1
If you had an hour of school board time for El Roble Elementary, what would you bring up?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
551
Elementary
DISTRICT 610 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GILROY UNIFIED·NCES 061518001909
El Roble Elementary
930 Third St., Gilroy, CA 95020 · (669) 205-4200 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL551 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
23.0:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
317 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 | 142 | 26% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (142) is 54% larger than its 5th grade class (92).
Student demographics
47%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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
26.1%
CA avg 49.1% . -9.9pp since 2014
Math
29.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 10 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 12.4% | 13.7% | 24.1% | 49.8% |
| Math | 11.4% | 18.4% | 27.4% | 42.9% |
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 | 26.1% | 29.8% |
| 2023-24 | 27.3% | 29.9% |
| 2022-23 | 30.0% | 27.0% |
| 2021-22 | 34.8% | 27.5% |
| 2018-19 | 38.9% | 35.6% |
| 2017-18 | 33.7% | 31.6% |
| 2016-17 | 34.6% | 29.1% |
| 2015-16 | 33.0% | 32.0% |
| 2014-15 | 36.0% | 27.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
28.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 46% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 El Roble Elementary
El Roble Elementary's state test result (28.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Roble Elementary this school | 551 | 57.5% | 28.4% |
| Raymond Elementary Fullerton | 598 | 57.2% | 55.6% |
| Scott Avenue Elementary Whittier | 494 | 58.5% | 48.3% |
| Leffingwell Elementary Whittier | 551 | 53.4% | 72.3% |
| Cottonwood Creek Elementary Visalia | 627 | 59.8% | 38.3% |
| Cerra Vista Elementary Hollister | 602 | 52.8% | 30.7% |
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 El Roble Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.4% | #3,714 of 5,151 | #186 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.8% | #3,243 of 5,172 ▼ 162 | #177 of 226 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.1% | #4,373 of 5,172 ▼ 278 | #196 of 226 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.2pp | #912 of 5,116 | #75 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 551 | #1,850 of 5,915 | #45 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.0:1 | #2,957 of 5,352 | #157 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.0% | #2,988 of 5,354 | #152 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.5% | #3,581 of 5,625 | #76 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.6% | #2,201 of 3,837 | #132 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
551
-52 (-9%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 845
Student : Teacher
23.0:1
was 25.1:1
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 | 551 | 24 | 23.0:1 | 58% (317) |
| 2023-24 | 547 | 23 | 23.8:1 | 61% (334) |
| 2022-23 | 561 | 24 | 23.4:1 | 60% (336) |
| 2020-21 | 603 | 24 | 25.1:1 | 54% (326) |
| 2017-18 | 638 | 23.9 | 26.7:1 | 53% (337) |
| 2015-16 | 643 | 26 | 24.7:1 | 62% (396) |
| 2010-11 | 498 | N/A | N/A | 74% (368) |
| 2000-01 | 624 | 34 | 18.4:1 | 70% (435) |
| 1990-91 | 845 | 35 | 24.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for El Roble Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (638 to 551); teachers unchanged (23.9 to 24).
About El Roble Elementary
In Gilroy, California, El Roble Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school. The school had 551 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
A total of 14 schools make up Gilroy Unified, with 10,176 students enrolled.
At 71%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at El Roble Elementary combined. Smaller groups are 12% White, 12% multiracial, and 4% Asian. County-wide, 25% of Santa Clara County residents are Hispanic. By the diversity index, El Roble Elementary comes in at 47%.
Federal data list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers at El Roble Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 23.0:1. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is about 22.3:1. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 58%. On average, public schools in Santa Clara County report 37%.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, El Roble Elementary scores 17.5 points lower than predicted. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 28.4%; the prediction is 45.8%.
Census Bureau estimates for Santa Clara County show that median household income is about $164,281, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 412 public schools operate in Santa Clara County, serving about 230,059 students.
Nearby, Brownell Middle is about 0.5 miles away. El Roble Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts El Roble Elementary at 6th of 7.
El Roble Elementary falls in the Suburb: Mid-size locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The student count in 2024-25 was 551, 9% below the 603 of 2020-21. The number of students per teacher fell from 25.1 to 23.0 over 4 years.
Posts about school safety, transportation, and start times are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
- Brownell Middle0.5 mi · 672
- Solorsano Middle0.7 mi · 749
- Glen View Elementary0.8 mi · 508
- Gilroy High0.9 mi · 1,618
- Gilroy Prep (a Navigator School)1.0 mi · 587
- Rod Kelley Elementary1.0 mi · 697
Frequently asked questions
About El Roble ElementaryHow large is El Roble Elementary?
El Roble Elementary enrolls approximately 551 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does El Roble Elementary serve?
El Roble Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at El Roble Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at El Roble Elementary is approximately 23.0:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at El Roble Elementary?
At El Roble Elementary, the student body is approximately 12% White, 71% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees El Roble Elementary?
El Roble Elementary 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.