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Enrollment
435
Elementary
DISTRICT 279 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOUNT PLEASANT ELEMENTARY·NCES 062640001486
Ida Jew Academies
1966 Flint Ave., San Jose, CA 95148 · (408) 223-3750 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL435 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 12% of California public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
19.9:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
301 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 44 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 39% larger than its 8th grade class (44).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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
31.6%
CA avg 49.1% . -9.4pp since 2014
Math
26.0%
CA avg 37.7% . -4.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 9 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.7% | 19.9% | 24.5% | 44.0% |
| Math | 10.9% | 15.1% | 25.6% | 48.4% |
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 | 31.6% | 26.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.7% | 22.4% |
| 2022-23 | 31.4% | 28.3% |
| 2021-22 | 39.4% | 27.5% |
| 2018-19 | 42.9% | 34.1% |
| 2017-18 | 43.2% | 32.1% |
| 2016-17 | 43.6% | 36.5% |
| 2015-16 | 54.0% | 42.0% |
| 2014-15 | 41.0% | 30.0% |
% 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
27.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Ida Jew Academies
Ida Jew Academies's state test result (27.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ida Jew Academies this school | 435 | 69.2% | 27.4% |
| Luther Burbank Elementary San Jose | 426 | 69.7% | 32.1% |
| Loma Verde Elementary Chula Vista | 419 | 72.3% | 36.1% |
| Howard Pence Elementary San Diego | 419 | 71.8% | 18.4% |
| Lakeview Elementary Santa Fe Springs | 457 | 72.2% | 50.0% |
| Price (Adelaide) Elementary Anaheim | 507 | 69.2% | 34.3% |
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 Ida Jew Academies ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #3,818 of 5,151 | #187 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #3,668 of 5,172 ▲ 243 | #187 of 226 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.6% | #3,819 of 5,172 ▲ 107 | #181 of 226 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.7pp | #619 of 5,116 | #52 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 435 | #3,221 of 5,915 | #117 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.9:1 | #903 of 5,352 | #61 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.1% | #4,524 of 5,354 | #233 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.2% | #3,000 of 5,625 | #56 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.7% | #630 of 3,837 | #56 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
435
-76 (-15%) vs 2020
-50% since 2000-01, when it was 862
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
was 24.3:1
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 | 435 | 21.8 | 19.9:1 | 69% (301) |
| 2023-24 | 410 | 19.6 | 20.9:1 | 61% (250) |
| 2022-23 | 427 | 19.9 | 21.4:1 | 56% (240) |
| 2020-21 | 511 | 21 | 24.3:1 | 33% (169) |
| 2017-18 | 610 | 26 | 23.5:1 | 64% (390) |
| 2015-16 | 605 | 25 | 24.2:1 | 73% (443) |
| 2010-11 | 335 | N/A | N/A | 78% (262) |
| 2000-01 | 862 | 37 | 23.3:1 | 52% (446) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ida Jew Academies.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (610 to 435); teachers down 16% (26 to 21.8).
About Ida Jew Academies
Ida Jew Academies, a medium-sized elementary school, is located in San Jose, California. The grade span is kindergarten through 8, and enrollment is 435 students.
Mount Pleasant Elementary has 5 schools and 1,512 students, and Ida Jew Academies is one of those schools.
Federal enrollment data show Ida Jew Academies is 90% Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 5% Asian and 3% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 65 points above the 25% share among Santa Clara County residents. Ida Jew Academies's diversity index is 18%, against a US figure of 70%.
With 21.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Ida Jew Academies was 19.9:1. This ratio sits 2.4 below the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 69%. Across public schools in Santa Clara County, the average is 37%.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Ida Jew Academies receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school with Ida Jew Academies's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 39.0%. Ida Jew Academies scores 27.4%, 11.6 points below that line.
Federal survey data for Santa Clara County show that the median household income is $164,281, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. There are 412 public schools in Santa Clara County, enrolling about 230,059 students in all.
Valle Vista Elementary is located less than a tenth of a mile from Ida Jew Academies. The five-mile area around Ida Jew Academies holds at least 8 other public schools. Ida Jew Academies comes in 3rd of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Ida Jew Academies falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Ida Jew Academies is a publicly funded charter school.
Enrollment dropped 15% from its 2020-21 level of 511. The ratio was 24.3:1 in 2020-21 and 19.9:1 in 2024-25.
Questions about school safety, transportation, and start times can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Mount Pleasant Elementary
- August Boeger MiddleMiddle · 397 students
- Robert Sanders ElementaryElementary · 304 students
- Valle Vista ElementaryElementary · 204 students
- Mt. Pleasant ElementaryElementary · 172 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
- Valle Vista Elementary0.0 mi · 204
- August Boeger Middle0.1 mi · 397
- KIPP Navigate College Prep0.4 mi · 297
- Robert Sanders Elementary0.4 mi · 304
- Mt. Pleasant High0.5 mi · 998
- Adelante Dual Language Academy0.7 mi · 505
Frequently asked questions
About Ida Jew AcademiesHow many students attend Ida Jew Academies?
Ida Jew Academies enrolls approximately 435 students in grades KG-08.
Is Ida Jew Academies an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ida Jew Academies is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Ida Jew Academies have?
Ida Jew Academies employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Ida Jew Academies?
Student demographics at Ida Jew Academies are roughly 0% White, 90% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Ida Jew Academies in?
Ida Jew Academies is part of Mount Pleasant Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.