Enrollment
269
Elementary
DISTRICT 412 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN JOSE UNIFIED·NCES 063459005730
Selma Olinder Elementary
890 East William, San Jose, CA 95116 · (408) 535-6245 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL269 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 7% of California public elementary schools
- DTest 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
16.3:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
216 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 63 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 27 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 54% larger than its 5th grade class (41).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
20.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -16.0pp since 2014
Math
20.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -4.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 16 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 4.8% | 15.2% | 19.1% | 61.0% |
| Math | 4.5% | 16.1% | 21.4% | 58.0% |
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 | 20.0% | 20.5% |
| 2023-24 | 18.4% | 15.7% |
| 2022-23 | 25.2% | 16.8% |
| 2021-22 | 22.7% | 14.9% |
| 2020-21 | 20.9% | 15.0% |
| 2018-19 | 24.2% | 17.9% |
| 2017-18 | 25.7% | 21.4% |
| 2016-17 | 26.0% | 20.2% |
| 2015-16 | 20.0% | 16.0% |
| 2014-15 | 36.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
18.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Selma Olinder Elementary
Selma Olinder Elementary's state test result (18.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Selma Olinder Elementary this school | 269 | 80.3% | 18.0% |
| Horace Cureton Elementary San Jose | 254 | 79.1% | 21.6% |
| Lassalette La Puente | 279 | 77.4% | 29.3% |
| Garvanza Elementary School Technology and Leadership Magnet Los Angeles | 239 | 81.6% | 45.4% |
| Paddison Elementary Norwalk | 296 | 79.7% | 55.3% |
| Rocketship Si Se Puede Academy San Jose | 271 | 81.5% | N/A |
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 Selma Olinder Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #4,744 of 5,151 | #212 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.5% | #4,253 of 5,172 ▲ 364 | #204 of 226 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #4,843 of 5,172 ▲ 7 | #214 of 226 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.4pp | #2,882 of 5,116 | #79 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 269 | #5,007 of 5,915 | #227 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #68 of 5,352 | #4 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.5% | #4,396 of 5,354 | #229 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.3% | #2,166 of 5,625 | #28 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.4% | #409 of 3,837 | #35 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
269
-22 (-8%) vs 2020
-59% since 1990-91, when it was 655
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 19.4:1
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 | 269 | 16.5 | 16.3:1 | 80% (216) |
| 2023-24 | 278 | 16.4 | 17.0:1 | 82% (227) |
| 2022-23 | 305 | 16.7 | 18.3:1 | 77% (236) |
| 2020-21 | 291 | 15 | 19.4:1 | 64% (185) |
| 2017-18 | 398 | 17.7 | 22.6:1 | 86% (342) |
| 2015-16 | 441 | 19 | 23.2:1 | 84% (370) |
| 2010-11 | 489 | N/A | N/A | 85% (414) |
| 2000-01 | 688 | 31 | 22.2:1 | 65% (449) |
| 1990-91 | 655 | 31 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Selma Olinder Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (398 to 269); teachers down 7% (17.7 to 16.5).
About Selma Olinder Elementary
Federal records list Selma Olinder Elementary as an elementary school in San Jose, California. Total enrollment is 269 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 5. It has 42% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in California (about 465).
San Jose Unified serves 24,322 students across 41 schools.
Of every 100 students at Selma Olinder Elementary, about 89 are Hispanic. Smaller groups are 7% Asian and 3% White. For comparison, the population of Santa Clara County is roughly 25% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 21, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 16.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Selma Olinder Elementary, giving a ratio of 16.3:1. The school's 16.3:1 compares with an average of 22.3:1 for elementary schools in California. By family income, 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 37% average for public schools in Santa Clara County is 43 points.
Selma Olinder Elementary earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 7% of California public elementary schools.
A school with Selma Olinder Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 32.5%. Selma Olinder Elementary scores 18.0%, 14.5 points below that line.
In Santa Clara County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $164,281, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. The county has 412 public schools and about 230,059 students.
McKinley Elementary is about 0.2 miles from Selma Olinder Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Selma Olinder Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Selma Olinder Elementary comes in 4th of 5 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Selma Olinder Elementary as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 8%, from 291 to 269. The number of students per teacher dropped from 19.4 to 16.3 over 4 years.
The allk12 page for Selma Olinder Elementary lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About Selma Olinder ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Selma Olinder Elementary?
Selma Olinder Elementary enrolls approximately 269 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Selma Olinder Elementary serve?
Selma Olinder Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Selma Olinder Elementary?
Approximately 16.3:1 students per teacher at Selma Olinder Elementary.
How diverse is Selma Olinder Elementary?
Selma Olinder Elementary reports a student body of 3% White, 89% Hispanic, 1% Black, 7% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Selma Olinder Elementary in?
Selma Olinder Elementary is part of San Jose Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.