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Enrollment
469
Elementary
DISTRICT 485 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EVERGREEN ELEMENTARY·NCES 061314004054
Silver Oak Elementary
5000 Farnsworth Dr., San Jose, CA 95138 · (408) 223-4515 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL469 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 83% of California public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
24.7:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
41 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 79 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (79).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
82.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.8pp since 2014
Math
81.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 50.5% | 32.3% | 11.0% | 6.2% |
| Math | 60.5% | 20.6% | 11.7% | 7.2% |
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 | 82.8% | 81.1% |
| 2023-24 | 76.1% | 80.0% |
| 2022-23 | 82.9% | 84.2% |
| 2021-22 | 85.6% | 81.0% |
| 2018-19 | 87.6% | 84.3% |
| 2017-18 | 86.5% | 84.4% |
| 2016-17 | 83.9% | 81.6% |
| 2015-16 | 87.0% | 86.0% |
| 2014-15 | 79.0% | 81.0% |
% 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
79.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 Silver Oak Elementary
Silver Oak Elementary's state test result (79.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Oak Elementary this school | 469 | 8.7% | 79.9% |
| Hidden Hills Elementary San Ramon | 486 | 11.1% | 80.5% |
| Henry P. Mohr Elementary Pleasanton | 492 | 9.6% | 86.8% |
| Live Oak Elementary San Ramon | 438 | 9.1% | 75.5% |
| Alder Creek Elementary Folsom | 568 | 9.7% | 73.5% |
| Santiago Hills Elementary Irvine | 548 | 12.4% | 86.5% |
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 Silver Oak Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.9% | #226 of 5,151 | #39 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.1% | #192 of 5,172 ▲ 31 | #36 of 226 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.8% | #165 of 5,172 ▲ 248 | #23 of 226 ▲ 30 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.3pp | #1,397 of 5,116 | #108 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 469 | #2,806 of 5,915 | #96 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.7:1 | #4,230 of 5,352 | #209 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.8% | #3,084 of 5,354 | #157 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.7% | #5,502 of 5,625 | #226 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.4% | #954 of 3,837 | #76 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
469
-123 (-21%) vs 2020
-34% since 2000-01, when it was 713
Student : Teacher
24.7:1
was 26.9:1
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 | 469 | 19 | 24.7:1 | 9% (41) |
| 2023-24 | 505 | 19 | 26.6:1 | 7% (36) |
| 2022-23 | 550 | 22.5 | 24.4:1 | 7% (38) |
| 2020-21 | 592 | 22 | 26.9:1 | 7% (41) |
| 2017-18 | 620 | 23 | 27.0:1 | 4% (24) |
| 2015-16 | 654 | 24 | 27.3:1 | 2% (15) |
| 2010-11 | 821 | N/A | N/A | 3% (22) |
| 2000-01 | 713 | 36 | 19.8:1 | 3% (20) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Silver Oak Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (620 to 469); teachers down 17% (23 to 19).
About Silver Oak Elementary
Silver Oak Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in California, with an address in San Jose. The school reports 469 students in kindergarten through 6.
Silver Oak Elementary is one of the 16 schools that make up Evergreen Elementary (8,464 students in total).
Asian students account for 72% of enrollment at Silver Oak Elementary. The remaining students are 14% White, 8% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. Census figures show Santa Clara County is about 41% Asian. The chance that two students picked at random at Silver Oak Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 46%.
The school has about 24.7 students per teacher and 19 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, lower than at this school. About 9% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 37% average for public schools in Santa Clara County.
The allk12 Grade for Silver Oak Elementary is A-. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 83% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Silver Oak Elementary's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (79.9%) and its predicted rate (74.4%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of California schools.
In Santa Clara County (population about 1,902,047), median household income is about $164,281, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 412 public schools operate in Santa Clara County, serving about 230,059 students.
The school nearest to Silver Oak Elementary is James Franklin Smith Elementary, at a distance of about 1.9 miles. Within five miles of Silver Oak Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Silver Oak Elementary is 2nd of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Silver Oak Elementary falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 469 was 21% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 592. Federal data show the ratio falling from 26.9:1 to 24.7:1.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Evergreen Elementary
- Quimby Oak MiddleMiddle · 857 students
- Chaboya MiddleMiddle · 815 students
- Tom Matsumoto ElementaryElementary · 727 students
- James Franklin Smith ElementaryElementary · 595 students
- Norwood Creek ElementaryElementary · 530 students
- Evergreen ElementaryElementary · 528 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
- James Franklin Smith Elementary1.9 mi · 595
- Chaboya Middle2.2 mi · 815
- Tom Matsumoto Elementary2.2 mi · 727
- Evergreen Elementary2.3 mi · 528
- Cadwallader Elementary2.4 mi · 374
- Ledesma (Rita) Elementary2.6 mi · 426
Frequently asked questions
About Silver Oak ElementaryHow large is Silver Oak Elementary?
Silver Oak Elementary enrolls approximately 469 students in grades KG-06.
Is Silver Oak Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Silver Oak Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Silver Oak Elementary have?
Silver Oak Elementary employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.7:1.
How diverse is Silver Oak Elementary?
Silver Oak Elementary reports a student body of 14% White, 8% Hispanic, 0% Black, 72% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Silver Oak Elementary in?
Silver Oak Elementary is part of Evergreen Elementary.
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