largest single group is Asian at 50%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 25% Hispanic, 14% White, 6% multiracial, 5% Black. By comparison, Santa Clara County as a whole is about 41% Asian, so the school skews noticeably more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Don Callejon logs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 21% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Santa Clara County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Don Callejon performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.8%, the actual is 60.0%, a residual of -6.8 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Santa Clara County put median household earnings sit near $164,281, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Don Callejon is one of 412 public schools in Santa Clara County (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students).

Nearest neighbor: Montague Elementary, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Don Callejon. On composite proficiency, Don Callejon comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 46.6%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Don Callejon's enrollment has edged down 40% since 2018, when it stood at 954 (now 568). Class-load math has tightened: from 22.8:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 in 2025.

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