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If you could change one rule at Montclaire Elementary, what would it be?
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Enrollment
442
Elementary
DISTRICT 493 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUPERTINO UNION·NCES 061029001143
Montclaire Elementary
1160 St. Joseph Ave., Los Altos, CA 94024 · (650) 967-9388 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL442 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 86% 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.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
22.2:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
39 students
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 65%
Community
5
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 | 93 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is 31% larger than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
80.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -8.7pp since 2014
Math
85.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 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 9 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 | 56.6% | 23.6% | 11.3% | 8.4% |
| Math | 61.6% | 23.8% | 11.2% | 3.4% |
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 | 80.3% | 85.4% |
| 2023-24 | 83.5% | 85.9% |
| 2022-23 | 83.9% | 85.0% |
| 2021-22 | 88.4% | 88.4% |
| 2020-21 | 77.7% | 81.9% |
| 2018-19 | 86.9% | 84.5% |
| 2017-18 | 87.5% | 85.0% |
| 2016-17 | 80.8% | 81.0% |
| 2015-16 | 87.0% | 83.0% |
| 2014-15 | 89.0% | 83.0% |
% 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
83.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 84% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 Montclaire Elementary
Montclaire Elementary's state test result (83.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montclaire Elementary this school | 442 | 8.8% | 83.9% |
| Neil A. Armstrong Elementary San Ramon | 465 | 6.7% | 81.9% |
| Graystone Elementary San Jose | 466 | 8.8% | 81.8% |
| Cornerstone at Pedregal Elementary Rancho Palos Verdes | 411 | 8.5% | 90.2% |
| Ohlone Elementary Palo Alto | 464 | 8.4% | 86.0% |
| Covington Elementary Los Altos | 404 | 8.2% | 92.3% |
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 Montclaire Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.9% | #99 of 5,151 | #19 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.4% | #88 of 5,172 ▼ 6 | #20 of 226 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.3% | #255 of 5,172 ▼ 130 | #31 of 226 ▼ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.6pp | #472 of 5,116 | #43 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 442 | #3,129 of 5,915 | #112 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.2:1 | #2,369 of 5,352 | #138 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.0% | #1,496 of 5,354 | #97 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.8% | #5,499 of 5,625 | #224 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.0% | #884 of 1,139 | #29 of 36 |
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
442
+32 (+8%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 495
Student : Teacher
22.2:1
was 25.6:1
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 | 442 | 19.9 | 22.2:1 | 9% (39) |
| 2023-24 | 406 | 18.8 | 21.6:1 | 8% (34) |
| 2022-23 | 382 | 14.9 | 25.7:1 | 8% (29) |
| 2020-21 | 410 | 16 | 25.6:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2017-18 | 429 | 19.7 | 21.8:1 | 2% (8) |
| 2015-16 | 480 | 21 | 22.9:1 | 2% (9) |
| 2010-11 | 522 | N/A | N/A | 2% (8) |
| 2000-01 | 525 | 25 | 21.0:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 495 | 18 | 27.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Montclaire Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (429 to 442); teachers up 1% (19.7 to 19.9).
About Montclaire Elementary
At 1160 St. Joseph Ave. in Los Altos, California, Montclaire Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary school. There are 442 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 5.
Cupertino Union serves 13,526 students across 23 schools.
More than half of the students at Montclaire Elementary are Asian (52%). The next largest groups are 26% White, 16% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. In Santa Clara County overall, about 41% of residents are Asian. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Montclaire Elementary scores 63%.
Staffing at Montclaire Elementary comes to 19.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 22.2:1. That is in line with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Montclaire Elementary counts 9% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Santa Clara County report 37%.
Montclaire Elementary earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 86% of California public elementary schools.
Montclaire Elementary's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 83.9% is 9.5 points above the 74.4% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In Santa Clara County, median household income comes to about $164,281, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Santa Clara County counts 412 public schools with about 230,059 students.
Measured in a straight line, West Valley Elementary is about 1.1 miles from Montclaire Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Montclaire Elementary ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment rose by 8% across 4 years, from 410 in 2020-21 to 442 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 25.6:1 in 2020-21 to 22.2:1 in 2024-25.
Montclaire Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Cupertino Union
- Cupertino MiddleMiddle · 1,067 students
- Joaquin Miller MiddleMiddle · 1,067 students
- John F. Kennedy MiddleMiddle · 880 students
- Sam H. Lawson MiddleMiddle · 841 students
- Louis E. Stocklmeir ElementaryElementary · 840 students
- Warren E. Hyde MiddleMiddle · 800 students
Other schools in Los Altos
- Los Altos HighHigh · 2,170 students
- Bullis CharterElementary · 997 students
- Ardis G. Egan Junior HighMiddle · 517 students
- Covington ElementaryElementary · 404 students
- Georgina P. Blach Junior HighMiddle · 388 students
- Loyola ElementaryElementary · 367 students
Other Montclaire Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Montclaire Elementary. Montclaire Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Montclaire ElementaryCharlotte, NC · 512 students
Nearby schools
- West Valley Elementary1.1 mi · 422
- Oak Avenue Elementary1.2 mi · 334
- Cupertino Middle1.3 mi · 1,067
- Loyola Elementary1.4 mi · 367
- Stevens Creek Elementary1.4 mi · 407
- Mountain View High1.5 mi · 2,187
Frequently asked questions
About Montclaire ElementaryHow many students attend Montclaire Elementary?
Montclaire Elementary enrolls approximately 442 students in grades KG-05.
Is Montclaire Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Montclaire Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Montclaire Elementary have?
Montclaire Elementary employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Montclaire Elementary?
Student demographics at Montclaire Elementary are roughly 26% White, 5% Hispanic, 0% Black, 52% Asian, 16% Two or more.
What district is Montclaire Elementary in?
Montclaire Elementary is part of Cupertino Union.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.