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What's the biggest difference between Sakamoto Elementary and what you expected?
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Enrollment
571
Elementary
DISTRICT 439 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY·NCES 062781004220
Sakamoto Elementary
6280 Shadelands Dr., San Jose, CA 95123 · (408) 227-3411 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL571 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% of California public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
22.9:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
152 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 96 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 86 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (96) is 12% larger than its 6th grade class (86).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
56.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.7pp since 2014
Math
53.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 32.3% | 24.4% | 16.3% | 27.0% |
| Math | 35.3% | 18.4% | 20.9% | 25.3% |
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 | 56.7% | 53.8% |
| 2023-24 | 52.4% | 49.4% |
| 2022-23 | 55.4% | 50.8% |
| 2021-22 | 66.5% | 60.1% |
| 2018-19 | 63.8% | 60.9% |
| 2017-18 | 61.1% | 56.5% |
| 2016-17 | 56.5% | 53.6% |
| 2015-16 | 56.0% | 49.0% |
| 2014-15 | 55.0% | 53.0% |
% 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
53.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Sakamoto Elementary
Sakamoto Elementary's state test result (53.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sakamoto Elementary this school | 571 | 26.6% | 53.3% |
| Vannoy Elementary Castro Valley | 536 | 29.5% | 68.0% |
| Nesbit Elementary Belmont | 566 | 27.0% | 55.6% |
| Genevieve Didion Sacramento | 609 | 29.2% | 72.2% |
| Lietz Elementary San Jose | 501 | 23.2% | 62.1% |
| Oak Mesa Elementary La Verne | 582 | 24.2% | 78.6% |
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 Sakamoto Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #1,498 of 5,151 | #119 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #1,371 of 5,172 ▲ 187 | #112 of 226 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.7% | #1,561 of 5,172 ▲ 164 | #118 of 226 ▲ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -8.0pp | #221 of 5,116 | #27 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 571 | #1,637 of 5,915 | #36 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.9:1 | #2,931 of 5,352 | #154 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.4% | #161 of 5,354 | #9 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.6% | #4,906 of 5,625 | #151 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.3% | #939 of 1,139 | #32 of 36 |
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
571
-22 (-4%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 634
Student : Teacher
22.9:1
was 22.8:1
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 | 571 | 24.9 | 22.9:1 | 27% (152) |
| 2023-24 | 574 | 25.9 | 22.2:1 | 25% (144) |
| 2022-23 | 525 | 23.4 | 22.4:1 | 21% (111) |
| 2020-21 | 593 | 26 | 22.8:1 | 13% (75) |
| 2017-18 | 558 | 22.5 | 24.8:1 | 16% (92) |
| 2015-16 | 598 | 22 | 27.2:1 | 18% (110) |
| 2010-11 | 581 | N/A | N/A | 22% (126) |
| 2000-01 | 550 | 29 | 19.0:1 | 11% (61) |
| 1990-91 | 634 | 25 | 25.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sakamoto Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (558 to 571); teachers up 11% (22.5 to 24.9).
About Sakamoto Elementary
Sakamoto Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in California, with an address in San Jose. It has an enrollment of 571 students in kindergarten through 6. On average, elementary schools in California enroll around 465, and this school is 23% bigger than that mark.
Sakamoto Elementary is one school in Oak Grove Elementary, a system of 18 schools with 8,515 students.
About 32% of students at Sakamoto Elementary are Hispanic, the largest single group. After that, the student body is 29% Asian, 23% White, 13% multiracial, and 2% Pacific Islander. A diversity index of 74% means there is a 74% chance two randomly chosen students at Sakamoto Elementary are from different groups.
With 24.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 22.9:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is similar, at 22.3:1. Roughly 27% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Santa Clara County report 37%.
On the allk12 Grade, Sakamoto Elementary lands at C+, ahead of 36% of California public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Sakamoto Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of California schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 53.3%; the prediction is 63.9%.
The school is in Santa Clara County, where median household income comes to about $164,281, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Santa Clara County's 412 public schools enroll about 230,059 students and include Sakamoto Elementary.
The closest school to Sakamoto Elementary is Discovery Charter II, located about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Sakamoto Elementary at 4th of 5.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 571 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 593.
This page is set up for the Sakamoto Elementary community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Oak Grove Elementary
- Herman (Leonard) IntermediateMiddle · 723 students
- Bernal IntermediateMiddle · 675 students
- Parkview ElementaryElementary · 549 students
- Santa Teresa ElementaryElementary · 542 students
- Davis (Caroline) IntermediateMiddle · 537 students
- Taylor (Bertha) ElementaryElementary · 497 students
Other schools in San Jose
- Evergreen Valley HighHigh · 2,703 students
- Independence HighHigh · 2,289 students
- Silver Creek HighHigh · 2,139 students
- Santa Teresa HighHigh · 2,134 students
- Piedmont Hills HighHigh · 1,918 students
- Leigh HighHigh · 1,884 students
Nearby schools
- Discovery Charter II0.6 mi · 476
- Herman (Leonard) Intermediate0.6 mi · 723
- Phoenix High0.6 mi · 70
- Santa Teresa High0.7 mi · 2,134
- Calero High1.0 mi · 173
- Leland High1.0 mi · 1,471
Frequently asked questions
About Sakamoto ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Sakamoto Elementary?
Sakamoto Elementary enrolls approximately 571 students in grades KG-06.
Is Sakamoto Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sakamoto Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Sakamoto Elementary?
Approximately 22.9:1 students per teacher at Sakamoto Elementary.
How diverse is Sakamoto Elementary?
Sakamoto Elementary reports a student body of 23% White, 32% Hispanic, 1% Black, 29% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Is Sakamoto Elementary public or private?
Sakamoto Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Oak Grove Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.