Rocketship Fuerza Community Prep

Located at 70 South Jackson Ave., in San Jose, California, Rocketship Fuerza Community Prep is a moderately sized elementary campus that hosts 506 students (grades K through 5), run under Rocketship Fuerza Community Prep District.

Rocketship Fuerza Community Prep is a school of Rocketship Fuerza Community Prep District, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On demographics, Rocketship Fuerza Community Prep logs that nearly all students (85%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 11% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 29.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 76% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Santa Clara County (around 37%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Santa Clara County indicate 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 Fuerza Community Prep is one of 412 public schools in Santa Clara County (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students).

Rocketship Si Se Puede Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Rocketship Fuerza Community Prep operates from an urban location. As a public charter, Rocketship Fuerza Community Prep runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.