Ocala Middle

Set in San Jose, California, Ocala Middle is a cozy middle school, overseen by Alum Rock Union Elementary. It hosts 377 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 43% leaner than the state mean of about 659.

Alum Rock Union Elementary comprises 22 schools with combined enrollment of 7,251 students; Ocala Middle is among them.

Looking at the student body, Ocala Middle records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 77% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 19% Asian. By comparison, Santa Clara County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Ocala Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 79% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Santa Clara County (around 37%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Ocala Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.3%; this one delivers 24.9%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Santa Clara County put median household earnings sit near $164,281, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 Ocala Middle is one.

The closest other public school is Adelante Dual Language Academy, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ocala Middle. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ocala Middle ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 24.7%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ocala Middle has edged down 21%, going from 477 students in 2018 to 377 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.5:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 in 2025.

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