Parkview Elementary

Parkview Elementary is an elementary campus of average-sized scale in San Jose, California, run under Oak Grove Elementary, hosting 549 students in grades K through 6.

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

In terms of who attends, Parkview Elementary records that 71% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest looks like 17% Asian, 5% White, 3% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school lists 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 26.1:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 64% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Santa Clara County's rate of about 37%.

After controlling for student poverty, Parkview Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.1%; this one delivers 31.5%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Santa Clara County) logs that median household income runs about $164,281, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Santa Clara County runs 412 public schools (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students), of which Parkview Elementary is one.

Rachel Carson Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Parkview Elementary at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 32.5%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 557 students in 2018 compared to 549 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 49% to 71%.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.