John Muir Middle

John Muir Middle is one of the medium-sized 6-8 campuss in San Jose, California, run under San Jose Unified, with 722 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Within San Jose Unified, which oversees 41 schools and 24,322 students, John Muir Middle is one campus in the system.

On demographics, John Muir Middle records that 60% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder comes out to 19% White, 12% Asian, 7% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.0:1. The state averages about 20.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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 somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), John Muir Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.2%, the actual is 35.1%, a residual of -12.1 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Santa Clara County put median household earnings sit near $164,281, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Santa Clara County runs 412 public schools (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students), of which John Muir Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: Broadway High, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around John Muir Middle. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts John Muir Middle at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 49.1%.

John Muir Middle operates from a high-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 37%: 1,154 students in 2018 compared to 722 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 50% to 60% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 21.9:1 in 2018 to 20.0:1 in 2025.

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