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Enrollment
530
Elementary
DISTRICT 485 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EVERGREEN ELEMENTARY·NCES 061314007708
Norwood Creek Elementary
3241 Remington Way, San Jose, CA 95148 · (408) 270-6727 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL530 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 81% 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.
- B+Beats 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
25.2:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
143 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 92 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 5% smaller than its 6th grade class (92).
Student demographics
47%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
73.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +15.0pp since 2014
Math
67.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +10.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 15 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 42.3% | 30.7% | 13.4% | 13.7% |
| Math | 44.9% | 22.6% | 17.5% | 15.1% |
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 | 73.0% | 67.5% |
| 2023-24 | 70.1% | 69.1% |
| 2022-23 | 72.2% | 67.9% |
| 2021-22 | 70.9% | 67.5% |
| 2018-19 | 68.0% | 66.2% |
| 2017-18 | 66.3% | 67.3% |
| 2016-17 | 67.7% | 65.1% |
| 2015-16 | 65.0% | 61.0% |
| 2014-15 | 58.0% | 57.0% |
% 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
70.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Norwood Creek Elementary
Norwood Creek Elementary's state test result (70.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norwood Creek Elementary this school | 530 | 27.0% | 70.1% |
| Cherrywood Elementary San Jose | 529 | 24.2% | 69.7% |
| Cyrus J. Morris Elementary Walnut | 485 | 28.5% | 67.9% |
| Longley Way Elementary Arcadia | 541 | 30.3% | 70.3% |
| Millbrook Elementary San Jose | 503 | 30.8% | 68.3% |
| Steven Millard Elementary Fremont | 455 | 31.0% | 61.3% |
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 Norwood Creek Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.1% | #649 of 5,151 | #76 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.5% | #712 of 5,172 ▼ 59 | #79 of 226 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #600 of 5,172 ▲ 114 | #71 of 226 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.0pp | #3,011 of 5,116 | #82 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 530 | #2,083 of 5,915 | #53 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.2:1 | #4,547 of 5,352 | #217 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.7% | #3,019 of 5,354 | #154 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.0% | #4,892 of 5,625 | #150 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.6% | #1,691 of 3,837 | #115 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
530
-88 (-14%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 876
Student : Teacher
25.2:1
was 24.7:1
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 | 530 | 21 | 25.2:1 | 27% (143) |
| 2023-24 | 551 | 22 | 25.1:1 | 21% (117) |
| 2022-23 | 558 | 22 | 25.4:1 | 27% (150) |
| 2020-21 | 618 | 25 | 24.7:1 | 20% (124) |
| 2017-18 | 643 | 25 | 25.7:1 | 23% (147) |
| 2015-16 | 673 | 26 | 25.9:1 | 22% (145) |
| 2010-11 | 680 | N/A | N/A | 28% (189) |
| 2000-01 | 798 | 36 | 22.2:1 | 14% (114) |
| 1990-91 | 876 | 34 | 25.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Norwood Creek Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (643 to 530); teachers down 16% (25 to 21).
About Norwood Creek Elementary
Norwood Creek Elementary runs as a mid-sized elementary school in San Jose, California. The school has 530 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 6.
Evergreen Elementary counts 8,464 students in its 16 schools, and Norwood Creek Elementary is one of them.
More than half of enrollment at Norwood Creek Elementary is Asian: 69%. The next largest groups are 22% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. The school's Asian share is 29 points above the 41% share among Santa Clara County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 47%.
Classroom staffing at Norwood Creek Elementary totals 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 25.2:1. Statewide, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Federal data show 27% of students (143) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Santa Clara County, the average is 37%.
Norwood Creek Elementary holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 81% of California public elementary schools.
Norwood Creek Elementary's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (70.1%) and its predicted rate (63.7%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of California schools.
The county, Santa Clara County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $164,281 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Santa Clara County has 412 public schools with about 230,059 students, including Norwood Creek Elementary.
Measured in a straight line, Cedar Grove Elementary is about 0.3 miles from Norwood Creek Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Norwood Creek Elementary ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school shrank from 618 students in 2020-21 to 530 in 2024-25.
This page collects posts and questions about Norwood Creek Elementary, such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Evergreen Elementary
- Quimby Oak MiddleMiddle · 857 students
- Chaboya MiddleMiddle · 815 students
- Tom Matsumoto ElementaryElementary · 727 students
- James Franklin Smith ElementaryElementary · 595 students
- Evergreen ElementaryElementary · 528 students
- John J. Montgomery ElementaryElementary · 504 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
Nearby schools
- Cedar Grove Elementary0.3 mi · 493
- Quimby Oak Middle0.4 mi · 857
- Millbrook Elementary0.6 mi · 503
- Evergreen Valley High0.7 mi · 2,703
- Holly Oak Elementary0.8 mi · 445
- Carolyn A. Clark Elementary1.2 mi · 497
Frequently asked questions
About Norwood Creek ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Norwood Creek Elementary?
Norwood Creek Elementary enrolls approximately 530 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Norwood Creek Elementary serve?
Norwood Creek Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Norwood Creek Elementary have?
Norwood Creek Elementary employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Norwood Creek Elementary?
Student demographics at Norwood Creek Elementary are roughly 2% White, 22% Hispanic, 1% Black, 69% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Norwood Creek Elementary in?
Norwood Creek Elementary is part of Evergreen Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.