Renaissance Academy

Renaissance Academy is a middle school of compact scale in San Jose, California, one of the schools within Alum Rock Union Elementary, instructing 348 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 47% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 659 students.

Within Alum Rock Union Elementary, which oversees 22 schools and 7,251 students, Renaissance Academy is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Renaissance Academy shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 79% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 16% Asian, 2% Pacific Islander. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Renaissance Academy has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. About 81% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Santa Clara County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Santa Clara County put the typical household earns roughly $164,281 per year, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Santa Clara County's 412 public schools (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students), Renaissance Academy is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Donald J. Meyer Elementary, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Renaissance Academy.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 19%: 293 students in 2018 compared to 348 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 23.4:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 today.

On this page, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.