O. B. Whaley Elementary

As a tight-knit elementary-level community in San Jose, California, O. B. Whaley Elementary teaches 268 students from grades K through 6, run under Evergreen Elementary. Enrollment runs roughly 42% leaner than the state mean of about 465.

O. B. Whaley Elementary is one of 16 schools operated by Evergreen Elementary, a district that caters to 8,464 students overall.

On the student-mix side, O. B. Whaley Elementary reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 64%. The remainder breaks down as 31% Asian, 2% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

In terms of school funding signals, O. B. Whaley Elementary reports 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 68% of students at O. B. Whaley Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Santa Clara County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, O. B. Whaley Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.0%, the actual is 26.6%, a residual of -12.4 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Santa Clara County) records that the typical household earns roughly $164,281 per year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Santa Clara County's 412 public schools (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students), O. B. Whaley Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Windmill Springs Elementary, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), O. B. Whaley Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 31.2%.

O. B. Whaley Elementary operates from a metropolitan location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at O. B. Whaley Elementary has fell 34%, going from 408 students in 2018 to 268 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 55% to 64%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 27.2:1 in 2018 to 22.3:1 today.

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