Grant Elementary

Set in San Jose, California, Grant Elementary is a cozy elementary school, one of the schools within San Jose Unified. It serves 383 students across grades K through 5.

San Jose Unified comprises 41 schools with combined enrollment of 24,322 students; Grant Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Grant Elementary reports that 84% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 5% Asian, 4% multiracial, 4% White, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 70% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Santa Clara County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Grant Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 38.7%; actual is 11.6%, a gap of -27.1 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Santa Clara County put median household earnings sit near $164,281, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Grant Elementary is one of 412 public schools in Santa Clara County (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students).

Muwekma Ohlone Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Grant Elementary. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Grant Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 19.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Grant Elementary has declined 25%, going from 508 students in 2018 to 383 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 22.4:1 in 2018 to 18.2:1 in 2025.

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