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What do you wish you knew before starting at Holly Oak Elementary?
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Enrollment
445
Elementary
DISTRICT 485 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EVERGREEN ELEMENTARY·NCES 061314001494
Holly Oak Elementary
2995 Rossmore Way, San Jose, CA 95148 · (408) 270-4975 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL445 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% of California public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-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
21.7:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
239 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 60 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 8% larger than its 6th grade class (60).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
39.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -7.2pp since 2014
Math
39.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 7 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 15.8% | 24.1% | 21.2% | 39.0% |
| Math | 16.5% | 22.5% | 22.1% | 39.0% |
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 | 39.8% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.6% | 37.9% |
| 2022-23 | 39.8% | 38.1% |
| 2021-22 | 46.3% | 39.5% |
| 2018-19 | 47.3% | 38.9% |
| 2017-18 | 49.0% | 41.7% |
| 2016-17 | 43.1% | 38.7% |
| 2015-16 | 44.0% | 39.0% |
| 2014-15 | 47.0% | 34.0% |
% 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
37.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Holly Oak Elementary
Holly Oak Elementary's state test result (37.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holly Oak Elementary this school | 445 | 53.7% | 37.9% |
| Marguerita Elementary Alhambra | 445 | 54.8% | 47.1% |
| Susan B. Anthony Elementary Daly City | 407 | 51.8% | 44.4% |
| Rocketship Spark Academy San Jose | 546 | 55.9% | N/A |
| John J. Montgomery Elementary San Jose | 504 | 58.9% | 36.7% |
| Longfellow Elementary San Francisco | 466 | 57.5% | 25.5% |
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 Holly Oak Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.9% | #2,676 of 5,151 | #156 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #2,364 of 5,172 ▼ 11 | #145 of 226 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.8% | #2,940 of 5,172 ▲ 236 | #155 of 226 ▲ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.5pp | #839 of 5,116 | #70 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 445 | #3,090 of 5,915 | #110 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.7:1 | #1,962 of 5,352 | #118 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.7% | #1,955 of 5,354 | #116 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.7% | #3,759 of 5,625 | #89 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.1% | #895 of 3,837 | #71 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
445
-15 (-3%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 668
Student : Teacher
21.7:1
was 25.6:1
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 | 445 | 20.5 | 21.7:1 | 54% (239) |
| 2023-24 | 464 | 19.5 | 23.8:1 | 38% (175) |
| 2022-23 | 441 | 17.5 | 25.2:1 | 51% (223) |
| 2020-21 | 460 | 18 | 25.6:1 | 39% (179) |
| 2017-18 | 594 | 22.5 | 26.4:1 | 48% (285) |
| 2015-16 | 614 | 24 | 25.6:1 | 47% (287) |
| 2010-11 | 727 | N/A | N/A | 43% (310) |
| 2000-01 | 828 | 37 | 22.4:1 | 29% (243) |
| 1990-91 | 668 | 26 | 25.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Holly Oak Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (594 to 445); teachers down 9% (22.5 to 20.5).
About Holly Oak Elementary
Holly Oak Elementary is an elementary school in San Jose, California, according to federal school records. It has an enrollment of 445 students in kindergarten through 6.
Evergreen Elementary oversees Holly Oak Elementary and 15 other schools, with 8,464 students in total.
Of every 100 students at Holly Oak Elementary, about 51 are Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 39% Asian, 5% multiracial, and 3% White. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 25%. The diversity index for Holly Oak Elementary is 59%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
On staff are 20.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 21.7:1. The average for elementary schools in California is about 22.3:1. About 54% of students at Holly Oak Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 37% average among public schools in Santa Clara County.
Holly Oak Elementary earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 25% of California public elementary schools.
In California, Holly Oak Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 37.9% actual against a predicted 48.1%.
In Santa Clara County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $164,281 a year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Santa Clara County number 412, with about 230,059 students.
Holly Oak Elementary is about 0.6 miles from Millbrook Elementary, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Holly Oak Elementary's average proficiency of 37.9% compares with 55.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 3%. The number of students per teacher dropped from 25.6 to 21.7 over 4 years.
On allk12, people connected to Holly Oak Elementary can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Evergreen Elementary
- Quimby Oak MiddleMiddle · 857 students
- Chaboya MiddleMiddle · 815 students
- Tom Matsumoto ElementaryElementary · 727 students
- James Franklin Smith ElementaryElementary · 595 students
- Norwood Creek ElementaryElementary · 530 students
- Evergreen ElementaryElementary · 528 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
- Millbrook Elementary0.6 mi · 503
- Quimby Oak Middle0.8 mi · 857
- Norwood Creek Elementary0.8 mi · 530
- George V. LeyVa Intermediate0.8 mi · 486
- John J. Montgomery Elementary0.9 mi · 504
- Cedar Grove Elementary0.9 mi · 493
Frequently asked questions
About Holly Oak ElementaryHow large is Holly Oak Elementary?
Holly Oak Elementary enrolls approximately 445 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Holly Oak Elementary serve?
Holly Oak Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Holly Oak Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Holly Oak Elementary is approximately 21.7:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Holly Oak Elementary?
At Holly Oak Elementary, the student body is approximately 3% White, 51% Hispanic, 1% Black, 39% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Holly Oak Elementary public or private?
Holly Oak Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Evergreen Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.