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What do you wish you knew before starting at Graystone Elementary?
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Enrollment
466
Elementary
DISTRICT 412 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN JOSE UNIFIED·NCES 063459005715
Graystone Elementary
6982 Shearwater Dr., San Jose, CA 95120 · (408) 535-6317 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL466 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% 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.
- DThree-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
19.4:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
41 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
78.1%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.9pp since 2014
Math
80.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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 3 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 | 57.1% | 21.1% | 12.6% | 9.3% |
| Math | 57.1% | 23.4% | 11.1% | 8.3% |
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 | 78.1% | 80.6% |
| 2023-24 | 85.2% | 82.5% |
| 2022-23 | 84.0% | 80.6% |
| 2021-22 | 85.6% | 81.3% |
| 2020-21 | 79.9% | 76.6% |
| 2018-19 | 90.5% | 90.8% |
| 2017-18 | 88.5% | 86.7% |
| 2016-17 | 85.9% | 86.2% |
| 2015-16 | 88.0% | 85.0% |
| 2014-15 | 81.0% | 80.0% |
% 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
81.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 Graystone Elementary
Graystone Elementary's state test result (81.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graystone Elementary this school | 466 | 8.8% | 81.8% |
| Ohlone Elementary Palo Alto | 464 | 8.4% | 86.0% |
| Neil A. Armstrong Elementary San Ramon | 465 | 6.7% | 81.9% |
| Tassajara Hills Elementary Danville | 506 | 8.1% | 80.1% |
| Montclaire Elementary Los Altos | 442 | 8.8% | 83.9% |
| Guadalupe Elementary San Jose | 537 | 8.2% | 76.2% |
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 Graystone Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.8% | #160 of 5,151 | #29 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.6% | #209 of 5,172 ▼ 56 | #37 of 226 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.1% | #355 of 5,172 ▼ 269 | #45 of 226 ▼ 30 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.1pp | #723 of 5,116 | #60 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 466 | #2,843 of 5,915 | #97 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #693 of 5,352 | #46 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.1% | #1,371 of 5,354 | #91 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.8% | #5,500 of 5,625 | #225 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.9% | #1,441 of 3,837 | #102 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
466
-57 (-11%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 776
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 24.9:1
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 | 466 | 24 | 19.4:1 | 9% (41) |
| 2023-24 | 481 | 22.3 | 21.6:1 | 9% (43) |
| 2022-23 | 505 | 23.2 | 21.8:1 | 8% (42) |
| 2020-21 | 523 | 21 | 24.9:1 | 7% (39) |
| 2017-18 | 582 | 21.2 | 27.5:1 | 9% (53) |
| 2015-16 | 651 | 26 | 25.0:1 | 7% (47) |
| 2010-11 | 792 | N/A | N/A | 6% (50) |
| 2000-01 | 813 | 38 | 21.4:1 | 2% (16) |
| 1990-91 | 776 | 31 | 25.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Graystone Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (582 to 466); teachers up 13% (21.2 to 24).
About Graystone Elementary
Graystone Elementary is one of the public schools in San Jose, California. It is a medium-sized elementary school. School enrollment was 466 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 5.
Graystone Elementary is one of the 41 schools that make up San Jose Unified (24,322 students in total).
At Graystone Elementary, Asian students make up 51% of the student body. It is also 27% White, 12% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Santa Clara County is roughly 41% Asian. Pick two students at random and there is a 64% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal staffing data show 24 full-time-equivalent teachers at Graystone Elementary and a ratio of 19.4:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 9% of enrollment. The rate at public schools in Santa Clara County averages 37%, higher than here.
Graystone Elementary is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 84% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Schools in California with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 74.4%. Graystone Elementary scores 81.8%.
Graystone Elementary is located in Santa Clara County, where the median household income is $164,281, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Besides Graystone Elementary, Santa Clara County has 411 other public schools.
The school nearest to Graystone Elementary is Bret Harte Middle, at a distance of about 0.4 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Graystone Elementary is 2nd of 7 nearby schools with test data.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Graystone Elementary's enrollment dropped from 523 in 2020-21 to 466 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (19.4:1) than in 2020-21 (24.9:1).
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Graystone Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 San Jose Unified
- Abraham Lincoln HighHigh · 1,590 students
- Willow Glen HighHigh · 1,543 students
- Leland HighHigh · 1,471 students
- Pioneer HighHigh · 1,393 students
- Willow Glen MiddleMiddle · 1,180 students
- Herbert Hoover MiddleMiddle · 910 students
Other schools in San Jose
- Evergreen Valley HighHigh · 2,703 students
- Independence HighHigh · 2,289 students
- Silver Creek HighHigh · 2,139 students
- Santa Teresa HighHigh · 2,134 students
- Piedmont Hills HighHigh · 1,918 students
- Leigh HighHigh · 1,884 students
Nearby schools
- Bret Harte Middle0.4 mi · 862
- Leland High0.5 mi · 1,471
- Williams Elementary0.8 mi · 559
- Sakamoto Elementary1.4 mi · 571
- Discovery Charter II1.7 mi · 476
- Phoenix High1.7 mi · 70
Frequently asked questions
About Graystone ElementaryHow many students attend Graystone Elementary?
Graystone Elementary enrolls approximately 466 students in grades KG-05.
Is Graystone Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Graystone Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Graystone Elementary?
Approximately 19.4:1 students per teacher at Graystone Elementary.
How diverse is Graystone Elementary?
Graystone Elementary reports a student body of 27% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black, 51% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Graystone Elementary?
Graystone Elementary is overseen by San Jose Unified in Santa Clara County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.