Murdock-Portal Elementary

Murdock-Portal Elementary, an average-sized elementary school in San Jose, California, run under Cupertino Union, hosts 551 students, covering grades K through 5.

Within Cupertino Union, which oversees 23 schools and 13,526 students, Murdock-Portal Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Murdock-Portal Elementary lists that 87% of students identify as Asian, making the school strongly Asian-majority. The remainder is composed of 11% multiracial. That is considerably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 9% of students at Murdock-Portal Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Santa Clara County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Murdock-Portal Elementary sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 74.4%; actual is 95.5%, +21.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Santa Clara County) logs that median household income runs about $164,281, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Santa Clara County's 412 public schools (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students), Murdock-Portal Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Lynbrook High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Murdock-Portal Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Murdock-Portal Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 77.1%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 4%: 576 students in 2018 compared to 551 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment ticked down from 93% to 87% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 27.2:1 in 2018 to 24.2:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.