San Miguel Elementary

San Miguel Elementary, a mid-sized elementary-level community in Sunnyvale, California, operated by Sunnyvale, teaches 431 students, covering grades K through 5.

San Miguel Elementary is one of 10 schools operated by Sunnyvale, a district that instructs 5,753 students overall.

In terms of who attends, San Miguel Elementary records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 69%. The remainder consists of 13% Asian, 10% White, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting San Miguel Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 31% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), San Miguel Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 61.0%; this one comes in at 38.3%, -22.7 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, census data for Santa Clara County shows median household income runs about $164,281, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. San Miguel Elementary is one of 412 public schools in Santa Clara County (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students).

Nearest neighbor: Lakewood Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around San Miguel Elementary. On composite proficiency, San Miguel Elementary comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 45.7%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Looking at the recent track record. San Miguel Elementary's enrollment has expanded 8% since 2018, when it stood at 398 (now 431). The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 60% to 69% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 24.9:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 today.

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