Enrollment
309
Elementary
DISTRICT 412 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN JOSE UNIFIED·NCES 063459007429
Hammer Montessori at Galarza Elementary
1610 Bird Ave., San Jose, CA 95125 · (408) 535-6671 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL309 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 82% of California public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-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
23.8:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
62 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (48).
Student demographics
76%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
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CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
70.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.6pp since 2014
Math
74.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +24.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are up about 24 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 38.9% | 31.5% | 16.1% | 13.6% |
| Math | 47.5% | 26.5% | 19.8% | 6.2% |
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 | 70.4% | 74.1% |
| 2023-24 | 66.2% | 70.8% |
| 2022-23 | 74.2% | 69.4% |
| 2021-22 | 69.9% | 61.5% |
| 2020-21 | 65.5% | 52.4% |
| 2018-19 | 67.1% | 60.4% |
| 2017-18 | 72.3% | 69.3% |
| 2016-17 | 75.3% | 63.4% |
| 2015-16 | 72.0% | 57.0% |
| 2014-15 | 71.0% | 50.0% |
% 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
70.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Hammer Montessori at Galarza Elementary
Hammer Montessori at Galarza Elementary's state test result (70.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hammer Montessori at Galarza Elementary this school | 309 | 20.1% | 70.5% |
| Addison Elementary Palo Alto | 366 | 17.2% | 73.9% |
| Farnham Charter San Jose | 372 | 24.2% | 55.9% |
| Ocean Shore Elementary Pacifica | 368 | 16.6% | 56.4% |
| Indian Valley Elementary Walnut Creek | 355 | 20.6% | 64.7% |
| Escondido Elementary Stanford | 432 | 20.6% | 75.9% |
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 Hammer Montessori at Galarza Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.5% | #633 of 5,151 | #75 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.1% | #451 of 5,172 ▲ 113 | #66 of 226 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.4% | #732 of 5,172 ▲ 172 | #76 of 226 ▲ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.5pp | #1,258 of 5,116 | #19 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 309 | #4,688 of 5,915 | #203 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.8:1 | #3,566 of 5,352 | #180 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.2% | #56 of 5,354 | #2 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.1% | #5,144 of 5,625 | #177 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.3% | #3,726 of 3,837 | #185 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
309
-24 (-7%) vs 2020
-20% since 2000-01, when it was 386
Student : Teacher
23.8:1
was 27.8:1
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 | 309 | 13 | 23.8:1 | 20% (62) |
| 2023-24 | 308 | 11.8 | 26.1:1 | 20% (61) |
| 2022-23 | 300 | 10.9 | 27.6:1 | 19% (56) |
| 2020-21 | 333 | 12 | 27.8:1 | 17% (57) |
| 2017-18 | 313 | 10.6 | 29.5:1 | 27% (84) |
| 2015-16 | 325 | 11 | 29.6:1 | 27% (88) |
| 2010-11 | 319 | N/A | N/A | 26% (82) |
| 2000-01 | 386 | 22 | 17.6:1 | 28% (107) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hammer Montessori at Galarza Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (313 to 309); teachers up 22% (10.6 to 13).
About Hammer Montessori at Galarza Elementary
Hammer Montessori at Galarza Elementary is a small elementary school with an address in San Jose, California. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 5, with 309 students on the rolls. On average, elementary schools in California enroll around 465, and this school is 34% below that mark.
Federal data list 41 schools in San Jose Unified, with 24,322 students enrolled.
About 29% of students at Hammer Montessori at Galarza Elementary are White, the largest single group. It is also 28% Hispanic, 20% Asian, 17% multiracial, and 5% Black. Among Santa Clara County residents, the White share is about 30%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 76, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 23.8:1. The school has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is 22.3:1. Federal data show 20% of students (62) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 37% average for public schools in Santa Clara County is 17 points higher.
On the allk12 Grade, Hammer Montessori at Galarza Elementary lands at A-, ahead of 82% of California public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Hammer Montessori at Galarza Elementary would score about 67.8%. It scores 70.5%, 2.7 points above that figure.
The school's county is Santa Clara County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $164,281 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Hammer Montessori at Galarza Elementary shares Santa Clara County with 411 other public schools.
The closest school to Hammer Montessori at Galarza Elementary is Ernesto Galarza Elementary, located less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Hammer Montessori at Galarza Elementary. On proficiency, Hammer Montessori at Galarza Elementary is ahead of the 39.6% nearby average, ranking 1st of 6.
Hammer Montessori at Galarza Elementary is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
Enrollment figures show a decrease of 24 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 27.8:1 to 23.8:1 over the same years.
The Hammer Montessori at Galarza Elementary discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates 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
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Frequently asked questions
About Hammer Montessori at Galarza ElementaryHow large is Hammer Montessori at Galarza Elementary?
Hammer Montessori at Galarza Elementary enrolls approximately 309 students in grades KG-05.
Is Hammer Montessori at Galarza Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hammer Montessori at Galarza Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Hammer Montessori at Galarza Elementary have?
Hammer Montessori at Galarza Elementary employs 13 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hammer Montessori at Galarza Elementary?
At Hammer Montessori at Galarza Elementary, the student body is approximately 29% White, 28% Hispanic, 5% Black, 20% Asian, 17% Two or more.
What district is Hammer Montessori at Galarza Elementary in?
Hammer Montessori at Galarza Elementary is part of San Jose Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.