Lowell Elementary

Lowell Elementary is an elementary campus of close-knit scale in San Jose, California, overseen by San Jose Unified, teacheing 261 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 44% leaner than the state mean of about 465.

San Jose Unified runs 41 schools in total, collectively educating 24,322 students. Lowell Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Lowell Elementary reports that nearly all students (92%) are Hispanic. The remainder reads as 4% Asian, 2% White. By comparison, Santa Clara County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.4:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 85% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Santa Clara County's rate of about 37%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Lowell Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 28.8%; actual is 8.7%, a gap of -20.1 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Santa Clara County indicate median household earnings sit near $164,281, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Santa Clara County's 412 public schools (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students), Lowell Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Washington Elementary, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lowell Elementary. On composite proficiency, Lowell Elementary comes 5th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 17.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 14%: 302 students in 2018 compared to 261 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 86% to 92% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 24.4:1 in 2018 to 21.4:1 in 2025.

On allk12, members of the Lowell Elementary community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.