Piedmont Middle

Piedmont Middle is one of the average-sized 6-8 campuss in San Jose, California, overseen by Berryessa Union Elementary, with 591 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Within Berryessa Union Elementary, which oversees 13 schools and 5,907 students, Piedmont Middle is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Piedmont Middle shows that the largest single group is Asian at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 35% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% White. That is noticeably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. About 34% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Piedmont Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 59.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.5%.

Zooming out to the county, Santa Clara County reports that the typical household earns roughly $164,281 per year, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Piedmont Middle is one of 412 public schools in Santa Clara County (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students).

Noble Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Piedmont Middle. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Piedmont Middle at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 58.1%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 27%: 813 students in 2018 compared to 591 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 23.9:1 in 2018 to 22.7:1 today.

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