Moreland Middle

Moreland Middle is a mid-tier middle school in San Jose, California, part of Moreland. The school serves 707 students in grades 6 through 8.

Moreland comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,788 students; Moreland Middle is among them.

Demographically, Moreland Middle records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 26% Asian, 17% White, 10% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. Roughly 38% of students at Moreland Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Moreland Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.7%, the actual is 50.2%, a residual of -6.5 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Santa Clara County indicate median household income runs about $164,281, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Moreland Middle is one of 412 public schools in Santa Clara County (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students).

Gussie M. Baker Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Moreland Middle at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 65.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Moreland Middle has declined 28%, going from 986 students in 2018 to 707 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 37% to 44% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 22.6:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 in 2025.

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