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What do you wish you knew before starting at Vinci Park Elementary?
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Enrollment
529
Elementary
DISTRICT 391 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BERRYESSA UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 060480000469
Vinci Park Elementary
1311 Vinci Park Way, San Jose, CA 95131 · (408) 923-1970 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL529 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 74% 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.
- BThree-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
25.2:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
165 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 | 111 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (111) is 23% larger than its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
58%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
69.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +19.8pp since 2014
Math
63.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +19.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 20 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 20 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 40.9% | 28.9% | 12.0% | 18.2% |
| Math | 38.4% | 25.3% | 20.0% | 16.3% |
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 | 69.8% | 63.7% |
| 2023-24 | 62.2% | 57.7% |
| 2022-23 | 67.2% | 57.9% |
| 2021-22 | 67.6% | 59.1% |
| 2018-19 | 71.4% | 61.4% |
| 2017-18 | 64.6% | 62.1% |
| 2016-17 | 52.2% | 52.5% |
| 2015-16 | 57.0% | 47.0% |
| 2014-15 | 50.0% | 44.0% |
% 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
63.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Vinci Park Elementary
Vinci Park Elementary's state test result (63.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vinci Park Elementary this school | 529 | 31.2% | 63.3% |
| Hugo Reid Elementary Arcadia | 583 | 34.5% | 64.5% |
| Collegewood Elementary Walnut Valley | 606 | 26.4% | 62.9% |
| Vejar Elementary Walnut | 631 | 32.2% | 67.8% |
| Wittmann (Helen) Elementary Cerritos | 561 | 37.3% | 82.9% |
| Oliveira Elementary Fremont | 496 | 33.3% | 65.5% |
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 Vinci Park Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #958 of 5,151 | #93 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.7% | #892 of 5,172 ▲ 218 | #90 of 226 ▲ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.8% | #760 of 5,172 ▲ 359 | #77 of 226 ▲ 21 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.4pp | #2,142 of 5,116 | #49 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 529 | #2,100 of 5,915 | #56 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.2:1 | #4,519 of 5,352 | #216 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.7% | #2,055 of 5,354 | #121 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.2% | #4,710 of 5,625 | #136 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.9% | #2,697 of 3,837 | #155 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
529
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 707
Student : Teacher
25.2:1
was 25.4:1
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 | 529 | 21 | 25.2:1 | 31% (165) |
| 2023-24 | 561 | 22 | 25.5:1 | 30% (167) |
| 2022-23 | 556 | 23 | 24.2:1 | 29% (161) |
| 2020-21 | 534 | 21 | 25.4:1 | 32% (169) |
| 2017-18 | 587 | 23.6 | 24.9:1 | 47% (275) |
| 2015-16 | 616 | 25 | 24.6:1 | 42% (260) |
| 2010-11 | 672 | N/A | N/A | 42% (280) |
| 2000-01 | 775 | 37 | 20.9:1 | 24% (189) |
| 1990-91 | 707 | 25 | 28.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vinci Park Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (587 to 529); teachers down 11% (23.6 to 21).
About Vinci Park Elementary
In San Jose, California, Vinci Park Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school. It serves 529 students in kindergarten through 5.
Berryessa Union Elementary is the district for Vinci Park Elementary. It has 13 schools and 5,907 students.
Roughly 58% of students at Vinci Park Elementary are Asian. Enrollment also includes 28% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% White, and 3% Black. Among people living in Santa Clara County, the Asian share is about 41%. Vinci Park Elementary's diversity index is 58%, against a US figure of 70%.
Vinci Park Elementary counts 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 25.2 students for each one. This ratio sits 2.9 above the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. About 31% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits.
The allk12 Grade for Vinci Park Elementary is B+. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 74% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 61.3% for Vinci Park Elementary. The school posts 63.3%, 2.0 points above the prediction.
Census Bureau estimates for Santa Clara County show that the median household income is $164,281, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. There are 412 public schools in Santa Clara County, enrolling about 230,059 students in all.
The closest public school, Cherrywood Elementary, is about 1.1 miles from Vinci Park Elementary. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Vinci Park Elementary ranks 2nd in a group of 5 nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 529, close to the 534 recorded in 2020-21.
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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
- Northwood ElementaryElementary · 452 students
- Majestic Way ElementaryElementary · 421 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
- Cherrywood Elementary1.1 mi · 529
- KIPP San Jose Collegiate1.1 mi · 512
- Independence High1.2 mi · 2,289
- Downtown College Prep - Alum Rock1.2 mi · 202
- ACE Charter High1.2 mi · 313
- Pegasus High1.3 mi · 128
Frequently asked questions
About Vinci Park ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Vinci Park Elementary?
Vinci Park Elementary enrolls approximately 529 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Vinci Park Elementary serve?
Vinci Park Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Vinci Park Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Vinci Park Elementary is approximately 25.2:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Vinci Park Elementary?
At Vinci Park Elementary, the student body is approximately 4% White, 28% Hispanic, 3% Black, 58% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Vinci Park Elementary public or private?
Vinci Park 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.