Washington Elementary

Set in San Jose, California, Washington Elementary is a tight-knit elementary-level community, run under San Jose Unified. It caters to 329 students across grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 29% smaller than typical.

Washington Elementary is one of 41 schools operated by San Jose Unified, a district that caters to 24,322 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Washington Elementary reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (96%). The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 83% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Santa Clara County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Washington Elementary is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 30.1%; Washington Elementary posts 15.4%, -14.7 points below that line.

Across the wider county, Santa Clara County reports that the typical household earns roughly $164,281 per year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Santa Clara County's 412 public schools (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students), Washington Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Rocketship Mateo Sheedy Elementary, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Washington Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Washington Elementary at 4th of 5; the average score across the group is 30.6%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Washington Elementary has decreased 29%, going from 463 students in 2018 to 329 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 24.9:1 in 2018 to 19.4:1 in 2025.

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