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Enrollment
524
Elementary
DISTRICT 465 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAMPBELL UNION·NCES 060720007427
Sherman Oaks Elementary
1800 Fruitdale Ave., San Jose, CA 95128 · (408) 795-1140 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL524 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 43% of California public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
23.8:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
309 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 44 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 62 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 47 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 53% larger than its 8th grade class (47).
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
41.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +7.2pp since 2014
Math
36.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +12.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 7 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 14.6% | 26.6% | 29.4% | 29.4% |
| Math | 17.0% | 19.2% | 29.1% | 34.7% |
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 | 41.2% | 36.2% |
| 2023-24 | 42.2% | 35.8% |
| 2022-23 | 39.2% | 26.5% |
| 2021-22 | 37.8% | 29.2% |
| 2018-19 | 39.4% | 35.4% |
| 2017-18 | 40.2% | 38.2% |
| 2016-17 | 44.9% | 37.1% |
| 2015-16 | 47.0% | 33.0% |
| 2014-15 | 34.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
39.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Sherman Oaks Elementary
Sherman Oaks Elementary's state test result (39.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherman Oaks Elementary this school | 524 | 59.0% | 39.6% |
| Rio Vista Elementary Fillmore | 553 | 57.3% | 33.3% |
| Wallen L. Andrews Whittier | 542 | 61.3% | 50.6% |
| Jordan Elementary Whittier | 516 | 62.6% | 49.8% |
| Multicultural Learning Center Canoga Park | 496 | 60.5% | N/A |
| T. L. Waggoner Elementary Imperial | 613 | 58.9% | 48.2% |
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 Sherman Oaks Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #2,527 of 5,151 | #152 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.2% | #2,616 of 5,172 ▼ 93 | #157 of 226 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.2% | #2,801 of 5,172 ▼ 307 | #150 of 226 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.2pp | #1,583 of 5,116 | #34 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 524 | #2,152 of 5,915 | #61 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.8:1 | #3,600 of 5,352 | #182 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.7% | #4,439 of 5,354 | #231 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.0% | #3,525 of 5,625 | #74 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.8% | #3,222 of 3,837 | #169 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
524
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
+15% since 2000-01, when it was 454
Student : Teacher
23.8:1
was 25.1:1
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 | 524 | 22 | 23.8:1 | 59% (309) |
| 2023-24 | 529 | 23 | 23.0:1 | 65% (342) |
| 2022-23 | 552 | 24 | 23.0:1 | 48% (264) |
| 2020-21 | 528 | 21 | 25.1:1 | 64% (337) |
| 2017-18 | 556 | 23.5 | 23.7:1 | 64% (356) |
| 2015-16 | 531 | 17 | 31.2:1 | 62% (329) |
| 2010-11 | 480 | N/A | N/A | 72% (344) |
| 2000-01 | 454 | 24 | 18.9:1 | 57% (258) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sherman Oaks Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (556 to 524); teachers down 6% (23.5 to 22).
About Sherman Oaks Elementary
Sherman Oaks Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Campbell Union, located in San Jose, California. The school covers kindergarten through 8 and reported 524 students in 2024-25.
The district, Campbell Union, has 6,108 students enrolled across 12 schools.
The share of students at Sherman Oaks Elementary who are Hispanic is 89%. Other groups make up 7% White. County-wide, 25% of Santa Clara County residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 20% means there is a 20% chance two randomly chosen students at Sherman Oaks Elementary are from different groups.
With 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 23.8:1. Elementary schools in California have an average ratio of 22.3:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Sherman Oaks Elementary, 59% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Santa Clara County report 37%.
On the allk12 Grade, Sherman Oaks Elementary lands at C+, ahead of 43% of California public elementary schools.
Schools in California with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 45.0%. Sherman Oaks Elementary scores 39.6%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Santa Clara County show that the median household earns about $164,281 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Santa Clara County has 412 public schools with about 230,059 students, including Sherman Oaks Elementary.
About 0.4 miles separate Sherman Oaks Elementary from the closest public school, Del Mar High. The five-mile area around Sherman Oaks Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Sherman Oaks Elementary ranks 2nd of 9 nearby schools, at 39.6% versus a 32.7% average.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large. Sherman Oaks Elementary holds a charter, making it a public charter school.
Enrollment went from 528 in 2020-21 to 524 in 2024-25, a change of 4 students. Federal data show the ratio falling from 25.1:1 to 23.8:1.
On allk12, people connected to Sherman Oaks Elementary can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
Related schools
Other schools in Campbell Union
- Campbell School of InnovationElementary · 815 students
- Rolling Hills MiddleMiddle · 778 students
- Monroe MiddleMiddle · 677 students
- Forest Hill ElementaryElementary · 506 students
- Lynhaven ElementaryElementary · 463 students
- Capri ElementaryElementary · 457 students
Other schools in San Jose
- Evergreen Valley HighHigh · 2,703 students
- Independence HighHigh · 2,289 students
- Silver Creek HighHigh · 2,139 students
- Santa Teresa HighHigh · 2,134 students
- Piedmont Hills HighHigh · 1,918 students
- Leigh HighHigh · 1,884 students
Nearby schools
- Del Mar High0.4 mi · 1,350
- Blackford Elementary0.8 mi · 414
- Luther Burbank Elementary1.0 mi · 426
- Monroe Middle1.1 mi · 677
- Abraham Lincoln High1.3 mi · 1,590
- River Glen1.3 mi · 463
Frequently asked questions
About Sherman Oaks ElementaryHow large is Sherman Oaks Elementary?
Sherman Oaks Elementary enrolls approximately 524 students in grades KG-08.
Is Sherman Oaks Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sherman Oaks Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at Sherman Oaks Elementary?
Approximately 23.8:1 students per teacher at Sherman Oaks Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sherman Oaks Elementary?
At Sherman Oaks Elementary, the student body is approximately 7% White, 89% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Sherman Oaks Elementary public or private?
Sherman Oaks Elementary is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Campbell Union.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.