Juan Cabrillo Middle

Juan Cabrillo Middle, a moderately sized 6-8 campus in Santa Clara, California, operated by Santa Clara Unified, caters to 796 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 21% bigger than the state mean of about 659.

Within Santa Clara Unified, which oversees 30 schools and 14,411 students, Juan Cabrillo Middle is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Juan Cabrillo Middle shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 35% Asian, 15% White, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Santa Clara County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Juan Cabrillo Middle records 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. Roughly 26% of students at Juan Cabrillo Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Santa Clara County's rate of about 37%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Juan Cabrillo Middle falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 63.9%; this one comes in at 49.1%, -14.8 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Santa Clara County indicate median household income runs about $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 Juan Cabrillo Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: Bowers Elementary, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Juan Cabrillo Middle. On composite proficiency, Juan Cabrillo Middle comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 45.0%.

Juan Cabrillo Middle operates from an urban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 11%: 893 students in 2018 compared to 796 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment fell from 45% to 40% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 23.9:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Juan Cabrillo Middle community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.