Hammer Montessori at Galarza Elementary

Set in San Jose, California, Hammer Montessori at Galarza Elementary is an intimate K-5 school, one of the schools within San Jose Unified. It serves 309 students across grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 34% smaller than typical.

Hammer Montessori at Galarza Elementary is one of 41 schools operated by San Jose Unified, a district that teaches 24,322 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Hammer Montessori at Galarza Elementary logs that the most-represented group is White (29%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 28% Hispanic, 20% Asian, 17% multiracial, 5% Black. Compared to Santa Clara County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Hammer Montessori at Galarza Elementary has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 20% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Santa Clara County's rate of about 37%.

After controlling for student poverty, Hammer Montessori at Galarza Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 67.6%, the actual is 68.8%, a residual of +1.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Santa Clara County indicate the typical household earns roughly $164,281 per year, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Santa Clara County's 412 public schools (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students), Hammer Montessori at Galarza Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Ernesto Galarza Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Hammer Montessori at Galarza Elementary comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 39.9%.

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

Looking at the recent track record. Hammer Montessori at Galarza Elementary's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 313 (now 309). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked down from 35% to 28% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 29.5:1 in 2018 to 23.8:1 today.

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