Silver Oak Elementary

Silver Oak Elementary is an elementary school of medium-sized scale in San Jose, California, part of Evergreen Elementary, serveing 469 students in grades K through 6.

Evergreen Elementary comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 8,464 students; Silver Oak Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Silver Oak Elementary shows that the largest single group is Asian, at 72% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 14% White, 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 9% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Santa Clara County (around 37%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Silver Oak Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 74.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 78.1%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Santa Clara County indicate median household income runs about $164,281, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Silver Oak Elementary is one of 412 public schools in Santa Clara County (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students).

James Franklin Smith Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Silver Oak Elementary at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 60.4%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 24%: 620 students in 2018 compared to 469 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share grew from 62% to 72%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 27.0:1 in 2018 to 24.7:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.