Mission San Jose Elementary

Set in Fremont, California, Mission San Jose Elementary is an average-sized elementary campus, overseen by Fremont Unified. It works with 436 students across grades K through 5.

Across the 43 schools in Fremont Unified (33,073 students total), Mission San Jose Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Mission San Jose Elementary reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Asian (86%). The remainder comes out to 5% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 3% White. That is visibly more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.0:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 23% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Alameda County's rate of about 49%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Mission San Jose Elementary sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 65.8%; actual is 85.7%, +19.8 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Alameda County put the typical household earns roughly $129,367 per year, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Alameda County runs 394 public schools (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students), of which Mission San Jose Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Mission San Jose High, roughly 1.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mission San Jose Elementary at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 81.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mission San Jose Elementary has ticked down 21%, going from 550 students in 2018 to 436 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 90% to 86% across the same window.

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