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Enrollment
412
Elementary
DISTRICT 554 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILPITAS UNIFIED·NCES 062450003676
Joseph Weller Elementary
345 Boulder Dr., Milpitas, CA 95035 · (408) 635-2876 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL412 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.2:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
180 students
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 65%
Community
5
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 | 87 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 65 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 34% larger than its 6th grade class (65).
Student demographics
44%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
65.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.5pp since 2014
Math
65.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +8.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 35.3% | 30.2% | 14.5% | 20.0% |
| Math | 45.0% | 20.0% | 18.8% | 16.3% |
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 | 65.5% | 65.0% |
| 2023-24 | 63.8% | 66.1% |
| 2022-23 | 69.1% | 64.8% |
| 2021-22 | 70.6% | 64.5% |
| 2018-19 | 61.9% | 57.1% |
| 2017-18 | 62.2% | 57.4% |
| 2016-17 | 58.1% | 62.0% |
| 2015-16 | 58.0% | 63.0% |
| 2014-15 | 60.0% | 57.0% |
% 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
65.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Joseph Weller Elementary
Joseph Weller Elementary's state test result (65.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Weller Elementary this school | 412 | 43.7% | 65.5% |
| Wilson Elementary San Gabriel | 379 | 46.2% | 66.8% |
| William Burnett Elementary Milpitas | 456 | 46.1% | 61.4% |
| Harvey Green Elementary Fremont | 368 | 39.1% | 75.5% |
| Stevenson (Robert Louis) Elementary San Francisco | 442 | 40.0% | 72.7% |
| Pantera Elementary Diamond Bar | 512 | 47.9% | 79.8% |
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 Joseph Weller Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.5% | #856 of 5,151 | #86 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #827 of 5,172 ▼ 60 | #84 of 226 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.5% | #988 of 5,172 ▲ 48 | #88 of 226 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.3pp | #1,128 of 5,116 | #86 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 412 | #3,536 of 5,915 | #136 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.2:1 | #3,918 of 5,352 | #196 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.0% | #3,189 of 5,354 | #162 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.7% | #4,190 of 5,625 | #106 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.4% | #2,228 of 3,837 | #135 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
412
-32 (-7%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 595
Student : Teacher
24.2:1
was 23.4:1
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 | 412 | 17 | 24.2:1 | 44% (180) |
| 2023-24 | 440 | 18 | 24.4:1 | 42% (185) |
| 2022-23 | 393 | 16 | 24.6:1 | 31% (123) |
| 2020-21 | 444 | 19 | 23.4:1 | 28% (125) |
| 2017-18 | 476 | 20 | 23.8:1 | 41% (194) |
| 2015-16 | 455 | 19 | 23.9:1 | 45% (205) |
| 2010-11 | 441 | N/A | N/A | 45% (199) |
| 2000-01 | 469 | 24 | 19.5:1 | 46% (218) |
| 1990-91 | 595 | 23 | 25.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Joseph Weller Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (476 to 412); teachers down 15% (20 to 17).
About Joseph Weller Elementary
Joseph Weller Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school based in Milpitas, California. It offers kindergarten through 6 and has 412 students enrolled.
Milpitas Unified operates 15 schools. Combined enrollment is 10,076 students.
Asian students are 73% of those enrolled at Joseph Weller Elementary. Beyond that, enrollment is 17% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. In Santa Clara County overall, about 41% of residents are Asian. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 44, compared with 70 nationally.
Joseph Weller Elementary reports a ratio of 24.2 students per teacher, from 17 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Joseph Weller Elementary, 44% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
A school with Joseph Weller Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 53.9%. Joseph Weller Elementary scores 65.5%, 11.6 points above that line.
Santa Clara County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $164,281, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. There are 412 public schools in the county, enrolling about 230,059, Joseph Weller Elementary among them.
A public school about 0.3 miles away, Thomas Russell Middle, is the closest to Joseph Weller Elementary. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, Joseph Weller Elementary is behind the 67.1% nearby average, ranking 5th of 8.
Its location is classified as City: Small by the National Center for Education Statistics.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 412, down from 444 in 2020-21.
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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
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
- John Sinnott ElementaryElementary · 686 students
- Curtner ElementaryElementary · 663 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
- John Sinnott ElementaryElementary · 686 students
- Curtner ElementaryElementary · 663 students
Nearby schools
- Thomas Russell Middle0.3 mi · 761
- Marshall Pomeroy Elementary0.3 mi · 597
- Milpitas Middle College High0.4 mi · 55
- Milpitas High0.6 mi · 2,926
- Curtner Elementary1.3 mi · 663
- William Burnett Elementary1.7 mi · 456
Frequently asked questions
About Joseph Weller ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Joseph Weller Elementary?
Joseph Weller Elementary enrolls approximately 412 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Joseph Weller Elementary serve?
Joseph Weller Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Joseph Weller Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Joseph Weller Elementary is approximately 24.2:1 (17 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Joseph Weller Elementary?
At Joseph Weller Elementary, the student body is approximately 2% White, 17% Hispanic, 1% Black, 73% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Joseph Weller Elementary in?
Joseph Weller Elementary is part of Milpitas Unified.
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