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Enrollment
571
Elementary
DISTRICT 376 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA CLARA UNIFIED·NCES 063543006042
Laurelwood Elementary
955 Teal Dr., Santa Clara, CA 95051 · (408) 423-1600 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL571 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 84% 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.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
21.2:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
64 students
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 133 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 97 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (133) is 37% larger than its 5th grade class (97).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
80.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +7.6pp since 2014
Math
76.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +7.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 56.1% | 24.5% | 9.7% | 9.7% |
| Math | 56.9% | 19.4% | 11.1% | 12.7% |
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 | 80.6% | 76.3% |
| 2023-24 | 80.3% | 84.0% |
| 2022-23 | 78.4% | 79.9% |
| 2021-22 | 80.1% | 82.7% |
| 2018-19 | 82.6% | 83.2% |
| 2017-18 | 79.6% | 77.1% |
| 2016-17 | 74.6% | 74.8% |
| 2015-16 | 75.0% | 76.0% |
| 2014-15 | 73.0% | 69.0% |
% 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
80.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 Laurelwood Elementary
Laurelwood Elementary's state test result (80.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laurelwood Elementary this school | 571 | 11.2% | 80.5% |
| Alisal Elementary Pleasanton | 544 | 8.8% | 64.3% |
| Oster Elementary San Jose | 627 | 12.8% | 79.1% |
| Rocklin Academy Rocklin | 556 | 12.6% | N/A |
| Lydiksen Elementary Pleasanton | 586 | 7.2% | 78.8% |
| Guadalupe Elementary San Jose | 537 | 8.2% | 76.2% |
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 Laurelwood Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.5% | #206 of 5,151 | #36 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.3% | #370 of 5,172 ▼ 259 | #59 of 226 ▼ 34 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.6% | #239 of 5,172 ▲ 2 | #30 of 226 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.0pp | #967 of 5,116 | #78 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 571 | #1,640 of 5,915 | #37 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.2:1 | #1,641 of 5,352 | #102 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.2% | #1,359 of 5,354 | #90 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.2% | #5,440 of 5,625 | #216 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.8% | #1,811 of 3,837 | #121 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
571
-52 (-8%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 592
Student : Teacher
21.2:1
was 24.0:1
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 | 571 | 26.9 | 21.2:1 | 11% (64) |
| 2023-24 | 538 | 23.6 | 22.8:1 | 9% (46) |
| 2022-23 | 521 | 22.1 | 23.6:1 | 12% (65) |
| 2020-21 | 623 | 26 | 24.0:1 | 9% (59) |
| 2017-18 | 686 | 26.1 | 26.3:1 | 11% (75) |
| 2015-16 | 695 | 26 | 26.7:1 | 10% (67) |
| 2010-11 | 636 | N/A | N/A | 11% (71) |
| 2000-01 | 546 | 29 | 18.8:1 | 8% (45) |
| 1990-91 | 592 | 22 | 26.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Laurelwood Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (686 to 571); teachers up 3% (26.1 to 26.9).
About Laurelwood Elementary
Laurelwood Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school serving families in Santa Clara, California. It is open to students in kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 571 students. That is 23% larger than the average of about 465 students for elementary schools in California.
Santa Clara Unified enrolls 14,411 students, and its 30 schools include Laurelwood Elementary.
Federal enrollment data show Laurelwood Elementary is 53% Asian. Enrollment also includes 23% White, 14% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. The school's Asian share is 12 points above the 41% share among Santa Clara County residents. A diversity index of 64% means there is a 64% chance two randomly chosen students at Laurelwood Elementary are from different groups.
Classroom staffing at Laurelwood Elementary totals 26.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 21.2:1. Statewide, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Federal data show 11% of students (64) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Santa Clara County average 37%.
Among California public elementary schools, Laurelwood Elementary outscored 84%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Test results at Laurelwood Elementary are 7.5 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (80.5% actual, 73.0% predicted).
American Community Survey estimates for Santa Clara County show that the median household earns about $164,281 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Across Santa Clara County, 412 public schools serve about 230,059 students.
Marian A. Peterson Middle is the nearest public school to Laurelwood Elementary, about 0.5 miles away. Laurelwood Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Laurelwood Elementary comes in 1st of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Mid-size, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 623 to 571, an 8% decline. Federal data show the ratio falling from 24.0:1 to 21.2:1.
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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 Santa Clara Unified
- Santa Clara HighHigh · 1,663 students
- Adrian Wilcox HighHigh · 1,614 students
- Juan Cabrillo MiddleMiddle · 796 students
- Marian A. Peterson MiddleMiddle · 759 students
- Buchser MiddleMiddle · 711 students
- Kathleen MacDonald HighHigh · 683 students
Other schools in Santa Clara
- Santa Clara HighHigh · 1,663 students
- Adrian Wilcox HighHigh · 1,614 students
- Juan Cabrillo MiddleMiddle · 796 students
- Buchser MiddleMiddle · 711 students
- Don CallejonElementary · 568 students
- Millikin ElementaryElementary · 504 students
Nearby schools
- Marian A. Peterson Middle0.5 mi · 759
- Santa Clara Community Day0.6 mi · 10
- Pomeroy Elementary0.9 mi · 300
- New Valley Continuation High1.0 mi · 151
- Sutter Elementary1.0 mi · 314
- Santa Clara High1.1 mi · 1,663
Frequently asked questions
About Laurelwood ElementaryHow many students attend Laurelwood Elementary?
Laurelwood Elementary enrolls approximately 571 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Laurelwood Elementary serve?
Laurelwood Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Laurelwood Elementary have?
Laurelwood Elementary employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Laurelwood Elementary?
Student demographics at Laurelwood Elementary are roughly 23% White, 14% Hispanic, 1% Black, 53% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Laurelwood Elementary in?
Laurelwood Elementary is part of Santa Clara Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.