Summerdale Elementary

Located at 1100 Summerdale Dr., in San Jose, California, Summerdale Elementary is a low-enrollment K-5 school that works with 274 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within Berryessa Union Elementary. That puts it 41% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Summerdale Elementary is one of 13 schools operated by Berryessa Union Elementary, a district that educates 5,907 students overall.

On demographics, Summerdale Elementary reports that the largest single group is Asian, at 59% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 28% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% White, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 41% Asian, putting the school's mix considerably more Asian than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Summerdale Elementary shows 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Summerdale Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 38% of students at Summerdale Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Summerdale Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.7%; this one delivers 53.8%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Santa Clara County) records that median household income runs about $164,281, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Summerdale Elementary is one of 412 public schools in Santa Clara County (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students).

Piedmont Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Summerdale Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 55.8%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 33%: 410 students in 2018 compared to 274 in 2025.

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