Santa Teresa Elementary

Santa Teresa Elementary is an elementary campus of mid-tier scale in San Jose, California, operated by Oak Grove Elementary, educateing 542 students in grades K through 6.

Across the 18 schools in Oak Grove Elementary (8,515 students total), Santa Teresa Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Santa Teresa Elementary lists that 38% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 34% Hispanic, 17% White, 8% multiracial, 2% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Santa Teresa Elementary lists 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.3:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 29% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Santa Teresa Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.3%, the actual is 64.3%, a residual of +2.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Santa Clara County shows the typical household earns roughly $164,281 per year, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Santa Teresa Elementary is one of 412 public schools in Santa Clara County (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students).

Nearest neighbor: Bernal Intermediate, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Santa Teresa Elementary at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 45.7%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Santa Teresa Elementary has shrank 15%, going from 635 students in 2018 to 542 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share grew from 30% to 38%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 25.4:1 in 2018 to 24.3:1 today.

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