Sylvandale Middle

Sylvandale Middle is a middle-grades school of intimate scale in San Jose, California, overseen by Franklin-McKinley Elementary, educateing 330 students in grades 7 through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so Sylvandale Middle sits 50% leaner than that benchmark.

Franklin-McKinley Elementary runs 16 schools in total, collectively educating 5,663 students. Sylvandale Middle is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Sylvandale Middle shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 65%. The remainder is composed of 30% Asian, 2% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Sylvandale Middle has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.6:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 75% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Santa Clara County's rate of about 37%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Sylvandale Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.1%; this one delivers 24.3%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Santa Clara County indicate median household income runs about $164,281, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Santa Clara County's 412 public schools (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students), Sylvandale Middle is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Rocketship Spark Academy, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Sylvandale Middle comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 33.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sylvandale Middle has shrank 54%, going from 716 students in 2018 to 330 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share ticked down from 41% to 30%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 21.9:1 in 2018 to 19.6:1 today.

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