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What's the state of after-school transportation at Millard McCollam Elementary?
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Enrollment
370
Elementary
DISTRICT 316 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALUM ROCK UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 060231000112
Millard McCollam Elementary
3311 Lucian Ave., San Jose, CA 95127 · (408) 928-8000 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL370 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 37% of California public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
18.5:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
198 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 65 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
43.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -7.6pp since 2014
Math
38.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -6.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 18.1% | 25.3% | 20.3% | 36.3% |
| Math | 22.2% | 16.8% | 21.1% | 40.0% |
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 | 43.4% | 38.9% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 44.2% |
| 2022-23 | 51.0% | 51.0% |
| 2021-22 | 44.5% | 41.7% |
| 2018-19 | 58.3% | 50.7% |
| 2017-18 | 55.8% | 48.9% |
| 2016-17 | 55.8% | 52.9% |
| 2015-16 | 47.0% | 46.0% |
| 2014-15 | 51.0% | 45.0% |
% 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
42.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Millard McCollam Elementary
Millard McCollam Elementary's state test result (42.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millard McCollam Elementary this school | 370 | 53.5% | 42.6% |
| Susan B. Anthony Elementary Daly City | 407 | 51.8% | 44.4% |
| Potrero Heights Elementary South San Gabriel | 380 | 57.9% | 65.9% |
| Granada Elementary Alhambra | 348 | 54.6% | 33.2% |
| Marguerita Elementary Alhambra | 445 | 54.8% | 47.1% |
| John F. Kennedy Elementary Daly City | 304 | 52.3% | 51.0% |
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 Millard McCollam Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #2,260 of 5,151 | #144 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #2,368 of 5,172 ▼ 493 | #146 of 226 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #2,604 of 5,172 ▼ 256 | #148 of 226 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.0pp | #1,205 of 5,116 | #94 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 370 | #4,043 of 5,915 | #164 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.5:1 | #385 of 5,352 | #24 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.0% | #2,125 of 5,354 | #125 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.5% | #3,770 of 5,625 | #90 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.9% | #914 of 3,837 | #72 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
370
-111 (-23%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 747
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
was 21.9:1
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 | 370 | 20 | 18.5:1 | 54% (198) |
| 2023-24 | 394 | 22 | 17.9:1 | 54% (214) |
| 2022-23 | 411 | 22 | 18.7:1 | 46% (190) |
| 2020-21 | 481 | 22 | 21.9:1 | 51% (243) |
| 2017-18 | 493 | 23 | 21.4:1 | 57% (281) |
| 2015-16 | 423 | 19 | 22.3:1 | 67% (282) |
| 2010-11 | 490 | N/A | N/A | 76% (373) |
| 2000-01 | 655 | 31 | 21.1:1 | 59% (388) |
| 1990-91 | 747 | 25 | 29.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Millard McCollam Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (493 to 370); teachers down 13% (23 to 20).
About Millard McCollam Elementary
At 3311 Lucian Ave. in San Jose, California, Millard McCollam Elementary operates as a small elementary school. It has an enrollment of 370 students in kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in California average about 465 students, which makes this school 20% below average.
Alum Rock Union Elementary serves 7,251 students across 22 schools.
The share of Hispanic students at Millard McCollam Elementary is 56%, a majority. It is also 33% Asian, 5% White, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Santa Clara County is roughly 25% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 57, compared with 70 nationally.
Classroom staffing at Millard McCollam Elementary totals 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 18.5:1. Compared with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California, this school's ratio is lower. Federal data show 54% of students (198) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Santa Clara County, the average eligibility rate is 37%.
Millard McCollam Elementary earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 37% of California public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 48.2% at Millard McCollam Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 42.6%.
Santa Clara County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $164,281, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. There are 412 public schools in the county, enrolling about 230,059, Millard McCollam Elementary among them.
Millard McCollam Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Linda Vista Elementary, about 0.5 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 29.6% on proficiency, and Millard McCollam Elementary is above that at 42.6%.
The NCES locale for Millard McCollam Elementary is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 23%, from 481 to 370. The number of students per teacher dropped from 21.9 to 18.5 over 4 years.
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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
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- William Sheppard Middle0.7 mi · 451
- Toyon Elementary0.7 mi · 231
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- Escuela Popular Accelerated Family Learning0.8 mi · 396
Frequently asked questions
About Millard McCollam ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Millard McCollam Elementary?
Millard McCollam Elementary enrolls approximately 370 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Millard McCollam Elementary serve?
Millard McCollam Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Millard McCollam Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Millard McCollam Elementary is approximately 18.5:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Millard McCollam Elementary?
At Millard McCollam Elementary, the student body is approximately 5% White, 56% Hispanic, 1% Black, 33% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Millard McCollam Elementary public or private?
Millard McCollam Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Alum Rock Union Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.