Loma Prieta Elementary

Loma Prieta Elementary is an elementary school of tight-knit scale in Los Gatos, California, overseen by Loma Prieta Joint Union Elementary, educateing 259 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 44% leaner than the state mean of about 465.

Within Loma Prieta Joint Union Elementary, which oversees 2 schools and 423 students, Loma Prieta Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Loma Prieta Elementary shows that the largest single group is White, at 59% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 24% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 4% Asian. Compared to Santa Cruz County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 14% of students at Loma Prieta Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Santa Cruz County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Loma Prieta Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 71.5%; this one delivers 71.7%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Santa Cruz County indicate median household earnings sit near $111,093, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Loma Prieta Elementary is one of 83 public schools in Santa Cruz County (combined enrollment of about 36,316 students).

C. T. English Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Loma Prieta Elementary at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 66.3%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Loma Prieta Elementary's enrollment has edged down 5% since 2018, when it stood at 274 (now 259). Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 8% to 24%. Class-load math has loosened: from 21.1:1 in 2018 to 22.5:1 in 2025.

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