Enrollment
313
Elementary
DISTRICT 352 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ALTOS ELEMENTARY·NCES 062265011796
Gardner Bullis Elementary
25890 Fremont Rd., Los Altos Hills, CA 94022 · (650) 559-3200 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL313 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% of California public elementary schools
- A+Test 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.
- BThree-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
18.6:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
2%
6 students
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 58 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 44 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 32% larger than its 6th grade class (44).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
84.6%
CA avg 49.1% . -1.4pp since 2014
Math
84.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 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 1 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 60.0% | 24.6% | 10.9% | 4.6% |
| Math | 64.4% | 20.3% | 11.3% | 4.0% |
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 | 84.6% | 84.8% |
| 2023-24 | 87.0% | 86.5% |
| 2022-23 | 83.8% | 85.2% |
| 2021-22 | 83.0% | 80.0% |
| 2018-19 | 84.8% | 86.0% |
| 2017-18 | 80.7% | 84.4% |
| 2016-17 | 85.6% | 88.5% |
| 2015-16 | 86.0% | 84.0% |
| 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
85.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
78.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 86% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 78% 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 Gardner Bullis Elementary
Gardner Bullis Elementary's state test result (85.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gardner Bullis Elementary this school | 313 | 1.9% | 85.6% |
| North Hillsborough Hillsborough | 274 | 2.6% | 91.8% |
| Ashley Falls Elementary San Diego | 367 | 6.8% | 76.4% |
| San Carlos Charter Learning Center San Carlos | 377 | 4.0% | N/A |
| South Hillsborough Hillsborough | 244 | 5.3% | 90.0% |
| Los Perales Elementary Moraga | 366 | 2.5% | 78.8% |
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 Gardner Bullis Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 85.6% | #77 of 5,151 | #17 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.8% | #106 of 5,172 ▼ 30 | #21 of 226 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.6% | #121 of 5,172 ▼ 65 | #19 of 226 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.2pp | #2,212 of 5,116 | #51 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 313 | #4,657 of 5,915 | #198 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #408 of 5,352 | #29 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.9% | #1,137 of 5,354 | #80 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 1.9% | #5,622 of 5,625 | #252 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.3% | #1,033 of 1,139 | #35 of 36 |
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
313
+79 (+34%) vs 2020
+8% since 2010-11, when it was 291
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 313 | 16.8 | 18.6:1 | 2% (6) |
| 2023-24 | 293 | 16.8 | 17.4:1 | 2% (6) |
| 2022-23 | 259 | 15.4 | 16.8:1 | 4% (10) |
| 2020-21 | 234 | 14 | 16.7:1 | 4% (9) |
| 2017-18 | 309 | 14 | 22.1:1 | 2% (5) |
| 2015-16 | 352 | 14 | 25.1:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2010-11 | 291 | N/A | N/A | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gardner Bullis Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (309 to 313); teachers up 20% (14 to 16.8).
About Gardner Bullis Elementary
As a small elementary school, Gardner Bullis Elementary serves students in Los Altos Hills, California. The school's enrollment of 313 students covers kindergarten through 6. Statewide, elementary schools in California average about 465 students each.
A total of 9 schools make up Los Altos Elementary, with 3,368 students enrolled.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Gardner Bullis Elementary. The largest is White students, at 46%. The next largest groups are 32% Asian, 16% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. In Santa Clara County overall, about 30% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 66% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 16.8 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 18.6:1. That is 3.7 students per teacher below the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Gardner Bullis Elementary reports 2% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The rate at public schools in Santa Clara County averages 37%, higher than here.
allk12 grades Gardner Bullis Elementary an A. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The model predicts 78.4% for a school in California with Gardner Bullis Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Gardner Bullis Elementary posts 85.6%.
Santa Clara County has about 1,902,047 residents, and the median household income is $164,281, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Gardner Bullis Elementary is one of 412 public schools in the county.
The nearest public school is Santa Rita Elementary, at about 1.0 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 85.6% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 8 nearby schools.
NCES assigns Gardner Bullis Elementary the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is up 34% from 2020-21, when Gardner Bullis Elementary had 234 students, to 2024-25, when it had 313. Students per teacher rose from 16.7 in 2020-21 to 18.6 in 2024-25.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. 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 Los Altos Elementary
- Ardis G. Egan Junior HighMiddle · 517 students
- Covington ElementaryElementary · 404 students
- Georgina P. Blach Junior HighMiddle · 388 students
- Loyola ElementaryElementary · 367 students
- Springer ElementaryElementary · 365 students
- Almond ElementaryElementary · 354 students
Other schools in Los Altos Hills
- Palo Alto Middle College HighHigh · 45 students
Nearby schools
- Santa Rita Elementary1.0 mi · 326
- Los Altos High1.2 mi · 2,170
- Ardis G. Egan Junior High1.2 mi · 517
- Bullis Charter1.3 mi · 997
- Palo Alto Middle College High1.3 mi · 45
- Henry M. Gunn High1.3 mi · 1,643
Frequently asked questions
About Gardner Bullis ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Gardner Bullis Elementary?
Gardner Bullis Elementary enrolls approximately 313 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Gardner Bullis Elementary serve?
Gardner Bullis Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Gardner Bullis Elementary?
Approximately 18.6:1 students per teacher at Gardner Bullis Elementary.
How diverse is Gardner Bullis Elementary?
Gardner Bullis Elementary reports a student body of 46% White, 6% Hispanic, 32% Asian, 16% Two or more.
Is Gardner Bullis Elementary public or private?
Gardner Bullis Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Los Altos Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.