Enrollment
368
Elementary
DISTRICT 350 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOUNTAIN VIEW WHISMAN·NCES 062628014375
Jose Antonio Vargas Elementary
220 North Whisman Rd., Mountain View, CA 94043 · (650) 903-6952 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL368 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% 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.
- CBeats 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
20.4:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
86 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
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CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
59.8%
CA avg 49.1%
Math
59.2%
CA avg 37.7%
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 42.0% | 17.8% | 16.1% | 24.1% |
| Math | 40.2% | 19.0% | 15.6% | 25.1% |
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 | 59.8% | 59.2% |
| 2023-24 | 63.6% | 61.6% |
| 2022-23 | 66.2% | 57.3% |
| 2021-22 | 68.3% | 63.7% |
% 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
60.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% 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 Jose Antonio Vargas Elementary
Jose Antonio Vargas Elementary's state test result (60.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Antonio Vargas Elementary this school | 368 | 23.4% | 60.7% |
| Farnham Charter San Jose | 372 | 24.2% | 55.9% |
| Edith Landels Elementary Mountain View | 399 | 21.1% | 69.7% |
| Highlands Elementary San Mateo | 379 | 27.4% | 58.2% |
| Fairwood Elementary Sunnyvale | 324 | 23.1% | 56.0% |
| Point Vicente Elementary Rancho Palos Verdes | 334 | 21.3% | 77.1% |
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 Jose Antonio Vargas Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.7% | #1,087 of 5,151 | #101 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.2% | #1,107 of 5,172 ▼ 157 | #101 of 226 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.8% | #1,346 of 5,172 ▼ 297 | #109 of 226 ▼ 16 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.5pp | #354 of 5,116 | #35 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 368 | #4,078 of 5,915 | #167 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.4:1 | #1,180 of 5,352 | #80 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.9% | #128 of 5,354 | #6 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.4% | #5,027 of 5,625 | #163 of 252 |
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
368
+47 (+15%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
was 20.1:1
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 | 368 | 18 | 20.4:1 | 23% (86) |
| 2023-24 | 348 | 18 | 19.3:1 | 25% (87) |
| 2022-23 | 339 | 16 | 21.2:1 | 25% (86) |
| 2020-21 | 321 | 16 | 20.1:1 | 26% (84) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jose Antonio Vargas Elementary.
About Jose Antonio Vargas Elementary
Jose Antonio Vargas Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school for students in Mountain View, California. It educates 368 students in kindergarten through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in California is about 465 students.
Federal data list 11 schools in Mountain View Whisman, with 4,624 students enrolled.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Jose Antonio Vargas Elementary. The largest is Hispanic students, at 30%. Other students are 30% Asian, 23% White, 15% multiracial, and 2% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 75% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school has about 20.4 students per teacher and 18 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. About 23% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 37% average for public schools in Santa Clara County.
Jose Antonio Vargas Elementary is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 50% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Jose Antonio Vargas Elementary falls in the middle 80% of California schools: 60.7% actual against 65.8% predicted.
Among Santa Clara County residents, the median household income is $164,281, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Jose Antonio Vargas Elementary is one of 412 public schools in the county.
The next-closest public school is Edith Landels Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Jose Antonio Vargas Elementary is 5th of 9 on proficiency.
Jose Antonio Vargas Elementary falls in the City: Small locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment has grown by 47 students since 2020-21, to 368.
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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
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- Isaac Newton Graham MiddleMiddle · 860 students
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- Mountain View HighHigh · 2,187 students
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- Stevenson ElementaryElementary · 461 students
- Edith Landels ElementaryElementary · 399 students
- Amy Imai ElementaryElementary · 388 students
Nearby schools
- Edith Landels Elementary0.6 mi · 399
- Vargas Elementary1.1 mi · 435
- Stevenson Elementary1.4 mi · 461
- Amy Imai Elementary1.5 mi · 388
- Theuerkauf Elementary1.5 mi · 308
- Isaac Newton Graham Middle1.5 mi · 860
Frequently asked questions
About Jose Antonio Vargas ElementaryHow large is Jose Antonio Vargas Elementary?
Jose Antonio Vargas Elementary enrolls approximately 368 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Jose Antonio Vargas Elementary serve?
Jose Antonio Vargas Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Jose Antonio Vargas Elementary have?
Jose Antonio Vargas Elementary employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.4:1.
How diverse is Jose Antonio Vargas Elementary?
Jose Antonio Vargas Elementary reports a student body of 23% White, 30% Hispanic, 2% Black, 30% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Who oversees Jose Antonio Vargas Elementary?
Jose Antonio Vargas Elementary is overseen by Mountain View Whisman in Santa Clara County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.