John J. Montgomery Elementary

John J. Montgomery Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in San Jose, California, run under Evergreen Elementary. The school works with 504 students in grades K through 6.

Evergreen Elementary comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 8,464 students; John J. Montgomery Elementary is among them.

On demographics, John J. Montgomery Elementary logs that 48% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder reads as 44% Asian, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 59% of students at John J. Montgomery Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Santa Clara County (around 37%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, John J. Montgomery Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.2%.

Around the school, Santa Clara County reports that median household earnings sit near $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. In all, Santa Clara County runs 412 public schools (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students), of which John J. Montgomery Elementary is one.

Silver Creek High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around John J. Montgomery Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), John J. Montgomery Elementary ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 59.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 10%: 460 students in 2018 compared to 504 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 43% to 48% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 28.8:1 in 2018 to 21.9:1 in 2025.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.