Edith Landels Elementary

Edith Landels Elementary is an elementary campus of medium-sized scale in Mountain View, California, overseen by Mountain View Whisman, educateing 399 students in grades K through 5.

Mountain View Whisman runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 4,624 students. Edith Landels Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Edith Landels Elementary shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 33%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 28% White, 27% Asian, 11% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Edith Landels Elementary has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.0:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 21% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Santa Clara County's rate of about 37%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Edith Landels Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 67.0%; this one delivers 70.9%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Santa Clara County indicate median household income runs about $164,281, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Santa Clara County's 412 public schools (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students), Edith Landels Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Jose Antonio Vargas Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Edith Landels Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Edith Landels Elementary at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 58.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Edith Landels Elementary has contracted 25%, going from 534 students in 2018 to 399 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 37% to 28%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 22.2:1 in 2018 to 21.0:1 today.

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