Enrollment
274
Elementary
DISTRICT 391 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BERRYESSA UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 060480000467
Summerdale Elementary
1100 Summerdale Dr., San Jose, CA 95132 · (408) 923-1960 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL274 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 69% 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.
- 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
24.9:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
105 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 71 | 26% |
| Grade 1 | 25 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 35 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 103% larger than its 5th grade class (35).
Student demographics
57%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
67.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +18.2pp since 2014
Math
57.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +9.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 18 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 38.1% | 29.1% | 12.7% | 20.1% |
| Math | 30.4% | 26.8% | 20.3% | 22.5% |
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 | 67.2% | 57.3% |
| 2023-24 | 56.2% | 52.2% |
| 2022-23 | 56.5% | 53.9% |
| 2021-22 | 57.9% | 54.3% |
| 2018-19 | 57.0% | 59.7% |
| 2017-18 | 52.6% | 58.4% |
| 2016-17 | 52.0% | 57.2% |
| 2015-16 | 54.0% | 55.0% |
| 2014-15 | 49.0% | 48.0% |
% 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
57.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Summerdale Elementary
Summerdale Elementary's state test result (57.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summerdale Elementary this school | 274 | 38.3% | 57.8% |
| E. M. Grimmer Elementary Fremont | 244 | 41.0% | 64.2% |
| Junipero Serra Elementary Daly City | 286 | 40.9% | 55.8% |
| Laneview Elementary San Jose | 349 | 37.5% | 51.6% |
| Skyline Elementary Daly City | 366 | 39.3% | 56.3% |
| Thomas Edison Elementary Daly City | 294 | 37.8% | 54.5% |
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 Summerdale Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #1,229 of 5,151 | #107 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.3% | #1,181 of 5,172 ▲ 200 | #106 of 226 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.2% | #897 of 5,172 ▲ 575 | #83 of 226 ▲ 34 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.1pp | #1,336 of 5,116 | #25 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 274 | #4,962 of 5,915 | #224 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.9:1 | #4,379 of 5,352 | #213 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.9% | #2,135 of 5,354 | #126 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.3% | #4,401 of 5,625 | #118 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.2% | #374 of 3,837 | #32 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
274
-84 (-23%) vs 2020
-48% since 1990-91, when it was 528
Student : Teacher
24.9:1
was 25.6:1
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 | 274 | 11 | 24.9:1 | 38% (105) |
| 2023-24 | 274 | 11 | 24.9:1 | 40% (109) |
| 2022-23 | 301 | 12 | 25.1:1 | 35% (106) |
| 2020-21 | 358 | 14 | 25.6:1 | 33% (118) |
| 2017-18 | 410 | 16 | 25.6:1 | 41% (167) |
| 2015-16 | 462 | 19 | 24.3:1 | 38% (174) |
| 2010-11 | 544 | N/A | N/A | 43% (234) |
| 2000-01 | 503 | 26 | 19.4:1 | 23% (117) |
| 1990-91 | 528 | 19 | 27.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Summerdale Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (410 to 274); teachers down 31% (16 to 11).
About Summerdale Elementary
Summerdale Elementary is a public elementary school in San Jose, California. The school's 274 students are in kindergarten through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in California average about 465 students each.
Within Berryessa Union Elementary, Summerdale Elementary is one of 13 schools. The district enrolls 5,907 students.
By race and ethnicity, Summerdale Elementary is 59% Asian. Beyond that, enrollment is 28% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% White, and 3% Black. In Santa Clara County overall, about 41% of residents are Asian. The chance that two students picked at random at Summerdale Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 57%.
With 11 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Summerdale Elementary was 24.9:1. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is lower than this school's figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 38%. That is close to the 37% average for public schools in Santa Clara County.
allk12 grades Summerdale Elementary a B+. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Summerdale Elementary's results are within a point of predicted: 57.8% against 57.1%.
County data help place the school in context: in Santa Clara County, median household income is about $164,281, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. The public schools of Santa Clara County number 412 and enroll about 230,059.
The closest other public school is Piedmont Middle, about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Summerdale Elementary ranks 6th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 57.8% against a local average of 56.7%.
Summerdale Elementary has an NCES locale of City: Large.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 23%, from 358 to 274.
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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 Berryessa Union Elementary
- Sierramont MiddleMiddle · 742 students
- Morrill MiddleMiddle · 665 students
- Piedmont MiddleMiddle · 591 students
- Cherrywood ElementaryElementary · 529 students
- Vinci Park ElementaryElementary · 529 students
- Northwood ElementaryElementary · 452 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
- Piedmont Middle0.4 mi · 591
- Toyon Elementary0.7 mi · 231
- Noble Elementary0.7 mi · 370
- Ruskin Elementary0.7 mi · 367
- Cherrywood Elementary0.8 mi · 529
- Piedmont Hills High0.9 mi · 1,918
Frequently asked questions
About Summerdale ElementaryHow many students attend Summerdale Elementary?
Summerdale Elementary enrolls approximately 274 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Summerdale Elementary serve?
Summerdale Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Summerdale Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Summerdale Elementary is approximately 24.9:1 (11 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Summerdale Elementary?
At Summerdale Elementary, the student body is approximately 4% White, 28% Hispanic, 3% Black, 59% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Summerdale Elementary public or private?
Summerdale Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Berryessa Union Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.