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Enrollment
453
Elementary
DISTRICT 493 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUPERTINO UNION·NCES 061029001132
Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary
277 Rodonovan Dr., Santa Clara, CA 95051 · (408) 248-4313 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL453 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% 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.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
21.2:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
127 students
DISTRICT 19% · 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 | 113 | 25% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (113) is 95% larger than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
59%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
66.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -12.7pp since 2014
Math
70.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -8.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 13 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 37.8% | 28.5% | 17.6% | 16.1% |
| Math | 48.1% | 22.3% | 18.0% | 11.7% |
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 | 66.3% | 70.4% |
| 2023-24 | 70.9% | 74.2% |
| 2022-23 | 75.8% | 78.0% |
| 2021-22 | 74.8% | 80.6% |
| 2020-21 | 72.5% | 70.6% |
| 2018-19 | 77.3% | 80.7% |
| 2017-18 | 77.8% | 80.1% |
| 2016-17 | 81.4% | 79.0% |
| 2015-16 | 78.0% | 80.0% |
| 2014-15 | 79.0% | 79.0% |
% 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
70.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary
Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary's state test result (70.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary this school | 453 | 28.0% | 70.7% |
| Niles Elementary Fremont | 461 | 24.9% | 74.9% |
| Brookvale Elementary Fremont | 428 | 29.2% | 70.4% |
| Field (Eugene) Elementary Pasadena | 449 | 28.7% | 76.4% |
| Oliveira Elementary Fremont | 496 | 33.3% | 65.5% |
| John G. Mattos Elementary Fremont | 486 | 20.4% | 66.4% |
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 Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.7% | #626 of 5,151 | #74 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.4% | #584 of 5,172 ▼ 139 | #73 of 226 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.3% | #943 of 5,172 ▼ 268 | #85 of 226 ▼ 14 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -9.3pp | #158 of 5,116 | #15 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 453 | #2,995 of 5,915 | #107 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.2:1 | #1,603 of 5,352 | #101 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.5% | #1,985 of 5,354 | #117 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.0% | #4,835 of 5,625 | #147 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.5% | #726 of 3,837 | #64 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
453
-108 (-19%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 532
Student : Teacher
21.2:1
was 23.4:1
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 | 453 | 21.4 | 21.2:1 | 28% (127) |
| 2023-24 | 413 | 18.7 | 22.1:1 | 28% (114) |
| 2022-23 | 401 | 18.5 | 21.7:1 | 23% (91) |
| 2020-21 | 561 | 24 | 23.4:1 | 9% (49) |
| 2017-18 | 625 | 26.6 | 23.5:1 | 11% (69) |
| 2015-16 | 668 | 28 | 23.9:1 | 6% (43) |
| 2010-11 | 709 | N/A | N/A | 7% (49) |
| 2000-01 | 613 | 28 | 21.9:1 | 8% (50) |
| 1990-91 | 532 | 20 | 26.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (625 to 453); teachers down 19% (26.6 to 21.4).
About Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary
Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school for students in Santa Clara, California. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 5, with 453 students on the rolls.
Within Cupertino Union, Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary is one of 23 schools. The district enrolls 13,526 students.
At Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary, 60% of students are Asian. Other students are 14% Hispanic, 13% White, and 10% multiracial. That is higher than the 41% Asian share among all Santa Clara County residents. The diversity index for Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary is 59%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 21.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary, giving a ratio of 21.2:1. Elementary schools in California have an average ratio of 22.3:1. By family income, 28% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Santa Clara County average 37%.
Among California public elementary schools, Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary outscored 75%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary is 7.6 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of California schools.
The county, Santa Clara County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $164,281 a year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Santa Clara County has 412 public schools with about 230,059 students, including Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary.
Of the public schools around it, Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary is closest to Sutter Elementary, about 0.4 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary ranks 4th of 8 on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary is coded City: Mid-size, for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 561 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 453 by 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 21.2 students per teacher, compared with 23.4 in 2020-21.
On allk12, people connected to Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
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- Warren E. Hyde MiddleMiddle · 800 students
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- Laurelwood ElementaryElementary · 571 students
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Other Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 3 states are named Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary. Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary is the 5th largest of the 6.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower ElementaryCorona, CA · 757 students
- Dwight D. Eisenhower ElementaryGarden Grove, CA · 480 students
- Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary SchoolPISCATAWAY, NJ · 513 students
- Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary SchoolPARLIN, NJ · 488 students
- Dwight D. Eisenhower ElementaryAbilene, KS · 218 students
Nearby schools
- Sutter Elementary0.4 mi · 314
- Millikin Elementary0.7 mi · 504
- Santa Clara Community Day0.9 mi · 10
- Laurelwood Elementary1.2 mi · 571
- Santa Clara High1.2 mi · 1,663
- Manuel De Vargas Elementary1.2 mi · 379
Frequently asked questions
About Dwight D. Eisenhower ElementaryHow many students attend Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary?
Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary enrolls approximately 453 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary serve?
Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary is approximately 21.2:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary?
At Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary, the student body is approximately 13% White, 14% Hispanic, 1% Black, 60% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary public or private?
Dwight D. Eisenhower 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.