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Enrollment
568
Elementary
DISTRICT 376 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA CLARA UNIFIED·NCES 063543011797
Don Callejon
4176 Lick Mill Blvd., Santa Clara, CA 95054 · (408) 423-3300 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL568 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 60% of California public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+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
15.5:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
121 students
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 66 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 65 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 57 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 53% larger than its 8th grade class (57).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
64.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +9.7pp since 2014
Math
57.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +10.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 10 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 40.1% | 24.6% | 19.2% | 16.2% |
| Math | 43.0% | 14.2% | 21.2% | 21.5% |
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 | 64.7% | 57.3% |
| 2023-24 | 62.8% | 58.0% |
| 2022-23 | 56.4% | 47.8% |
| 2021-22 | 61.0% | 52.2% |
| 2018-19 | 62.7% | 51.4% |
| 2017-18 | 59.9% | 53.5% |
| 2016-17 | 60.7% | 56.6% |
| 2015-16 | 58.0% | 55.0% |
| 2014-15 | 55.0% | 47.0% |
% 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
60.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Don Callejon
Don Callejon's state test result (60.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Don Callejon this school | 568 | 21.3% | 60.8% |
| Wicklund Elementary Mountain House | 689 | 17.6% | 62.5% |
| Abram Agnew Elementary San Jose | 505 | 25.0% | 52.2% |
| Deerfield Elementary Irvine | 615 | 20.3% | 76.3% |
| Murray Elementary Dublin | 656 | 17.8% | 72.6% |
| Altamont Elementary Mountain House | 616 | 12.7% | 67.7% |
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 Don Callejon ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.8% | #1,079 of 5,151 | #100 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.3% | #1,179 of 5,172 ▼ 81 | #105 of 226 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.7% | #1,040 of 5,172 ▲ 50 | #92 of 226 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.4pp | #1,855 of 5,116 | #44 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 568 | #1,676 of 5,915 | #38 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #40 of 5,352 | #2 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.8% | #1,036 of 5,354 | #72 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.3% | #5,102 of 5,625 | #172 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -40.5% | #138 of 3,837 | #9 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
568
-238 (-30%) vs 2020
-40% since 2010-11, when it was 942
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 20.7:1
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 | 568 | 36.7 | 15.5:1 | 21% (121) |
| 2023-24 | 545 | 32.9 | 16.6:1 | 20% (111) |
| 2022-23 | 581 | 37.2 | 15.6:1 | 30% (177) |
| 2020-21 | 806 | 39 | 20.7:1 | 32% (255) |
| 2017-18 | 954 | 41.9 | 22.8:1 | 33% (315) |
| 2015-16 | 976 | 40 | 24.4:1 | 33% (326) |
| 2010-11 | 942 | N/A | N/A | 31% (289) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Don Callejon.
Since 2017-18: students down 40% (954 to 568); teachers down 12% (41.9 to 36.7).
About Don Callejon
Don Callejon sits in Santa Clara, California, and is classified as an elementary school. A federal count lists 568 students at the school, in kindergarten through 8. An average school in this group (elementary schools in California) has about 465 students.
Don Callejon is one of 30 schools in Santa Clara Unified, which enrolls 14,411 students in total.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Don Callejon. The largest is Asian students, at 50%. Smaller groups are 25% Hispanic, 14% White, 6% multiracial, and 5% Black. For comparison, the population of Santa Clara County is roughly 41% Asian. Don Callejon's diversity index is 67%, against a US figure of 70%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 15.5:1, with 36.7 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 6.8 students per teacher below the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 21%. The gap from the 37% average for public schools in Santa Clara County is 16 points.
allk12 grades Don Callejon a B. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On BeatsExpectations, Don Callejon is 6.2 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of California schools.
Census Bureau estimates for Santa Clara County show that the median household income is $164,281, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Don Callejon is one of 412 public schools in the county.
Nearest public school: Montague Elementary, about 0.7 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Don Callejon ranks 1st of 8 on average proficiency.
Don Callejon falls in the City: Mid-size locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 238 fewer students in 2024-25. The number of students per teacher fell from 20.7 to 15.5 over 4 years.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. 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 Santa Clara Unified
- Santa Clara HighHigh · 1,663 students
- Adrian Wilcox HighHigh · 1,614 students
- Juan Cabrillo MiddleMiddle · 796 students
- Marian A. Peterson MiddleMiddle · 759 students
- Buchser MiddleMiddle · 711 students
- Kathleen MacDonald HighHigh · 683 students
Other schools in Santa Clara
- Santa Clara HighHigh · 1,663 students
- Adrian Wilcox HighHigh · 1,614 students
- Juan Cabrillo MiddleMiddle · 796 students
- Buchser MiddleMiddle · 711 students
- Laurelwood ElementaryElementary · 571 students
- Millikin ElementaryElementary · 504 students
Nearby schools
- Montague Elementary0.7 mi · 254
- Dolores Huerta Middle0.9 mi · 571
- Kathleen MacDonald High1.0 mi · 683
- Kathryn Hughes Elementary1.0 mi · 281
- Abram Agnew Elementary1.1 mi · 505
- Mission Early College High2.0 mi · 183
Frequently asked questions
About Don CallejonHow many students attend Don Callejon?
Don Callejon enrolls approximately 568 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Don Callejon serve?
Don Callejon serves grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at Don Callejon?
Approximately 15.5:1 students per teacher at Don Callejon.
What is the student diversity at Don Callejon?
Student demographics at Don Callejon are roughly 14% White, 25% Hispanic, 5% Black, 50% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Don Callejon in?
Don Callejon is part of Santa Clara Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.