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How has Tom Matsumoto Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
727
Elementary
DISTRICT 485 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EVERGREEN ELEMENTARY·NCES 061314007788
Tom Matsumoto Elementary
4121 Mackin Woods Ln., San Jose, CA 95135 · (408) 223-4873 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL727 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% of California public elementary schools
- ATest 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.
- C-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
24.2:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
97 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 115 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 108 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 105 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 126 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (115) is 9% smaller than its 6th grade class (126).
Student demographics
43%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
79.9%
CA avg 49.1% . -7.1pp since 2014
Math
76.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -10.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 60.0% | 19.9% | 11.4% | 8.6% |
| Math | 59.0% | 17.8% | 12.5% | 10.7% |
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 | 79.9% | 76.8% |
| 2023-24 | 77.0% | 75.6% |
| 2022-23 | 83.3% | 79.5% |
| 2021-22 | 82.2% | 80.2% |
| 2018-19 | 89.0% | 87.7% |
| 2017-18 | 90.3% | 86.2% |
| 2016-17 | 87.5% | 91.1% |
| 2015-16 | 88.0% | 88.0% |
| 2014-15 | 87.0% | 87.0% |
% 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
77.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Tom Matsumoto Elementary
Tom Matsumoto Elementary's state test result (77.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Matsumoto Elementary this school | 727 | 13.3% | 77.3% |
| Harold William Kolb Dublin | 696 | 15.4% | 86.6% |
| Abraham Lincoln Elementary Cupertino | 662 | 14.4% | 86.3% |
| Mabel Mattos Elementary Milpitas | 746 | 15.1% | 78.3% |
| James Franklin Smith Elementary San Jose | 595 | 10.1% | 79.4% |
| Corral Hollow Elementary Tracy | 806 | 16.7% | 79.2% |
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 Tom Matsumoto Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.3% | #339 of 5,151 | #53 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.8% | #348 of 5,172 ▲ 43 | #55 of 226 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.9% | #278 of 5,172 ▲ 93 | #32 of 226 ▲ 17 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.8pp | #1,001 of 5,116 | #80 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 727 | #630 of 5,915 | #10 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.2:1 | #3,913 of 5,352 | #195 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.6% | #3,267 of 5,354 | #165 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.3% | #5,376 of 5,625 | #205 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.8% | #1,073 of 1,139 | #36 of 36 |
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
727
-73 (-9%) vs 2020
+15% since 2000-01, when it was 634
Student : Teacher
24.2:1
was 25.0:1
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 | 727 | 30 | 24.2:1 | 13% (97) |
| 2023-24 | 753 | 31 | 24.3:1 | 7% (54) |
| 2022-23 | 757 | 30.8 | 24.6:1 | 11% (87) |
| 2020-21 | 800 | 32 | 25.0:1 | 8% (65) |
| 2017-18 | 721 | 27.5 | 26.2:1 | 5% (35) |
| 2015-16 | 762 | 30 | 25.4:1 | 5% (39) |
| 2010-11 | 907 | N/A | N/A | 4% (38) |
| 2000-01 | 634 | 31 | 20.4:1 | 4% (25) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tom Matsumoto Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (721 to 727); teachers up 9% (27.5 to 30).
About Tom Matsumoto Elementary
Federal records list Tom Matsumoto Elementary as an elementary school in San Jose, California. The student body numbers 727 students, from kindergarten through 6. Average enrollment for elementary schools in California is about 465, so this school runs 56% above that.
Tom Matsumoto Elementary is one of the 16 schools that make up Evergreen Elementary (8,464 students in total).
Tom Matsumoto Elementary is 74% Asian by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 14% Hispanic, 4% White, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. Census estimates put the Asian share of Santa Clara County's population at about 41%. The school's diversity index is 43%, meaning two students picked at random have a 43% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
A ratio of 24.2:1 comes from the school's 30 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has more students per teacher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The lunch program counts 13% of students at Tom Matsumoto Elementary as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in Santa Clara County is 37%.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Tom Matsumoto Elementary receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Tom Matsumoto Elementary would score about 71.7%. It scores 77.3%, 5.6 points above that figure.
Santa Clara County census figures show that the median household income is $164,281, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Santa Clara County is home to 412 public schools and about 230,059 public school students.
Nearby, Chaboya Middle is about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Tom Matsumoto Elementary's average proficiency of 77.3% compares with 72.5% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Tom Matsumoto Elementary is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
The school enrolled 727 students in 2024-25, 73 fewer than the 800 it had in 2020-21.
Posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs are welcome on this page. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Evergreen Elementary
- Quimby Oak MiddleMiddle · 857 students
- Chaboya MiddleMiddle · 815 students
- James Franklin Smith ElementaryElementary · 595 students
- Norwood Creek ElementaryElementary · 530 students
- Evergreen ElementaryElementary · 528 students
- John J. Montgomery ElementaryElementary · 504 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
- Chaboya Middle0.2 mi · 815
- Carolyn A. Clark Elementary0.7 mi · 497
- Evergreen Elementary0.7 mi · 528
- Evergreen Valley High1.1 mi · 2,703
- Millbrook Elementary1.3 mi · 503
- Cadwallader Elementary1.3 mi · 374
Frequently asked questions
About Tom Matsumoto ElementaryHow many students attend Tom Matsumoto Elementary?
Tom Matsumoto Elementary enrolls approximately 727 students in grades KG-06.
Is Tom Matsumoto Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Tom Matsumoto Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Tom Matsumoto Elementary have?
Tom Matsumoto Elementary employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Tom Matsumoto Elementary?
Student demographics at Tom Matsumoto Elementary are roughly 4% White, 14% Hispanic, 3% Black, 74% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Tom Matsumoto Elementary in?
Tom Matsumoto Elementary is part of Evergreen Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.