Santa Rita Elementary

Santa Rita Elementary is one of the tight-knit elementary schools in Los Altos, California, operated by Los Altos Elementary, with 326 students on its rolls from grades K through 6. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Santa Rita Elementary sits 30% below that benchmark.

Within Los Altos Elementary, which oversees 9 schools and 3,368 students, Santa Rita Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Santa Rita Elementary shows that 34% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 31% Asian, 25% Hispanic, 10% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Santa Rita Elementary has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 19% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Santa Clara County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Santa Rita Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 68.4%; this one delivers 73.8%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Santa Clara County) logs that median household income runs about $164,281, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Santa Rita Elementary is one of 412 public schools in Santa Clara County (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students).

Ardis G. Egan Junior High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Santa Rita Elementary comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 81.0%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 40%: 546 students in 2018 compared to 326 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 12% to 25%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 22.8:1 in 2018 to 18.4:1 in 2025.

On allk12, the feed for Santa Rita Elementary typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.