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What tradition at James Franklin Smith Elementary should never be changed?
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Enrollment
595
Elementary
DISTRICT 485 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EVERGREEN ELEMENTARY·NCES 061314008631
James Franklin Smith Elementary
2220 Woodbury Ln., San Jose, CA 95121 · (408) 532-2150 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL595 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of California public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
24.3:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
60 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 | 77 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 97 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 102 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 25% smaller than its 6th grade class (102).
Student demographics
43%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
81.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -4.7pp since 2014
Math
78.0%
CA avg 37.7% . -2.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 59.5% | 21.9% | 8.4% | 10.3% |
| Math | 55.1% | 22.9% | 11.8% | 10.2% |
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 | 81.3% | 78.0% |
| 2023-24 | 80.8% | 77.2% |
| 2022-23 | 83.1% | 80.7% |
| 2021-22 | 84.7% | 78.8% |
| 2018-19 | 82.9% | 77.4% |
| 2017-18 | 82.6% | 80.1% |
| 2016-17 | 82.7% | 79.3% |
| 2015-16 | 82.0% | 82.0% |
| 2014-15 | 86.0% | 80.0% |
% 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
79.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 James Franklin Smith Elementary
James Franklin Smith Elementary's state test result (79.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Franklin Smith Elementary this school | 595 | 10.1% | 79.4% |
| Coyote Creek Elementary San Ramon | 613 | 8.5% | 84.5% |
| Fairlands Elementary Pleasanton | 670 | 10.6% | 76.5% |
| Abraham Lincoln Elementary Cupertino | 662 | 14.4% | 86.3% |
| Hidden Hills Elementary San Ramon | 486 | 11.1% | 80.5% |
| Tom Matsumoto Elementary San Jose | 727 | 13.3% | 77.3% |
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 James Franklin Smith Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.4% | #256 of 5,151 | #41 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #312 of 5,172 ▲ 24 | #52 of 226 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.3% | #207 of 5,172 ▲ 12 | #27 of 226 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.1pp | #1,182 of 5,116 | #91 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 595 | #1,447 of 5,915 | #32 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.3:1 | #3,958 of 5,352 | #200 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.6% | #3,264 of 5,354 | #164 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.1% | #5,471 of 5,625 | #219 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.9% | #2,306 of 3,837 | #140 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
595
-70 (-11%) vs 2020
+192% since 2000-01, when it was 204
Student : Teacher
24.3:1
was 26.6:1
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 | 595 | 24.5 | 24.3:1 | 10% (60) |
| 2023-24 | 613 | 24.5 | 25.0:1 | 7% (43) |
| 2022-23 | 622 | 24.1 | 25.8:1 | 9% (55) |
| 2020-21 | 665 | 25 | 26.6:1 | 10% (67) |
| 2017-18 | 683 | 25 | 27.3:1 | 10% (70) |
| 2015-16 | 742 | 28 | 26.5:1 | 8% (58) |
| 2010-11 | 826 | N/A | N/A | 5% (45) |
| 2000-01 | 204 | 9 | 22.7:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for James Franklin Smith Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (683 to 595); teachers down 2% (25 to 24.5).
About James Franklin Smith Elementary
James Franklin Smith Elementary runs as a mid-sized elementary school in San Jose, California. The school offers kindergarten through 6 and enrolls 595 students. On average, elementary schools in California enroll around 465, and this school is 28% above that mark.
Evergreen Elementary operates 16 schools. Combined enrollment is 8,464 students.
Federal enrollment data show James Franklin Smith Elementary is 74% Asian. The remaining shares are 11% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 6% White. Santa Clara County as a whole is about 41% Asian, so the school's share is higher. A diversity index of 43% means there is a 43% chance two randomly chosen students at James Franklin Smith Elementary are from different groups.
James Franklin Smith Elementary has 24.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 24.3:1. Elementary schools in California average 22.3:1, 2.0 fewer students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 10% at James Franklin Smith Elementary. Public schools in Santa Clara County average 37%.
James Franklin Smith Elementary earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 82% of California public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 73.6% for James Franklin Smith Elementary. The school posts 79.4%, 5.8 points above the prediction.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Santa Clara County show that median household income comes to about $164,281, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Santa Clara County counts 412 public schools with about 230,059 students.
Cadwallader Elementary, about 0.6 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, James Franklin Smith Elementary is 2nd on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around James Franklin Smith Elementary as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment fell by 11% across 4 years, from 665 in 2020-21 to 595 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 26.6:1 to 24.3:1.
This page is set up for the James Franklin Smith Elementary community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
- Norwood Creek ElementaryElementary · 530 students
- Evergreen ElementaryElementary · 528 students
- John J. Montgomery ElementaryElementary · 504 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
- Cadwallader Elementary0.6 mi · 374
- Evergreen Elementary1.0 mi · 528
- John J. Montgomery Elementary1.0 mi · 504
- Silver Creek High1.1 mi · 2,139
- Ramblewood Elementary1.3 mi · 248
- Millbrook Elementary1.5 mi · 503
Frequently asked questions
About James Franklin Smith ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at James Franklin Smith Elementary?
James Franklin Smith Elementary enrolls approximately 595 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does James Franklin Smith Elementary serve?
James Franklin Smith Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at James Franklin Smith Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at James Franklin Smith Elementary is approximately 24.3:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at James Franklin Smith Elementary?
At James Franklin Smith Elementary, the student body is approximately 6% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Black, 74% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees James Franklin Smith Elementary?
James Franklin Smith Elementary is overseen by Evergreen Elementary in Santa Clara County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.