Majestic Way Elementary

Set in San Jose, California, Majestic Way Elementary is a moderately sized K-5 school, one of the schools within Berryessa Union Elementary. It teaches 421 students across grades K through 5.

Berryessa Union Elementary runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 5,907 students. Majestic Way Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Majestic Way Elementary lists that the largest single group is Asian, at 62% of enrollment. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% White. By comparison, Santa Clara County as a whole is about 41% Asian, so the school skews considerably more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Majestic Way Elementary has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.4:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 30% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Majestic Way Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.7%, the actual is 70.2%, a residual of +8.6 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Santa Clara County shows the typical household earns roughly $164,281 per year, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Majestic Way Elementary is one of 412 public schools in Santa Clara County (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students).

Nearest neighbor: Sierramont Middle, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Majestic Way Elementary comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 64.8%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Five-year trend. Majestic Way Elementary's enrollment has edged down 18% since 2018, when it stood at 516 (now 421). Hispanic enrollment moved from 22% to 27% across the same window.

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