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Which teacher or staff member at Rucker Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
510
Elementary
DISTRICT 610 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GILROY UNIFIED·NCES 061518001916
Rucker Elementary
325 Santa Clara Ave., Gilroy, CA 95020 · (669) 205-4800 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL510 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% of California public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
24.3:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
327 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 109 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 36% smaller than its 5th grade class (109).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
35.1%
CA avg 49.1% . -1.9pp since 2014
Math
35.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -7.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 16.0% | 19.1% | 19.1% | 45.7% |
| Math | 17.5% | 17.9% | 22.9% | 41.8% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.1% | 35.4% |
| 2023-24 | 31.7% | 32.8% |
| 2022-23 | 26.6% | 28.1% |
| 2021-22 | 34.3% | 31.7% |
| 2018-19 | 45.0% | 48.5% |
| 2017-18 | 50.7% | 46.7% |
| 2016-17 | 38.0% | 36.8% |
| 2015-16 | 40.0% | 37.0% |
| 2014-15 | 37.0% | 43.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
33.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Rucker Elementary
Rucker Elementary's state test result (33.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rucker Elementary this school | 510 | 64.1% | 33.4% |
| Holbrook Language Academy Concord | 501 | 66.7% | 35.4% |
| Ronald W. Reagan Elementary Sanger | 472 | 65.3% | 57.7% |
| Monterey Park Elementary Salinas | 541 | 65.8% | 26.7% |
| Monroe Elementary Monrovia | 452 | 62.8% | 41.4% |
| Jordan Elementary Whittier | 516 | 62.6% | 49.8% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Rucker Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.4% | #3,124 of 5,151 | #171 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.4% | #2,710 of 5,172 ▲ 93 | #160 of 226 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.1% | #3,417 of 5,172 ▲ 181 | #169 of 226 ▲ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.3pp | #2,534 of 5,116 | #59 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 510 | #2,305 of 5,915 | #64 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.3:1 | #3,960 of 5,352 | #201 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.4% | #3,353 of 5,354 | #173 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.1% | #3,271 of 5,625 | #67 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.5% | #2,496 of 3,837 | #146 of 189 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
510
-109 (-18%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 498
Student : Teacher
24.3:1
was 24.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 510 | 21 | 24.3:1 | 64% (327) |
| 2023-24 | 508 | 18 | 28.2:1 | 68% (346) |
| 2022-23 | 538 | 23 | 23.4:1 | 60% (322) |
| 2020-21 | 619 | 25 | 24.8:1 | 61% (378) |
| 2017-18 | 576 | 21.3 | 27.1:1 | 59% (341) |
| 2015-16 | 554 | 21 | 26.4:1 | 61% (336) |
| 2010-11 | 567 | N/A | N/A | 65% (367) |
| 2000-01 | 505 | 23 | 22.0:1 | 51% (260) |
| 1990-91 | 498 | 21 | 23.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rucker Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (576 to 510); teachers down 1% (21.3 to 21).
About Rucker Elementary
Federal records list Rucker Elementary as an elementary school in Gilroy, California. In all, 510 students attend the school in kindergarten through 5.
Gilroy Unified has a total of 14 schools and 10,176 students, Rucker Elementary among them.
The largest group at Rucker Elementary is Hispanic students, at 75%. Other students are 11% White, 8% multiracial, and 5% Asian. By comparison, Santa Clara County residents are about 25% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 41%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rucker Elementary is 24.3:1, based on 21 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Rucker Elementary counts 64% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Santa Clara County, the average is 37%.
On the allk12 Grade, Rucker Elementary lands at C, ahead of 27% of California public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Rucker Elementary would score about 42.0%. It scores 33.4%, 8.6 points below that figure.
In Santa Clara County, the median household earns about $164,281 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Santa Clara County has 412 public schools with about 230,059 students, including Rucker Elementary.
A public school about 1.4 miles away, Christopher High, is the closest to Rucker Elementary. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, Rucker Elementary is behind the 37.5% nearby average, ranking 5th of 7.
Rucker Elementary is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels Suburb: Mid-size.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 510, compared with 619 in 2020-21.
The allk12 page for Rucker Elementary lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Santa Clara County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,902,047
Census ACS
Median income
$164,281
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
412
230,059 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Gilroy Unified
- Christopher HighHigh · 1,630 students
- Gilroy HighHigh · 1,618 students
- Las Animas ElementaryElementary · 800 students
- South Valley MiddleMiddle · 784 students
- Solorsano MiddleMiddle · 749 students
- Luigi Aprea ElementaryElementary · 722 students
Other schools in Gilroy
- Christopher HighHigh · 1,630 students
- Gilroy HighHigh · 1,618 students
- Las Animas ElementaryElementary · 800 students
- South Valley MiddleMiddle · 784 students
- Solorsano MiddleMiddle · 749 students
- Luigi Aprea ElementaryElementary · 722 students
Other Rucker Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Rucker Elementary. Rucker Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Rucker Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 434 students
Nearby schools
- Christopher High1.4 mi · 1,630
- Luigi Aprea Elementary2.2 mi · 722
- Rod Kelley Elementary2.3 mi · 697
- Mt. Madonna High2.4 mi · 150
- San Martin Gwinn Environmental Science Academy2.7 mi · 643
- South Valley Middle2.8 mi · 784
Frequently asked questions
About Rucker ElementaryHow many students attend Rucker Elementary?
Rucker Elementary enrolls approximately 510 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Rucker Elementary serve?
Rucker Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Rucker Elementary?
Approximately 24.3:1 students per teacher at Rucker Elementary.
How diverse is Rucker Elementary?
Rucker Elementary reports a student body of 11% White, 75% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Rucker Elementary public or private?
Rucker Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Gilroy Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.