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If you had an hour of school board time for Northwood Elementary, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
452
Elementary
DISTRICT 391 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BERRYESSA UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 060480000463
Northwood Elementary
2760 East Trimble Rd., San Jose, CA 95132 · (408) 923-1940 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL452 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% of California public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
23.8:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
60 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 | 86 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
64.6%
CA avg 49.1% . -3.4pp since 2014
Math
70.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 42.9% | 21.7% | 18.1% | 17.3% |
| Math | 49.3% | 21.4% | 14.0% | 15.3% |
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 | 64.6% | 70.7% |
| 2023-24 | 71.0% | 73.2% |
| 2022-23 | 77.8% | 73.8% |
| 2021-22 | 78.7% | 74.8% |
| 2018-19 | 81.2% | 81.7% |
| 2017-18 | 76.5% | 73.2% |
| 2016-17 | 72.3% | 74.5% |
| 2015-16 | 75.0% | 72.0% |
| 2014-15 | 68.0% | 66.0% |
% 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
69.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Northwood Elementary
Northwood Elementary's state test result (69.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwood Elementary this school | 452 | 13.3% | 69.7% |
| Evergreen Elementary San Jose | 528 | 15.3% | 82.0% |
| L. P. Collins Elementary Cupertino | 498 | 17.1% | 80.2% |
| Hidden Hills Elementary San Ramon | 486 | 11.1% | 80.5% |
| John Gomes Elementary Fremont | 462 | 16.9% | 82.2% |
| C. B. Eaton Elementary Cupertino | 489 | 15.7% | 84.9% |
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 Northwood Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.7% | #661 of 5,151 | #77 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.7% | #565 of 5,172 ▼ 95 | #72 of 226 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.6% | #1,044 of 5,172 ▼ 378 | #93 of 226 ▼ 24 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -9.1pp | #168 of 5,116 | #17 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 452 | #3,009 of 5,915 | #108 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.8:1 | #3,579 of 5,352 | #181 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.2% | #3,542 of 5,354 | #186 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.3% | #5,381 of 5,625 | #206 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.3% | #1,389 of 3,837 | #101 of 189 |
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
452
-90 (-17%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 559
Student : Teacher
23.8:1
was 23.6:1
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 | 452 | 19 | 23.8:1 | 13% (60) |
| 2023-24 | 454 | 18 | 25.2:1 | 13% (60) |
| 2022-23 | 432 | 18 | 24.0:1 | 15% (64) |
| 2020-21 | 542 | 23 | 23.6:1 | 12% (63) |
| 2017-18 | 567 | 22 | 25.8:1 | 21% (117) |
| 2015-16 | 462 | 18 | 25.7:1 | 27% (127) |
| 2010-11 | 488 | N/A | N/A | 45% (219) |
| 2000-01 | 395 | 22 | 17.9:1 | 30% (118) |
| 1990-91 | 559 | 23 | 24.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northwood Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (567 to 452); teachers down 14% (22 to 19).
About Northwood Elementary
Northwood Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Berryessa Union Elementary, located in San Jose, California. A federal count lists 452 students at the school, in kindergarten through 5.
Berryessa Union Elementary has 5,907 students in 13 schools, and Northwood Elementary is one of those schools.
Asian students account for 77% of enrollment at Northwood Elementary. Other students are 12% Hispanic, 5% White, and 3% multiracial. That is higher than the 41% Asian share among all Santa Clara County residents. Northwood Elementary has a diversity index of 38%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 23.8:1 comes from the school's 19 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 13% in 2024-25. Across public schools in Santa Clara County, the average is 37%.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Northwood Elementary receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
After adjusting for student poverty, Northwood Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of California schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 69.7%; the prediction is 71.8%.
In the county around the school, Santa Clara County, median household income is about $164,281, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. A total of 412 public schools operate in Santa Clara County, serving about 230,059 students.
The closest public school, Morrill Middle, is about 0.6 miles from Northwood Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Northwood Elementary ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Federal data place Northwood Elementary in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 452, 17% below the 542 of 2020-21.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Berryessa Union Elementary
- Sierramont MiddleMiddle · 742 students
- Morrill MiddleMiddle · 665 students
- Piedmont MiddleMiddle · 591 students
- Cherrywood ElementaryElementary · 529 students
- Vinci Park ElementaryElementary · 529 students
- Majestic Way ElementaryElementary · 421 students
Other schools in San Jose
- Evergreen Valley HighHigh · 2,703 students
- Independence HighHigh · 2,289 students
- Silver Creek HighHigh · 2,139 students
- Santa Teresa HighHigh · 2,134 students
- Piedmont Hills HighHigh · 1,918 students
- Leigh HighHigh · 1,884 students
Other Northwood Elementary schools
24 other US public schools in 15 states are named Northwood Elementary. Northwood Elementary is the 12th largest of the 25.
- Northwood ElementaryIrvine, CA · 508 students
- Northwood ElementaryNapa, CA · 381 students
- Northwood ElementarySacramento, CA · 351 students
- NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCRESTVIEW, FL · 814 students
- Northwood ElementaryEdgewood, WA · 732 students
Nearby schools
- Morrill Middle0.6 mi · 665
- Laneview Elementary0.7 mi · 349
- Brooktree Elementary0.8 mi · 387
- Mabel Mattos Elementary0.9 mi · 746
- John Sinnott Elementary1.2 mi · 686
- Rancho Milpitas Middle1.2 mi · 693
Frequently asked questions
About Northwood ElementaryHow large is Northwood Elementary?
Northwood Elementary enrolls approximately 452 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Northwood Elementary serve?
Northwood Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Northwood Elementary have?
Northwood Elementary employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Northwood Elementary?
At Northwood Elementary, the student body is approximately 5% White, 12% Hispanic, 2% Black, 77% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Northwood Elementary?
Northwood Elementary is overseen by Berryessa Union Elementary in Santa Clara County.
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