Walter L. Bachrodt Elementary

Walter L. Bachrodt Elementary operates as a moderately sized K-5 school in San Jose, California, part of San Jose Unified. Current enrollment sits at 398 students spanning grades K through 5.

San Jose Unified runs 41 schools in total, collectively educating 24,322 students. Walter L. Bachrodt Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Walter L. Bachrodt Elementary logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 76% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 9% White, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Walter L. Bachrodt Elementary logs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 61% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Santa Clara County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Walter L. Bachrodt Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 43.0%; this one comes in at 27.4%, -15.6 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Santa Clara County put median household earnings sit near $164,281, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Santa Clara County's 412 public schools (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students), Walter L. Bachrodt Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Muwekma Ohlone Middle, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Walter L. Bachrodt Elementary comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 18.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Five-year trend. Walter L. Bachrodt Elementary's enrollment has contracted 39% since 2018, when it stood at 655 (now 398).

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.