Enrollment
304
High
DISTRICT 926 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GILROY UNIFIED·NCES 061518012174
Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy
5055 Santa Teresa Blvd. PB17, Gilroy, CA 95020 · (408) 846-4909 · Santa Clara County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL304 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 96% of California public high schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
27.3:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.9:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
121 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 82 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 81 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 72 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 69 | 23% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
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CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
98.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.6pp since 2014
Math
86.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +15.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 99 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 77.8% | 20.8% | 1.4% | 0.0% |
| Math | 55.6% | 30.6% | 11.1% | 2.8% |
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 | 98.6% | 86.1% |
| 2023-24 | 98.6% | 82.9% |
| 2022-23 | 100.0% | 89.1% |
| 2021-22 | 100.0% | 95.2% |
| 2018-19 | 96.0% | 90.7% |
| 2017-18 | 95.3% | 87.5% |
| 2016-17 | 98.3% | 95.0% |
| 2015-16 | 95.0% | 69.0% |
| 2014-15 | 98.0% | 71.0% |
% 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
91.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+35.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 92% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 56% 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 35 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 Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy
Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy's state test result (91.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy this school | 304 | 39.8% | 91.5% |
| Kathleen MacDonald High San Jose | 683 | 31.8% | 49.9% |
| Summit Public School: Tahoma San Jose | 383 | 29.0% | N/A |
| Eunice Sato Academy of Math & Science Long Beach | 552 | 26.8% | 85.5% |
| Stockton Collegiate International Secondary Stockton | 466 | 47.2% | N/A |
| Jefferson High Daly City | 1,072 | 41.1% | 31.6% |
Matched among California high 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 Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 91.5% | #5 of 1,052 | #2 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.1% | #7 of 1,056 ▲ 3 | #2 of 43 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 98.6% | #5 of 1,056 ▼ 3 | #1 of 43 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.3pp | #114 of 1,044 | #8 of 42 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 304 | #1,200 of 2,093 | #50 of 76 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 27.3:1 | #1,313 of 1,352 | #55 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.3% | #221 of 1,351 | #19 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.8% | #1,291 of 1,575 | #40 of 67 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.6% | #196 of 327 | #6 of 8 |
Ranked against other public high 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
304
+6 (+2%) vs 2020
+18% since 2010-11, when it was 257
Student : Teacher
27.3:1
was 29.8:1
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 | 304 | 11.2 | 27.3:1 | 40% (121) |
| 2023-24 | 290 | 11.5 | 25.2:1 | 42% (122) |
| 2022-23 | 279 | 11.2 | 24.8:1 | 38% (107) |
| 2020-21 | 298 | 10 | 29.8:1 | 43% (129) |
| 2017-18 | 288 | 9.4 | 30.6:1 | 33% (96) |
| 2015-16 | 255 | 9 | 28.3:1 | 33% (85) |
| 2010-11 | 257 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (288 to 304); teachers up 18% (9.4 to 11.2).
About Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy
Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy sits in Gilroy, California, and is classified as a high school. The grade span is 9 through 12, and enrollment is 304 students. Average enrollment for high schools in California is about 838, so this school runs 64% smaller than that.
Gilroy Unified is responsible for 14 schools, Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy included, with 10,176 students in all.
Federal enrollment data show Hispanic students as the largest group at Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy, at 48%. The rest of enrollment is 28% Asian, 11% White, 10% multiracial, and 2% Black. Among all residents of Santa Clara County, the Hispanic share is about 25%. The school's diversity index is 66%, meaning two students picked at random have a 66% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Staffing totals 11.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 27.3:1. On average, high schools in California have 18.2:1, compared with 27.3:1 here. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy is 40%.
The allk12 Grade for Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy is A+. Compared with California public high schools, the school scored higher than 96% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy beats its 56.2% prediction with 91.5%, a top-10% result in California.
Santa Clara County has about 1,902,047 residents, and the median household income is $164,281, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Besides Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy, Santa Clara County has 411 other public schools.
The nearest public school is Las Animas Elementary, at about 1.3 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy places 1st of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The NCES locale for Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy is Rural: Fringe, which covers schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 298 to 304, a small change. By 2024-25, the school had 27.3 students per teacher, compared with 29.8 in 2020-21.
Discussion on this page can cover 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 Gilroy Unified
- Christopher HighHigh · 1,630 students
- Gilroy HighHigh · 1,618 students
- Las Animas ElementaryElementary · 800 students
- South Valley MiddleMiddle · 784 students
- Solorsano MiddleMiddle · 749 students
- Luigi Aprea ElementaryElementary · 722 students
Other schools in Gilroy
- Christopher HighHigh · 1,630 students
- Gilroy HighHigh · 1,618 students
- Las Animas ElementaryElementary · 800 students
- South Valley MiddleMiddle · 784 students
- Solorsano MiddleMiddle · 749 students
- Luigi Aprea ElementaryElementary · 722 students
Nearby schools
- Las Animas Elementary1.3 mi · 800
- Gilroy High1.6 mi · 1,618
- Glen View Elementary2.0 mi · 508
- Solorsano Middle2.3 mi · 749
- Eliot Elementary2.4 mi · 481
- El Roble Elementary2.6 mi · 551
Frequently asked questions
About Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy?
Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy enrolls approximately 304 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy serve?
Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy?
Approximately 27.3:1 students per teacher at Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy.
How diverse is Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy?
Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy reports a student body of 11% White, 48% Hispanic, 2% Black, 28% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy?
Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy is overseen by Gilroy Unified in Santa Clara County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.