Rocketship Spark Academy

As an average-sized elementary-level community in San Jose, California, Rocketship Spark Academy caters to 546 students from grades K through 5, one of the schools within Rocketship Spark Academy District.

Rocketship Spark Academy sits inside Rocketship Spark Academy District, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Demographically, Rocketship Spark Academy records that 56% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 37% Asian, 3% Black, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Santa Clara County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Rocketship Spark Academy reports 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 35.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 56% of students at Rocketship Spark Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Santa Clara County's rate of about 37%.

Around the school, census data for Santa Clara County shows median household income runs about $164,281, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 Spark Academy is one campus in the mix.

Sylvandale Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Rocketship Spark Academy operates from a high-density location. Rocketship Spark Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.