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Enrollment
421
Elementary
DISTRICT 391 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BERRYESSA UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 060480000460
Majestic Way Elementary
1855 Majestic Way, San Jose, CA 95132 · (408) 923-1925 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL421 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 73% of California public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
23.4:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
126 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (87).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
62.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.7pp since 2014
Math
63.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 40.3% | 22.0% | 16.9% | 20.8% |
| Math | 38.6% | 24.6% | 20.3% | 16.5% |
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 | 62.3% | 63.1% |
| 2023-24 | 71.0% | 69.8% |
| 2022-23 | 70.2% | 69.6% |
| 2021-22 | 66.3% | 62.0% |
| 2018-19 | 71.4% | 69.5% |
| 2017-18 | 66.5% | 64.2% |
| 2016-17 | 61.0% | 58.8% |
| 2015-16 | 65.0% | 62.0% |
| 2014-15 | 65.0% | 61.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
66.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Majestic Way Elementary
Majestic Way Elementary's state test result (66.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Majestic Way Elementary this school | 421 | 29.9% | 66.5% |
| Millbrook Elementary San Jose | 503 | 30.8% | 68.3% |
| Steven Millard Elementary Fremont | 455 | 31.0% | 61.3% |
| Oliveira Elementary Fremont | 496 | 33.3% | 65.5% |
| Noble Elementary San Jose | 370 | 23.5% | 65.8% |
| Joseph Azevada Elementary Fremont | 394 | 36.8% | 65.1% |
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 Majestic Way Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.5% | #814 of 5,151 | #84 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.1% | #916 of 5,172 ▼ 300 | #94 of 226 ▼ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.3% | #1,183 of 5,172 ▼ 511 | #102 of 226 ▼ 32 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.4pp | #1,371 of 5,116 | #106 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 421 | #3,405 of 5,915 | #130 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.4:1 | #3,279 of 5,352 | #172 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.6% | #2,472 of 5,354 | #135 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.9% | #4,760 of 5,625 | #140 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.4% | #1,588 of 3,837 | #106 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
421
-52 (-11%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 550
Student : Teacher
23.4:1
was 23.6:1
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 | 421 | 18 | 23.4:1 | 30% (126) |
| 2023-24 | 442 | 18 | 24.6:1 | 25% (110) |
| 2022-23 | 445 | 19 | 23.4:1 | 23% (104) |
| 2020-21 | 473 | 20 | 23.6:1 | 26% (122) |
| 2017-18 | 516 | 22.5 | 22.9:1 | 33% (172) |
| 2015-16 | 525 | 23 | 22.8:1 | 31% (163) |
| 2010-11 | 528 | N/A | N/A | 33% (174) |
| 2000-01 | 536 | 26 | 20.6:1 | 24% (131) |
| 1990-91 | 550 | 20 | 27.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Majestic Way Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (516 to 421); teachers down 20% (22.5 to 18).
About Majestic Way Elementary
Majestic Way Elementary is an elementary school located in San Jose, California, in Santa Clara County. It teaches 421 students in kindergarten through 5.
Majestic Way Elementary is in Berryessa Union Elementary, a district with 5,907 students across 13 schools.
Of every 100 students at Majestic Way Elementary, about 62 are Asian. The school is also 27% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 4% White. The Asian share of the county population is lower, at 41%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Majestic Way Elementary scores 54%.
Majestic Way Elementary lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 23.4 students per teacher. The gap from the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is 1.1 students per teacher. About 30% of students at Majestic Way Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among California public elementary schools, Majestic Way Elementary outscored 73%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Majestic Way Elementary, the prediction is 62.0% and the result is 66.5%.
The school's county is Santa Clara County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $164,281, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Santa Clara County's 412 public schools enroll about 230,059 students and include Majestic Way Elementary.
Sierramont Middle is about 0.5 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Majestic Way Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Majestic Way Elementary is 5th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 52 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Berryessa Union Elementary
- Sierramont MiddleMiddle · 742 students
- Morrill MiddleMiddle · 665 students
- Piedmont MiddleMiddle · 591 students
- Cherrywood ElementaryElementary · 529 students
- Vinci Park ElementaryElementary · 529 students
- Northwood ElementaryElementary · 452 students
Other schools in San Jose
- Evergreen Valley HighHigh · 2,703 students
- Independence HighHigh · 2,289 students
- Silver Creek HighHigh · 2,139 students
- Santa Teresa HighHigh · 2,134 students
- Piedmont Hills HighHigh · 1,918 students
- Leigh HighHigh · 1,884 students
Nearby schools
- Sierramont Middle0.5 mi · 742
- Morrill Middle0.7 mi · 665
- Piedmont Hills High0.7 mi · 1,918
- Ruskin Elementary0.7 mi · 367
- Laneview Elementary0.8 mi · 349
- John Sinnott Elementary1.1 mi · 686
Frequently asked questions
About Majestic Way ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Majestic Way Elementary?
Majestic Way Elementary enrolls approximately 421 students in grades KG-05.
Is Majestic Way Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Majestic Way Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Majestic Way Elementary have?
Majestic Way Elementary employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.4:1.
How diverse is Majestic Way Elementary?
Majestic Way Elementary reports a student body of 4% White, 27% Hispanic, 0% Black, 62% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Majestic Way Elementary?
Majestic Way Elementary is overseen by Berryessa Union Elementary in Santa Clara County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.