Theuerkauf Elementary

Theuerkauf Elementary is a compact primary school in Mountain View, California, overseen by Mountain View Whisman. The school serves 308 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Theuerkauf Elementary sits 34% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 11 schools in Mountain View Whisman (4,624 students total), Theuerkauf Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Theuerkauf Elementary logs that 47% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 20% Asian, 18% White, 14% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 39% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Theuerkauf Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 56.5%; actual is 40.2%, a gap of -16.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, Santa Clara County reports that median household earnings sit near $164,281, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Theuerkauf Elementary is one of 412 public schools in Santa Clara County (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students).

Stevenson Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Theuerkauf Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Theuerkauf Elementary ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 56.9%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Theuerkauf Elementary has fell 17%, going from 369 students in 2018 to 308 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment decreased from 60% to 47% over that span.

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