Mabel Mattos Elementary

As an expansive elementary school in Milpitas, California, Mabel Mattos Elementary instructs 746 students from grades K through 6, overseen by Milpitas Unified. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 60% bigger than typical.

Milpitas Unified comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 10,076 students; Mabel Mattos Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Mabel Mattos Elementary shows that Asian students make up the majority at 79%. Beyond that, the school reports 7% multiracial, 6% White, 6% Hispanic. That is considerably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 15% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Santa Clara County (around 37%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Mabel Mattos Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 70.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 78.2%.

In the area at large, census data for Santa Clara County shows median household income runs about $164,281, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Santa Clara County's 412 public schools (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students), Mabel Mattos Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Pearl Zanker Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mabel Mattos Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 44.0%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.