Herman (Leonard) Intermediate

As an average-sized intermediate school in San Jose, California, Herman (Leonard) Intermediate instructs 723 students from grades 5 through 8, run under Oak Grove Elementary.

Oak Grove Elementary runs 18 schools in total, collectively educating 8,515 students. Herman (Leonard) Intermediate is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Herman (Leonard) Intermediate lists that 38% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 32% Asian, 19% White, 7% multiracial, 3% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Herman (Leonard) Intermediate higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 31% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Herman (Leonard) Intermediate sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.0%; this one delivers 65.7%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Santa Clara County put median household income runs about $164,281, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Santa Clara County's 412 public schools (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students), Herman (Leonard) Intermediate is one campus in the mix.

Indigo is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Herman (Leonard) Intermediate comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 51.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 18%: 878 students in 2018 compared to 723 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment rose from 22% to 32% over that span.

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