Rocketship Rising Stars

Rocketship Rising Stars operates as a moderately sized K-5 school in San Jose, California, run under Rocketship Rising Stars District. Current enrollment sits at 621 students spanning grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 34% above the state mean of about 465.

Rocketship Rising Stars District is the operating authority for Rocketship Rising Stars, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Rocketship Rising Stars records that 63% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder reads as 32% Asian, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Rocketship Rising Stars lists 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 36.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 65% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Santa Clara County's rate of about 37%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Santa Clara County put median household earnings sit near $164,281, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Santa Clara County's 412 public schools (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students), Rocketship Rising Stars is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Andrew P. Hill High, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting. Rocketship Rising Stars is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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