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Rocketship Mateo Sheedy Elementary
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About Rocketship Mateo Sheedy Elementary
Rocketship Mateo Sheedy Elementary operates as an average-sized elementary-level community in San Jose, California, operated by Rocketship Mateo Sheedy Elementary District. Current enrollment sits at 454 students spanning grades K through 5.
Rocketship Mateo Sheedy Elementary District is the operating authority for Rocketship Mateo Sheedy Elementary, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.
On the student-mix side, Rocketship Mateo Sheedy Elementary shows that nearly all students (83%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 11% Black, 3% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.
Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 27.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 80% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Santa Clara County (around 37%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.
Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Santa Clara County indicate median household income runs about $164,281, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Rocketship Mateo Sheedy Elementary is one of 412 public schools in Santa Clara County (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students).
Nearest neighbor: Washington Elementary, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
The school occupies an inner-city site. Rocketship Mateo Sheedy Elementary is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.
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