Joseph George Middle

Joseph George Middle, a close-knit junior high in San Jose, California, run under Alum Rock Union Elementary, teaches 384 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 42% leaner than the state mean of about 659.

Across the 22 schools in Alum Rock Union Elementary (7,251 students total), Joseph George Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Joseph George Middle reports that 85% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder breaks down as 10% Asian, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Joseph George Middle has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.6:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 83% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Santa Clara County's rate of about 37%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Joseph George Middle sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 30.3%; actual is 14.2%, a gap of -16.1 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Santa Clara County put the typical household earns roughly $164,281 per year, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Santa Clara County's 412 public schools (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students), Joseph George Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Horace Cureton Elementary, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Joseph George Middle ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 28.8%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Joseph George Middle's enrollment has shrank 31% since 2018, when it stood at 559 (now 384). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 today.

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