Luigi Aprea Elementary

Luigi Aprea Elementary is one of the well-populated elementary-level communitys in Gilroy, California, part of Gilroy Unified, with 722 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Luigi Aprea Elementary sits 55% above that benchmark.

Luigi Aprea Elementary is one of 14 schools operated by Gilroy Unified, a district that instructs 10,176 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Luigi Aprea Elementary reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 19% White, 14% multiracial, 11% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 36% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Luigi Aprea Elementary is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 58.0%; Luigi Aprea Elementary posts 42.0%, -16.1 points below that line.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Santa Clara County indicate median household income runs about $164,281, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Luigi Aprea Elementary is one of 412 public schools in Santa Clara County (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students).

Nearest neighbor: Mt. Madonna High, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Luigi Aprea Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Luigi Aprea Elementary at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 37.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Luigi Aprea Elementary's enrollment has edged up 7% since 2018, when it stood at 674 (now 722). Over the same period, the White share declined from 32% to 19%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 27.0:1 in 2018 to 24.1:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.