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What's the most underrated thing about William C. Overfelt High that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
1,363
High
DISTRICT 1,234 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST SIDE UNION HIGH·NCES 061182001306
William C. Overfelt High
1835 Cunningham Ave., San Jose, CA 95122 · (408) 347-5900 · Santa Clara County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,363 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of California public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+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 high schools
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
68 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.0:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
854 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 351 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 327 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 345 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 340 | 25% |
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
46.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.2pp since 2014
Math
13.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -3.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 17.6% | 29.1% | 28.4% | 24.8% |
| Math | 3.3% | 10.1% | 18.8% | 67.9% |
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 | 46.8% | 13.4% |
| 2023-24 | 32.5% | 8.9% |
| 2022-23 | 42.9% | 9.3% |
| 2021-22 | 38.8% | 11.1% |
| 2020-21 | 47.3% | 17.4% |
| 2018-19 | 47.4% | 23.9% |
| 2017-18 | 41.4% | 17.1% |
| 2016-17 | 54.5% | 23.3% |
| 2015-16 | 44.0% | 22.0% |
| 2014-15 | 47.0% | 17.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
25.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 43% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 William C. Overfelt High
William C. Overfelt High's state test result (25.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| William C. Overfelt High this school | 1,363 | 62.7% | 25.4% |
| South Hills High West Covina | 1,568 | 62.3% | 47.3% |
| James Lick High San Jose | 862 | 65.8% | 27.9% |
| Mt. Pleasant High San Jose | 998 | 62.5% | 32.0% |
| Piner High Santa Rosa | 1,434 | 64.4% | 27.1% |
| Los Altos High Hacienda Heights | 1,592 | 70.2% | 44.5% |
Matched among California high 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 William C. Overfelt High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.4% | #915 of 1,052 | #42 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.4% | #882 of 1,056 ▲ 68 | #39 of 43 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.8% | #767 of 1,056 ▲ 193 | #38 of 43 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.1pp | #343 of 1,044 | #4 of 42 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,363 | #619 of 2,093 | #33 of 76 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.1:1 | #562 of 1,352 | #23 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.9% | #1,019 of 1,351 | #46 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.7% | #998 of 1,575 | #23 of 67 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.8% | #470 of 802 | #26 of 39 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,363
-64 (-4%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 2,238
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
was 22.3:1
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 | 1,363 | 67.9 | 20.1:1 | 63% (854) |
| 2023-24 | 1,367 | 71.6 | 19.1:1 | 55% (749) |
| 2022-23 | 1,349 | 64.8 | 20.8:1 | 47% (633) |
| 2020-21 | 1,427 | 64 | 22.3:1 | 60% (862) |
| 2017-18 | 1,511 | 70.8 | 21.4:1 | 89% (1,350) |
| 2015-16 | 1,449 | 70 | 20.7:1 | 80% (1,162) |
| 2010-11 | 1,520 | N/A | N/A | 73% (1,104) |
| 2000-01 | 1,906 | 92 | 20.7:1 | 28% (535) |
| 1990-91 | 2,238 | 102 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for William C. Overfelt High.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (1,511 to 1,363); teachers down 4% (70.8 to 67.9).
About William C. Overfelt High
Federal records list William C. Overfelt High as a high school in San Jose, California. The school had 1,363 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (high schools in California) has about 838 students.
William C. Overfelt High is among 16 schools run by East Side Union High, which serves 19,736 students.
William C. Overfelt High's enrollment is 85% Hispanic. The next largest groups are 12% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 60 points above the 25% share among Santa Clara County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 27% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
With 67.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at William C. Overfelt High was 20.1:1. On average, high schools in California have 18.2:1, compared with 20.1:1 here. William C. Overfelt High's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 63%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Santa Clara County is 37%.
William C. Overfelt High is graded D by allk12, scoring above 10% of California public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
William C. Overfelt High ranks in the bottom 10% of California schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 25.4%. Predicted: 42.8%. Difference: 17.4 points.
Santa Clara County has these Census figures: the median household income is $164,281, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. In all, Santa Clara County has 412 public schools and roughly 230,059 students.
Apollo High is located less than a tenth of a mile from William C. Overfelt High. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 25.4% is above the 20.5% average for nearby schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
William C. Overfelt High's enrollment declined from 1,427 in 2020-21 to 1,363 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 20.1:1, from 22.3:1.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About William C. Overfelt HighHow large is William C. Overfelt High?
William C. Overfelt High enrolls approximately 1,363 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does William C. Overfelt High serve?
William C. Overfelt High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at William C. Overfelt High?
Approximately 20.1:1 students per teacher at William C. Overfelt High.
How diverse is William C. Overfelt High?
William C. Overfelt High reports a student body of 1% White, 85% Hispanic, 1% Black, 12% Asian.
Who oversees William C. Overfelt High?
William C. Overfelt High is overseen by East Side Union High in Santa Clara County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.