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Enrollment
471
Elementary
DISTRICT 493 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUPERTINO UNION·NCES 061029001134
Garden Gate Elementary
10500 Ann Arbor Ave., Cupertino, CA 95014 · (408) 252-5414 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL471 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 73% 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
20.7:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
98 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 | 120 | 25% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (120) is 107% larger than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
30%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
63.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -22.2pp since 2014
Math
76.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -7.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 22 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 38.7% | 25.1% | 18.1% | 18.1% |
| Math | 52.6% | 24.2% | 12.8% | 10.4% |
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 | 63.8% | 76.8% |
| 2023-24 | 70.0% | 78.4% |
| 2022-23 | 68.3% | 76.0% |
| 2021-22 | 81.0% | 84.8% |
| 2020-21 | 78.1% | 84.6% |
| 2018-19 | 84.0% | 90.0% |
| 2017-18 | 85.4% | 87.9% |
| 2016-17 | 82.3% | 87.8% |
| 2015-16 | 84.0% | 86.0% |
| 2014-15 | 86.0% | 84.0% |
% 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
72.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Garden Gate Elementary
Garden Gate Elementary's state test result (72.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garden Gate Elementary this school | 471 | 20.8% | 72.5% |
| Joshua Chadbourne Elementary Fremont | 457 | 20.1% | 84.5% |
| Mission San Jose Elementary Fremont | 436 | 22.9% | 85.3% |
| John Gomes Elementary Fremont | 462 | 16.9% | 82.2% |
| Nelson S. Dilworth Elementary San Jose | 547 | 19.6% | 87.7% |
| James Leitch Elementary Fremont | 523 | 14.9% | N/A |
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 Garden Gate Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.5% | #535 of 5,151 | #66 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.8% | #349 of 5,172 ▼ 59 | #56 of 226 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.8% | #1,095 of 5,172 ▼ 373 | #97 of 226 ▼ 21 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -12.6pp | #56 of 5,116 | #3 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 471 | #2,782 of 5,915 | #94 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.7:1 | #1,340 of 5,352 | #90 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.6% | #3,965 of 5,354 | #207 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.8% | #5,118 of 5,625 | #174 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.7% | #1,115 of 3,837 | #87 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
471
-67 (-12%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 414
Student : Teacher
20.7:1
was 25.6:1
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 | 471 | 22.7 | 20.7:1 | 21% (98) |
| 2023-24 | 512 | 22.4 | 22.8:1 | 20% (101) |
| 2022-23 | 517 | 22.1 | 23.4:1 | 19% (98) |
| 2020-21 | 538 | 21 | 25.6:1 | 3% (18) |
| 2017-18 | 609 | 23.2 | 26.3:1 | 4% (26) |
| 2015-16 | 680 | 28 | 24.3:1 | 2% (12) |
| 2010-11 | 721 | N/A | N/A | 2% (16) |
| 2000-01 | 631 | 29 | 21.8:1 | 4% (26) |
| 1990-91 | 414 | 18 | 23.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Garden Gate Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (609 to 471); teachers down 2% (23.2 to 22.7).
About Garden Gate Elementary
Federal records list Garden Gate Elementary as an elementary school in Cupertino, California. The school counts 471 students across kindergarten through 5.
Cupertino Union is the district for Garden Gate Elementary. It has 23 schools and 13,526 students.
Garden Gate Elementary enrolls a student body that is 83% Asian. The school is also 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 4% White. That is higher than the 41% Asian share among all Santa Clara County residents. By the diversity index, Garden Gate Elementary comes in at 30%.
Federal data list 22.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at Garden Gate Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 20.7:1. Among elementary schools in California, the typical ratio is 22.3:1. The lunch program counts 21% of students at Garden Gate Elementary as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Santa Clara County average 37%.
The allk12 Grade for Garden Gate Elementary is B+. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 73% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Garden Gate Elementary would be expected to post about 67.3%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 72.5%.
Across Santa Clara County, median household income is about $164,281, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Garden Gate Elementary is among the 412 public schools in Santa Clara County.
The closest other public school is Homestead High, about 0.4 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Garden Gate Elementary is behind the 79.5% nearby average, ranking 8th of 9.
Garden Gate Elementary is coded as City: Small in federal locale data.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 538 to 471. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 25.6:1 to 20.7:1.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Cupertino Union
- Cupertino MiddleMiddle · 1,067 students
- Joaquin Miller MiddleMiddle · 1,067 students
- John F. Kennedy MiddleMiddle · 880 students
- Sam H. Lawson MiddleMiddle · 841 students
- Louis E. Stocklmeir ElementaryElementary · 840 students
- Warren E. Hyde MiddleMiddle · 800 students
Other schools in Cupertino
- Homestead HighHigh · 2,224 students
- Cupertino HighHigh · 1,800 students
- Monta Vista HighHigh · 1,630 students
- John F. Kennedy MiddleMiddle · 880 students
- Sam H. Lawson MiddleMiddle · 841 students
- Warren E. Hyde MiddleMiddle · 800 students
Nearby schools
- Homestead High0.4 mi · 2,224
- William Faria Elementary0.8 mi · 614
- Cupertino Middle1.0 mi · 1,067
- Sam H. Lawson Middle1.0 mi · 841
- Stevens Creek Elementary1.0 mi · 407
- West Valley Elementary1.1 mi · 422
Frequently asked questions
About Garden Gate ElementaryHow many students attend Garden Gate Elementary?
Garden Gate Elementary enrolls approximately 471 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Garden Gate Elementary serve?
Garden Gate Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Garden Gate Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Garden Gate Elementary is approximately 20.7:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Garden Gate Elementary?
Student demographics at Garden Gate Elementary are roughly 4% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 83% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Garden Gate Elementary in?
Garden Gate Elementary is part of Cupertino Union.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.