Rocketship Alma Academy

Rocketship Alma Academy is an elementary school of mid-tier scale in San Jose, California, run under Rocketship Alma Academy District, works with 532 students in grades K through 5.

Rocketship Alma Academy is a school of Rocketship Alma Academy District, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Looking at the student body, Rocketship Alma Academy records that nearly all students (85%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 9% Black, 4% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 32.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 80% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Santa Clara County (around 37%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the area at large, census data for Santa Clara County shows median household earnings sit near $164,281, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Rocketship Alma Academy is one of 412 public schools in Santa Clara County (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students).

Nearest neighbor: Downtown College Preparatory Middle, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting. As a public charter, Rocketship Alma Academy runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.