Oak Ridge Elementary

Set in San Jose, California, Oak Ridge Elementary is a medium-sized elementary campus, one of the schools within Oak Grove Elementary. It teaches 495 students across grades K through 6.

Across the 18 schools in Oak Grove Elementary (8,515 students total), Oak Ridge Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Oak Ridge Elementary reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 26% Asian, 17% White, 9% multiracial, 5% Black. By comparison, Santa Clara County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Oak Ridge Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Oak Ridge Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.9%; this one delivers 53.7%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Santa Clara County indicate the typical household earns roughly $164,281 per year, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Santa Clara County runs 412 public schools (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students), of which Oak Ridge Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Calero High, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Oak Ridge Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Oak Ridge Elementary at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 41.1%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Looking at the recent track record. Oak Ridge Elementary's enrollment has ticked up 4% since 2018, when it stood at 474 (now 495). Over the same period, the White share fell from 28% to 17%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 23.7:1 in 2018 to 21.5:1 today.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.