Evergreen Elementary

Evergreen Elementary is a mid-tier elementary school in San Jose, California, part of Evergreen Elementary. The school hosts 528 students in grades K through 6.

Evergreen Elementary comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 8,464 students; Evergreen Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Evergreen Elementary logs that Asian students make up the majority at 78%; the rest looks like 14% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% White. By comparison, Santa Clara County as a whole is about 41% Asian, so the school skews meaningfully more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Evergreen Elementary has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Evergreen Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. About 15% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Santa Clara County (around 37%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Evergreen Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 70.4%, the actual is 82.7%, a residual of +12.3 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Santa Clara County) records that median household income runs about $164,281, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Santa Clara County runs 412 public schools (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students), of which Evergreen Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Cadwallader Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Evergreen Elementary at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 72.5%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Evergreen Elementary has declined 31%, going from 768 students in 2018 to 528 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 8% to 14% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 27.9:1 in 2018 to 24.0:1 in 2025.

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