Enrollment
261
Elementary
DISTRICT 412 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN JOSE UNIFIED·NCES 063459005728
Lowell Elementary
625 South Seventh St., San Jose, CA 95112 · (408) 535-6243 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL261 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 0% of California public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
21.4:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
222 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 51 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 21% larger than its 5th grade class (42).
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
11.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -10.6pp since 2014
Math
4.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -11.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 11 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 5 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 11 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 1.8% | 9.7% | 10.5% | 78.1% |
| Math | 0.8% | 4.0% | 17.7% | 77.4% |
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 | 11.4% | 4.8% |
| 2023-24 | 7.9% | 9.4% |
| 2022-23 | 13.6% | 7.1% |
| 2021-22 | 17.4% | 8.4% |
| 2020-21 | 19.7% | 12.6% |
| 2018-19 | 32.2% | 14.7% |
| 2017-18 | 32.0% | 22.0% |
| 2016-17 | 29.3% | 18.4% |
| 2015-16 | 31.0% | 21.0% |
| 2014-15 | 22.0% | 16.0% |
% 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
8.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 8% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 30% 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 Lowell Elementary
Lowell Elementary's state test result (8.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lowell Elementary this school | 261 | 85.1% | 8.4% |
| Mariano Castro Elementary Mountain View | 248 | 82.7% | 16.3% |
| Del Rey Elementary Del Rey | 234 | 85.9% | 44.2% |
| Los Altos Elementary San Diego | 263 | 82.1% | 27.6% |
| Arturo Sanchez Elementary Norwalk | 239 | 87.9% | 33.1% |
| Los Angeles Leadership Primary Academy Los Angeles | 265 | 82.3% | N/A |
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 Lowell Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 8.4% | #5,121 of 5,151 | #226 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 4.8% | #5,163 of 5,172 ▼ 125 | #226 of 226 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 11.4% | #5,122 of 5,172 ▲ 34 | #225 of 226 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.8pp | #604 of 5,116 | #50 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 261 | #5,059 of 5,915 | #231 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.4:1 | #1,801 of 5,352 | #105 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.2% | #4,690 of 5,354 | #237 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.1% | #1,657 of 5,625 | #11 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.6% | #2,209 of 3,837 | #134 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
261
+4 (+2%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 492
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
was 21.4:1
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 | 261 | 12.2 | 21.4:1 | 85% (222) |
| 2023-24 | 267 | 14.5 | 18.4:1 | 84% (223) |
| 2022-23 | 285 | 11.3 | 25.2:1 | 75% (214) |
| 2020-21 | 257 | 12 | 21.4:1 | 69% (178) |
| 2017-18 | 302 | 12.4 | 24.4:1 | 84% (254) |
| 2015-16 | 368 | 15 | 24.5:1 | 84% (310) |
| 2010-11 | 403 | N/A | N/A | 86% (347) |
| 2000-01 | 547 | 25 | 21.9:1 | 76% (417) |
| 1990-91 | 492 | 23 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lowell Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (302 to 261); teachers down 2% (12.4 to 12.2).
About Lowell Elementary
Lowell Elementary runs as a small elementary school in San Jose, California. The school counts 261 students across kindergarten through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in California is about 465 students.
The 41 schools of San Jose Unified, including Lowell Elementary, enroll 24,322 students.
Most students at Lowell Elementary are Hispanic: 92% of enrollment. Other students are 4% Asian and 2% White. That is higher than the 25% Hispanic share among all Santa Clara County residents. Lowell Elementary has a diversity index of 15%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Lowell Elementary counts 12.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 21.4 students for each one. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is higher than this school's figure. About 85% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. For comparison, public schools in Santa Clara County average 37%.
Lowell Elementary is graded F by allk12, scoring above 0% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Lowell Elementary would score about 29.7%. It scores 8.4%, a bottom-10% result among California schools on BeatsExpectations.
County data help place the school in context: in Santa Clara County, median household income is about $164,281, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. The public schools of Santa Clara County number 412 and enroll about 230,059.
The nearest public school is Washington Elementary, at about 0.6 miles. Lowell Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 8.4% average proficiency ranks 5th among 5 nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around Lowell Elementary as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Lowell Elementary had 257 students in 2020-21 and 261 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
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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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Other Lowell Elementary schools
24 other US public schools in 15 states are named Lowell Elementary. Lowell Elementary is the 22nd largest of the 25.
- Lowell ElementaryLong Beach, CA · 609 students
- Lowell ElementarySanta Ana, CA · 426 students
- Lowell ElementaryFresno, CA · 325 students
- Lowell Elementary SchoolWaterloo, IA · 538 students
- Lowell ElementaryEverett, WA · 531 students
Nearby schools
- Washington Elementary0.6 mi · 329
- Rocketship Mateo Sheedy Elementary0.7 mi · 454
- Horace Mann Elementary0.8 mi · 293
- Selma Olinder Elementary0.8 mi · 269
- Downtown College Preparatory1.0 mi · 520
- Downtown College Preparatory Middle1.0 mi · 231
Frequently asked questions
About Lowell ElementaryHow large is Lowell Elementary?
Lowell Elementary enrolls approximately 261 students in grades KG-05.
Is Lowell Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lowell Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Lowell Elementary?
Approximately 21.4:1 students per teacher at Lowell Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lowell Elementary?
At Lowell Elementary, the student body is approximately 2% White, 92% Hispanic, 0% Black, 4% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Lowell Elementary in?
Lowell Elementary is part of San Jose Unified.
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