Enrollment
199
Elementary
DISTRICT 412 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN JOSE UNIFIED·NCES 063459005706
Rachel Carson Elementary
4245 Meg Dr., San Jose, CA 95136 · (408) 535-6287 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL199 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 21% of California public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
94 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 59 | 30% |
| Grade 1 | 27 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 28 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 30 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 27 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 28 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 111% larger than its 5th grade class (28).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
33.7%
CA avg 49.1% . -25.3pp since 2014
Math
28.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -19.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 25 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 19 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 15.7% | 18.1% | 24.1% | 42.2% |
| Math | 10.8% | 18.1% | 26.5% | 44.6% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.7% | 28.9% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 38.0% |
| 2022-23 | 41.2% | 38.6% |
| 2021-22 | 39.4% | 28.3% |
| 2020-21 | 35.4% | 23.0% |
| 2018-19 | 49.6% | 33.3% |
| 2017-18 | 53.3% | 40.0% |
| 2016-17 | 59.5% | 50.8% |
| 2015-16 | 64.0% | 50.0% |
| 2014-15 | 59.0% | 48.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
35.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 52% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Rachel Carson Elementary
Rachel Carson Elementary's state test result (35.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rachel Carson Elementary this school | 199 | 47.2% | 35.0% |
| Meadow Heights Elementary San Mateo | 238 | 47.1% | 45.3% |
| Yukon Elementary Torrance | 296 | 45.9% | 56.2% |
| Kohl Open Elementary Stockton | 221 | 43.9% | 27.9% |
| Lammersville Elementary Tracy | 203 | 36.5% | 43.1% |
| San Francisco Community Alternative San Francisco | 230 | 50.0% | 38.1% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Rachel Carson Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #2,961 of 5,151 | #164 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.9% | #3,333 of 5,172 ▼ 989 | #179 of 226 ▼ 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.7% | #3,588 of 5,172 ▼ 761 | #176 of 226 ▼ 18 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.5pp | #1,084 of 5,116 | #83 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 199 | #5,358 of 5,915 | #248 of 255 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.2% | #4,038 of 5,625 | #100 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.2% | #284 of 3,837 | #22 of 189 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
199
-39 (-16%) vs 2020
-69% since 1990-91, when it was 635
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 21.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 199 | 12.1 | 16.4:1 | 47% (94) |
| 2023-24 | 196 | 12.1 | 16.2:1 | 44% (87) |
| 2022-23 | 180 | 11.6 | 15.5:1 | 43% (78) |
| 2020-21 | 238 | 11 | 21.6:1 | 31% (74) |
| 2017-18 | 307 | 14.7 | 21.0:1 | 42% (128) |
| 2015-16 | 354 | 17 | 20.8:1 | 37% (130) |
| 2010-11 | 431 | N/A | N/A | 36% (157) |
| 2000-01 | 432 | 23 | 18.8:1 | 28% (121) |
| 1990-91 | 635 | 28 | 22.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rachel Carson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 35% (307 to 199); teachers down 17% (14.7 to 12.1).
About Rachel Carson Elementary
Rachel Carson Elementary is a public small elementary school in San Jose, California. The school counted 199 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 5. The school is 57% below the average for elementary schools in California.
San Jose Unified is made up of 41 schools with 24,322 students in all.
Of every 100 students at Rachel Carson Elementary, about 48 are Hispanic, the largest group. Smaller groups are 19% Asian, 18% White, 10% multiracial, and 5% Black. For comparison, the population of Santa Clara County is roughly 25% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 69%.
The school's 12.1 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1. Statewide, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Income data for the school show 47% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Santa Clara County average 37%.
On the allk12 Grade, Rachel Carson Elementary lands at C-, ahead of 21% of California public elementary schools.
After accounting for student poverty, Rachel Carson Elementary is in the bottom 10% of California schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results of 35.0% is 16.9 points below the 51.9% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
The county, Santa Clara County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $164,281, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. The county's public schools total 412, with about 230,059 students.
Parkview Elementary is about 0.5 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Rachel Carson Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Rachel Carson Elementary at 3rd of 7.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Rachel Carson Elementary had a net loss of 39 students, or 16%. The number of students per teacher dropped from 21.6 to 16.4 over 4 years.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Rachel Carson Elementary. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Santa Clara County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,902,047
Census ACS
Median income
$164,281
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
412
230,059 students
Quick facts
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Other Rachel Carson Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Rachel Carson Elementary. Rachel Carson Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Rachel Carson ElementaryGaithersburg, MD · 671 students
- Rachel Carson ElementarySammamish, WA · 486 students
Nearby schools
- Parkview Elementary0.5 mi · 549
- Gunderson High0.8 mi · 744
- Terrell Elementary0.8 mi · 255
- Liberty Alternative0.8 mi · 274
- Del Roble Elementary1.4 mi · 420
- Broadway High1.5 mi · 176
Frequently asked questions
About Rachel Carson ElementaryHow large is Rachel Carson Elementary?
Rachel Carson Elementary enrolls approximately 199 students in grades KG-05.
Is Rachel Carson Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Rachel Carson Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Rachel Carson Elementary have?
Rachel Carson Elementary employs 12 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
How diverse is Rachel Carson Elementary?
Rachel Carson Elementary reports a student body of 18% White, 48% Hispanic, 5% Black, 19% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Rachel Carson Elementary in?
Rachel Carson Elementary is part of San Jose Unified.
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