Enrollment
253
Middle
DISTRICT 268 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRANKLIN-MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY·NCES 061437001651
Lairon College Preparatory Academy
3975 Mira Loma, San Jose, CA 95111 · (408) 363-5775 · Santa Clara County
GRADES 04–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL253 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 8% of California public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
19.8:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
207 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 4 | 31 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 68 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 49 | 19% |
| Grade 8 | 65 | 26% |
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
School pathway
Based on grade levels within Franklin-McKinley Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
23.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -1.3pp since 2014
Math
10.1%
CA avg 37.7% . -8.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 3.8% | 20.0% | 25.0% | 51.3% |
| Math | 3.2% | 6.9% | 23.9% | 66.0% |
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 | 23.8% | 10.1% |
| 2023-24 | 19.6% | 8.9% |
| 2022-23 | 20.9% | 8.2% |
| 2021-22 | 18.5% | 11.5% |
| 2018-19 | 31.7% | 17.9% |
| 2017-18 | 27.5% | 25.0% |
| 2016-17 | 26.5% | 21.6% |
| 2015-16 | 31.0% | 24.0% |
| 2014-15 | 25.0% | 19.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
15.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 32% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Lairon College Preparatory Academy
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lairon College Preparatory Academy this school | 253 | 81.8% | 15.3% |
| Orange Grove Middle Hacienda Heights | 287 | 82.9% | 26.0% |
| Downtown College Preparatory Middle San Jose | 231 | 81.4% | N/A |
| Dean L. Shively South El Monte | 289 | 75.8% | 44.0% |
| ACE Esperanza Middle San Jose | 205 | 86.8% | N/A |
| Oakland Charter Academy Oakland | 222 | 84.7% | N/A |
Matched among California middle 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 Lairon College Preparatory Academy ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.3% | #1,142 of 1,224 | #55 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.1% | #1,140 of 1,227 ▲ 1 | #54 of 56 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.8% | #1,114 of 1,227 ▲ 38 | #54 of 56 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.9pp | #638 of 1,214 | #21 of 56 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 253 | #1,240 of 1,377 | #61 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.8:1 | #451 of 1,279 | #30 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.8% | #993 of 1,278 | #61 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.8% | #496 of 1,329 | #9 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.5% | #128 of 930 | #11 of 53 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
253
-85 (-25%) vs 2020
-61% since 1990-91, when it was 645
Student : Teacher
19.8:1
was 22.5:1
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 | 253 | 12.8 | 19.8:1 | 82% (207) |
| 2023-24 | 305 | 14.7 | 20.7:1 | 69% (211) |
| 2022-23 | 315 | 15.4 | 20.4:1 | 45% (142) |
| 2020-21 | 338 | 15 | 22.5:1 | 89% (300) |
| 2017-18 | 359 | 17 | 21.1:1 | 86% (309) |
| 2015-16 | 448 | 17 | 26.4:1 | 95% (426) |
| 2010-11 | 578 | N/A | N/A | 95% (547) |
| 2000-01 | 701 | 36 | 19.5:1 | 75% (526) |
| 1990-91 | 645 | 23 | 28.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lairon College Preparatory Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (359 to 253); teachers down 25% (17 to 12.8).
About Lairon College Preparatory Academy
A small middle-grades school in San Jose, California, Lairon College Preparatory Academy is part of Franklin-McKinley Elementary. The school serves 253 students in grades 4 through 8 in 2024-25. The average among middle schools in California is roughly 659 students; this school is 62% smaller than that.
Franklin-McKinley Elementary counts 16 schools and 5,663 students, including Lairon College Preparatory Academy.
Hispanic students are the large majority at Lairon College Preparatory Academy, with 85% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 11% Asian and 3% Black. In Santa Clara County overall, about 25% of residents are Hispanic. Lairon College Preparatory Academy has a diversity index of 26%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 19.8:1, with 12.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among middle schools in California, the typical ratio is 20.7:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Lairon College Preparatory Academy is 82%. The rate at public schools in Santa Clara County averages 37%, lower than here.
Lairon College Preparatory Academy is graded D by allk12, scoring above 8% of California public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school in California with Lairon College Preparatory Academy's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 31.6%. Lairon College Preparatory Academy scores 15.3%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Santa Clara County show that median household income is about $164,281, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Lairon College Preparatory Academy is one of 412 public schools in Santa Clara County, which together enroll about 230,059 students.
The closest other public school is Los Arboles Literacy and Technology Academy, about 0.3 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 6 nearby schools with scores, Lairon College Preparatory Academy ranks 6th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Federal counts put enrollment at 338 in 2020-21 and 253 in 2024-25, a 25% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 22.5:1 in 2020-21 to 19.8:1 in 2024-25.
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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
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Nearby schools
- Los Arboles Literacy and Technology Academy0.3 mi · 185
- KIPP Heritage Academy0.4 mi · 454
- Voices College-Bound Language Academy0.5 mi · 316
- Sylvandale Middle0.5 mi · 330
- G. W. Hellyer Elementary0.6 mi · 387
- Rocketship Spark Academy0.6 mi · 546
Frequently asked questions
About Lairon College Preparatory AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Lairon College Preparatory Academy?
Lairon College Preparatory Academy enrolls approximately 253 students in grades 04-08.
Is Lairon College Preparatory Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lairon College Preparatory Academy is a middle school covering grades 04-08.
How many teachers does Lairon College Preparatory Academy have?
Lairon College Preparatory Academy employs 13 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lairon College Preparatory Academy?
At Lairon College Preparatory Academy, the student body is approximately 0% White, 85% Hispanic, 3% Black, 11% Asian.
Who oversees Lairon College Preparatory Academy?
Lairon College Preparatory Academy is overseen by Franklin-McKinley Elementary in Santa Clara County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.