Sakamoto Elementary

Sakamoto Elementary operates as a middle-of-the-pack primary school in San Jose, California, run under Oak Grove Elementary. Current enrollment sits at 571 students spanning grades K through 6. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Sakamoto Elementary sits 23% bigger than that benchmark.

Oak Grove Elementary comprises 18 schools with combined enrollment of 8,515 students; Sakamoto Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Sakamoto Elementary records that 32% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 29% Asian, 23% White, 13% multiracial, 2% Pacific Islander.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 27% of students at Sakamoto Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Santa Clara County (around 37%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Sakamoto Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.6%; this one delivers 51.3%.

In the broader community, 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 roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sakamoto Elementary is one of 412 public schools in Santa Clara County (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students).

Nearest neighbor: Discovery Charter II, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sakamoto Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sakamoto Elementary at 4th of 5; the average score across the group is 61.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sakamoto Elementary has showed little movement, going from 558 students in 2018 to 571 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 31% to 23% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 24.8:1 in 2018 to 22.9:1 today.

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