Enrollment
318
Elementary
DISTRICT 383 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRANKLIN-MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY·NCES 061437001650
Santee Elementary
1313 Audubon Dr., San Jose, CA 95122 · (408) 283-6450 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL318 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of California public elementary schools
- FTest 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.
- B-Three-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
19.3:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
286 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 58 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 28 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 55 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 5% larger than its 6th grade class (55).
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
22.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.0pp since 2014
Math
11.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -9.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 are down about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 5.8% | 16.2% | 19.1% | 59.0% |
| Math | 3.3% | 8.3% | 27.1% | 61.3% |
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 | 22.0% | 11.6% |
| 2023-24 | 15.5% | 8.1% |
| 2022-23 | 19.8% | 9.1% |
| 2021-22 | 20.8% | 9.0% |
| 2018-19 | 27.8% | 20.9% |
| 2017-18 | 26.4% | 24.1% |
| 2016-17 | 26.5% | 23.0% |
| 2015-16 | 30.0% | 31.0% |
| 2014-15 | 20.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
14.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Santee Elementary
Santee Elementary's state test result (14.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santee Elementary this school | 318 | 89.9% | 14.4% |
| Wilkerson Elementary El Monte | 325 | 90.2% | 43.8% |
| Albany Park Elementary Delano | 319 | 87.5% | 29.3% |
| Cortada Elementary El Monte | 322 | 92.9% | 40.6% |
| Princeton Street Elementary Delano | 308 | 89.6% | 31.8% |
| San Antonio Elementary San Jose | 326 | 91.7% | 22.1% |
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 Santee Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.4% | #4,965 of 5,151 | #220 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.6% | #4,968 of 5,172 ▲ 113 | #221 of 226 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #4,729 of 5,172 ▲ 271 | #207 of 226 ▲ 15 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.9pp | #2,676 of 5,116 | #63 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 318 | #4,601 of 5,915 | #195 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.3:1 | #626 of 5,352 | #41 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.0% | #4,038 of 5,354 | #213 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.9% | #1,115 of 5,625 | #6 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.2% | #886 of 3,837 | #69 of 189 |
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
318
-70 (-18%) vs 2020
-56% since 1990-91, when it was 724
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
was 20.4:1
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 | 318 | 16.5 | 19.3:1 | 90% (286) |
| 2023-24 | 330 | 16.5 | 20.0:1 | 81% (268) |
| 2022-23 | 359 | 18 | 19.9:1 | 64% (228) |
| 2020-21 | 388 | 19 | 20.4:1 | 88% (343) |
| 2017-18 | 425 | 19 | 22.4:1 | 89% (378) |
| 2015-16 | 440 | 20 | 22.0:1 | 98% (429) |
| 2010-11 | 462 | N/A | N/A | 93% (431) |
| 2000-01 | 712 | 35 | 20.3:1 | 93% (660) |
| 1990-91 | 724 | 27 | 26.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Santee Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (425 to 318); teachers down 13% (19 to 16.5).
About Santee Elementary
Santee Elementary is an elementary school in San Jose, California, according to federal school records. The school counted 318 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 6. That puts enrollment 32% below the 465-student average for elementary schools in California.
Franklin-McKinley Elementary is the local district for Santee Elementary. It runs 16 schools with 5,663 students.
Hispanic students account for 84% of the school's enrollment. Other reported shares: 14% Asian. Santa Clara County's residents are about 25% Hispanic, 59 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 28% means there is a 28% chance two randomly chosen students at Santee Elementary are from different groups.
Staffing at Santee Elementary comes to 16.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 19.3:1. Elementary schools in California have an average ratio of 22.3:1. On the income side, 90% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 37% average among public schools in Santa Clara County.
Among California public elementary schools, Santee Elementary outscored 6%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
A school with Santee Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 26.8%. Santee Elementary scores 14.4%, 12.4 points below that line.
American Community Survey estimates for Santa Clara County show that the median household earns about $164,281 a year, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Across Santa Clara County, 412 public schools serve about 230,059 students.
Santee Elementary's nearest public school is ACE Esperanza Middle (about 0.1 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 6 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Santee Elementary is 5th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Santee Elementary is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 18%, from 388 to 318. Students per teacher dropped from 20.4 in 2020-21 to 19.3 in 2024-25.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About Santee ElementaryHow large is Santee Elementary?
Santee Elementary enrolls approximately 318 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Santee Elementary serve?
Santee Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Santee Elementary?
Approximately 19.3:1 students per teacher at Santee Elementary.
How diverse is Santee Elementary?
Santee Elementary reports a student body of 0% White, 84% Hispanic, 1% Black, 14% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Santee Elementary in?
Santee Elementary is part of Franklin-McKinley Elementary.
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