Holly Oak Elementary

As a reasonably sized primary school in San Jose, California, Holly Oak Elementary instructs 445 students from grades K through 6, overseen by Evergreen Elementary.

Evergreen Elementary comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 8,464 students; Holly Oak Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Holly Oak Elementary reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 39% Asian, 5% multiracial, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Holly Oak Elementary has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Santa Clara County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Holly Oak Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.5%, the actual is 36.8%, a residual of -10.7 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Santa Clara County shows median household income runs about $164,281, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Holly Oak Elementary is one of 412 public schools in Santa Clara County (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students).

The closest other public school is Millbrook Elementary, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Holly Oak Elementary ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 56.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 25%: 594 students in 2018 compared to 445 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 34% to 51%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 26.4:1 in 2018 to 21.7:1 today.

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