Gussie M. Baker Elementary

Gussie M. Baker Elementary is one of the mid-sized primary schools in San Jose, California, part of Moreland, with 400 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Across the 7 schools in Moreland (3,788 students total), Gussie M. Baker Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Gussie M. Baker Elementary reports that the largest single group is Asian at 38%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 24% Hispanic, 17% White, 17% multiracial, 4% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Santa Clara County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Gussie M. Baker Elementary has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Gussie M. Baker Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 19% of students at Gussie M. Baker Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Santa Clara County (around 37%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Gussie M. Baker Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 68.2%, the actual is 68.7%, a residual of +0.5 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Santa Clara County indicate 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 Gussie M. Baker Elementary is one.

Moreland Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Gussie M. Baker Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Gussie M. Baker Elementary at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 62.3%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Gussie M. Baker Elementary has contracted 40%, going from 671 students in 2018 to 400 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 29% to 17% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 22.4:1 in 2018 to 20.0:1 today.

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