Solorsano Middle

As a mid-sized intermediate school in Gilroy, California, Solorsano Middle serves 749 students from grades 6 through 8, run under Gilroy Unified.

Gilroy Unified runs 14 schools in total, collectively educating 10,176 students. Solorsano Middle is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Solorsano Middle reports that 65% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest reads as 13% White, 10% Asian, 9% multiracial, 2% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Santa Clara County's rate of about 37%.

After controlling for student poverty, Solorsano Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.1%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Santa Clara County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $164,281 per year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Santa Clara County's 412 public schools (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students), Solorsano Middle is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is El Roble Elementary, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Solorsano Middle comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 37.2%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Solorsano Middle has ticked down 13%, going from 863 students in 2018 to 749 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 25.0:1 in 2018 to 22.1:1 today.

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