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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Nordstrom Elementary this year?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
645
Elementary
DISTRICT 502 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MORGAN HILL UNIFIED·NCES 062583003881
Nordstrom Elementary
1425 East Dunne Ave., Morgan Hill, CA 95037 · (408) 201-6440 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL645 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 40% of California public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-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
21.5:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
143 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 156 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 98 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 102 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 95 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (156) is 64% larger than its 5th grade class (95).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
60.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -12.2pp since 2014
Math
49.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -8.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 12 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 31.8% | 29.0% | 18.9% | 20.3% |
| Math | 23.3% | 26.1% | 24.7% | 25.8% |
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 | 60.8% | 49.5% |
| 2023-24 | 58.9% | 53.3% |
| 2022-23 | 58.1% | 53.0% |
| 2021-22 | 65.9% | 49.8% |
| 2018-19 | 67.0% | 61.9% |
| 2017-18 | 66.5% | 61.4% |
| 2016-17 | 71.7% | 61.1% |
| 2015-16 | 76.0% | 66.0% |
| 2014-15 | 73.0% | 58.0% |
% 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
55.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Nordstrom Elementary
Nordstrom Elementary's state test result (55.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nordstrom Elementary this school | 645 | 22.2% | 55.5% |
| Valley View Elementary Pleasanton | 629 | 21.1% | 59.0% |
| Richard Henry Lee Elementary Los Alamitos | 603 | 19.1% | 83.9% |
| Bancroft Elementary Walnut Creek | 672 | 22.8% | 65.7% |
| Hacienda Science/Environmental Magnet San Jose | 622 | 22.3% | 64.2% |
| Encinal Elementary Atherton | 604 | 15.6% | 74.6% |
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 Nordstrom Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.5% | #1,374 of 5,151 | #113 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #1,629 of 5,172 ▼ 303 | #125 of 226 ▼ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.8% | #1,268 of 5,172 ▲ 40 | #107 of 226 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.7pp | #1,036 of 5,116 | #82 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 645 | #1,057 of 5,915 | #21 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.5:1 | #1,832 of 5,352 | #109 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.5% | #239 of 5,354 | #16 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.2% | #5,074 of 5,625 | #168 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.2% | #585 of 1,139 | #17 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
645
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 743
Student : Teacher
21.5:1
was 27.0:1
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 | 645 | 30 | 21.5:1 | 22% (143) |
| 2023-24 | 623 | 28.4 | 21.9:1 | 21% (133) |
| 2022-23 | 622 | 28.1 | 22.1:1 | 19% (116) |
| 2020-21 | 649 | 24 | 27.0:1 | 15% (98) |
| 2017-18 | 596 | 26 | 22.9:1 | 21% (123) |
| 2015-16 | 681 | 27 | 25.2:1 | 20% (133) |
| 2010-11 | 707 | N/A | N/A | 19% (131) |
| 2000-01 | 696 | 32 | 21.8:1 | 19% (133) |
| 1990-91 | 743 | 32 | 23.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nordstrom Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (596 to 645); teachers up 15% (26 to 30).
About Nordstrom Elementary
Nordstrom Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Morgan Hill, California. It reports enrollment of 645 students in kindergarten through 5. The school is 39% bigger than the average for elementary schools in California.
Nordstrom Elementary is in Morgan Hill Unified, a district with 7,810 students across 13 schools.
No group is above 50% at Nordstrom Elementary; the largest is Hispanic, at 32%. The rest of enrollment is 32% White, 18% multiracial, and 16% Asian. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 74%.
For every teacher at Nordstrom Elementary, there are about 21.5 students; the school has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California, this school's ratio is lower. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 22%. Compared with the 37% average for public schools in Santa Clara County, the school's rate is lower.
Nordstrom 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 40% of California public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Nordstrom Elementary is -11.0 points: 55.5% actual, 66.5% predicted.
The school is in Santa Clara County, where median household income comes to about $164,281, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Santa Clara County's 412 public schools enroll about 230,059 students and include Nordstrom Elementary.
Nordstrom Elementary is about 0.9 miles from Barrett Elementary, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nordstrom Elementary ranks 3rd of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 55.5% against a local average of 39.4%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Mid-size. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (649) to 2024-25 (645). The ratio was 27.0:1 in 2020-21 and 21.5:1 in 2024-25.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Morgan Hill Unified
- Ann Sobrato HighHigh · 1,511 students
- Live Oak HighHigh · 1,101 students
- Jackson Academy of Music and Math (JAMM)Elementary · 690 students
- San Martin Gwinn Environmental Science AcademyElementary · 643 students
- Lewis H. Britton MiddleMiddle · 637 students
- Martin Murphy MiddleMiddle · 466 students
Other schools in Morgan Hill
- Ann Sobrato HighHigh · 1,511 students
- Live Oak HighHigh · 1,101 students
- Jackson Academy of Music and Math (JAMM)Elementary · 690 students
- Charter School of Morgan HillElementary · 654 students
- Lewis H. Britton MiddleMiddle · 637 students
- El Toro Health Science AcademyElementary · 456 students
Nearby schools
- Barrett Elementary0.9 mi · 374
- Live Oak High1.0 mi · 1,101
- Jackson Academy of Music and Math (JAMM)1.2 mi · 690
- El Toro Health Science Academy1.2 mi · 456
- Voices College-Bound Language Academy at Morgan Hill1.6 mi · 338
- Lewis H. Britton Middle1.7 mi · 637
Frequently asked questions
About Nordstrom ElementaryHow large is Nordstrom Elementary?
Nordstrom Elementary enrolls approximately 645 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Nordstrom Elementary serve?
Nordstrom Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Nordstrom Elementary have?
Nordstrom Elementary employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.5:1.
How diverse is Nordstrom Elementary?
Nordstrom Elementary reports a student body of 32% White, 32% Hispanic, 1% Black, 16% Asian, 18% Two or more.
What district is Nordstrom Elementary in?
Nordstrom Elementary is part of Morgan Hill Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.