Rocketship Academy Brilliant Minds

Rocketship Academy Brilliant Minds, a moderately sized K-5 school in San Jose, California, overseen by Rocketship Academy Brilliant Minds District, instructs 500 students, covering grades K through 5.

Operationally, Rocketship Academy Brilliant Minds answers to Rocketship Academy Brilliant Minds District, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

In terms of who attends, Rocketship Academy Brilliant Minds shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 75% of enrollment; the rest looks like 20% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Rocketship Academy Brilliant Minds reports 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 30.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 72% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Santa Clara County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, census data for Santa Clara County shows 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%. Across Santa Clara County's 412 public schools (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students), Rocketship Academy Brilliant Minds is one campus in the mix.

Thomas P. Ryan Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Rocketship Academy Brilliant Minds.

The school occupies a downtown site. Rocketship Academy Brilliant Minds operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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