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What advice would you give to incoming students at John Sinnott Elementary?
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Enrollment
686
Elementary
DISTRICT 554 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILPITAS UNIFIED·NCES 062450003674
John Sinnott Elementary
2025 Yellowstone Ave., Milpitas, CA 95035 · (408) 635-2674 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL686 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 98% 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.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
25.4:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
155 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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 | 96 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 111 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 111 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 97 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (96) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (97).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
79.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.6pp since 2014
Math
79.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 57.7% | 21.9% | 9.6% | 10.8% |
| Math | 61.5% | 18.3% | 11.2% | 9.0% |
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 | 79.6% | 79.8% |
| 2023-24 | 79.3% | 78.6% |
| 2022-23 | 76.9% | 74.9% |
| 2021-22 | 73.6% | 74.0% |
| 2018-19 | 80.2% | 77.3% |
| 2017-18 | 82.7% | 82.7% |
| 2016-17 | 74.2% | 82.5% |
| 2015-16 | 78.0% | 81.0% |
| 2014-15 | 78.0% | 75.0% |
% 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
79.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 John Sinnott Elementary
John Sinnott Elementary's state test result (79.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Sinnott Elementary this school | 686 | 22.6% | 79.2% |
| Curtner Elementary Milpitas | 663 | 23.5% | 78.2% |
| Leonard G. Westhoff Elementary Walnut | 654 | 20.3% | 78.1% |
| Walnut Elementary Walnut | 706 | 25.2% | 77.2% |
| Ardenwood Elementary Fremont | 637 | 18.8% | 82.0% |
| Quail Summit Elementary Diamond Bar | 696 | 25.0% | 80.7% |
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 John Sinnott Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.2% | #260 of 5,151 | #43 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.8% | #245 of 5,172 ▲ 33 | #42 of 226 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.6% | #292 of 5,172 ▼ 19 | #35 of 226 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.9pp | #1,404 of 5,116 | #27 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 686 | #832 of 5,915 | #15 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.4:1 | #4,618 of 5,352 | #218 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.7% | #3,627 of 5,354 | #190 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.6% | #5,057 of 5,625 | #166 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.3% | #2,651 of 3,837 | #150 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
686
-83 (-11%) vs 2020
+32% since 1990-91, when it was 518
Student : Teacher
25.4:1
was 26.5:1
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 | 686 | 27 | 25.4:1 | 23% (155) |
| 2023-24 | 724 | 28 | 25.9:1 | 21% (150) |
| 2022-23 | 714 | 29 | 24.6:1 | 21% (147) |
| 2020-21 | 769 | 29 | 26.5:1 | 18% (142) |
| 2017-18 | 765 | 29.9 | 25.6:1 | 23% (175) |
| 2015-16 | 775 | 30 | 25.8:1 | 15% (117) |
| 2010-11 | 708 | N/A | N/A | 19% (137) |
| 2000-01 | 650 | 28 | 23.2:1 | 18% (114) |
| 1990-91 | 518 | 18 | 28.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for John Sinnott Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (765 to 686); teachers down 10% (29.9 to 27).
About John Sinnott Elementary
John Sinnott Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Milpitas Unified, located in Milpitas, California. The school enrolls 686 students in kindergarten through 6. Across elementary schools in California, the average enrollment is about 465.
Milpitas Unified has 10,076 students in 15 schools, and John Sinnott Elementary is one of those schools.
About 78% of the student body at John Sinnott Elementary is Asian. The remaining students are 12% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 4% White. Among people living in Santa Clara County, the Asian share is about 41%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 37, compared with 70 nationally.
On staff are 27 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 25.4:1. The average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, so this school has more students per teacher. About 23% of students at John Sinnott Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Santa Clara County average 37%.
John Sinnott Elementary holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 98% of California public elementary schools.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, John Sinnott Elementary's results are 12.9 points above predicted: 79.2% against 66.3%.
In the surrounding county, Santa Clara County, median household income comes to about $164,281, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. The county has 412 public schools and about 230,059 students.
John Sinnott Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Rancho Milpitas Middle, less than a tenth of a mile away. The five-mile area around John Sinnott Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 55.4% on proficiency, and John Sinnott Elementary is above that at 79.2%.
The school's locale code, City: Small, means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 769 (2020-21) to 686 (2024-25). From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 26.5:1 to 25.4:1.
The John Sinnott Elementary discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Milpitas Unified
- Milpitas HighHigh · 2,926 students
- Thomas Russell MiddleMiddle · 761 students
- Mabel Mattos ElementaryElementary · 746 students
- Rancho Milpitas MiddleMiddle · 693 students
- Curtner ElementaryElementary · 663 students
- Anthony Spangler ElementaryElementary · 610 students
Other schools in Milpitas
- Milpitas HighHigh · 2,926 students
- Thomas Russell MiddleMiddle · 761 students
- Mabel Mattos ElementaryElementary · 746 students
- Rancho Milpitas MiddleMiddle · 693 students
- Curtner ElementaryElementary · 663 students
- Anthony Spangler ElementaryElementary · 610 students
Nearby schools
- Rancho Milpitas Middle0.1 mi · 693
- Laneview Elementary0.6 mi · 349
- Alexander Rose Elementary0.8 mi · 518
- Robert Randall World Languages0.8 mi · 285
- Morrill Middle0.8 mi · 665
- Majestic Way Elementary1.1 mi · 421
Frequently asked questions
About John Sinnott ElementaryHow many students attend John Sinnott Elementary?
John Sinnott Elementary enrolls approximately 686 students in grades KG-06.
Is John Sinnott Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
John Sinnott Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at John Sinnott Elementary?
Approximately 25.4:1 students per teacher at John Sinnott Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at John Sinnott Elementary?
At John Sinnott Elementary, the student body is approximately 4% White, 12% Hispanic, 0% Black, 78% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees John Sinnott Elementary?
John Sinnott Elementary is overseen by Milpitas Unified in Santa Clara County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.