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Best kept secret at William Faria Elementary?
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Enrollment
614
Elementary
DISTRICT 493 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUPERTINO UNION·NCES 061029001133
William Faria Elementary
10155 Barbara Ln., Cupertino, CA 95014 · (408) 252-0706 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL614 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 97% 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.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
24.6:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
77 students
DISTRICT 19% · 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 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 115 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 115 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (96) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (115).
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
93.7%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.3pp since 2014
Math
97.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 94 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 97 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 79.1% | 14.6% | 5.1% | 1.3% |
| Math | 87.3% | 9.8% | 2.2% | 0.6% |
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 | 93.7% | 97.2% |
| 2023-24 | 93.5% | 97.7% |
| 2022-23 | 96.5% | 97.4% |
| 2021-22 | 94.9% | 97.6% |
| 2020-21 | 97.1% | 95.7% |
| 2018-19 | 95.5% | 96.9% |
| 2017-18 | 94.7% | 97.2% |
| 2016-17 | 93.3% | 95.8% |
| 2015-16 | 95.0% | 96.0% |
| 2014-15 | 96.0% | 96.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
95.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 96% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 72% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 23 points, placing it in California's top 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 William Faria Elementary
William Faria Elementary's state test result (95.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Faria Elementary this school | 614 | 12.5% | 95.5% |
| Warm Springs Elementary Fremont | 574 | 16.7% | 88.4% |
| Murdock-Portal Elementary San Jose | 551 | 8.5% | 95.3% |
| James Leitch Elementary Fremont | 523 | 14.9% | N/A |
| John Green Elementary Dublin | 661 | 7.9% | 80.0% |
| Evelyn Costa Elementary Mountain House | 612 | 6.2% | 78.2% |
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 William Faria Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 95.5% | #2 of 5,151 | #1 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 97.2% | #1 of 5,172 ▲ 1 | #1 of 226 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 93.7% | #5 of 5,172 ▼ 1 | #2 of 226 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.9pp | #1,508 of 5,116 | #116 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 614 | #1,270 of 5,915 | #27 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.6:1 | #4,163 of 5,352 | #208 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.4% | #4,574 of 5,354 | #234 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.5% | #5,411 of 5,625 | #210 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.1% | #2,550 of 3,837 | #148 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
614
-78 (-11%) vs 2020
+26% since 1990-91, when it was 489
Student : Teacher
24.6:1
was 25.6:1
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 | 614 | 25 | 24.6:1 | 13% (77) |
| 2023-24 | 604 | 24.6 | 24.6:1 | 13% (77) |
| 2022-23 | 632 | 25.2 | 25.1:1 | 12% (76) |
| 2020-21 | 692 | 27 | 25.6:1 | 1% (7) |
| 2017-18 | 691 | 26.6 | 26.0:1 | 1% (7) |
| 2015-16 | 693 | 26 | 26.6:1 | 0% (3) |
| 2010-11 | 590 | N/A | N/A | 1% (3) |
| 2000-01 | 575 | 25 | 23.0:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 489 | 19 | 25.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for William Faria Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (691 to 614); teachers down 6% (26.6 to 25).
About William Faria Elementary
William Faria Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school found in Cupertino, California. It serves 614 students in kindergarten through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in California) has about 465 students.
Cupertino Union enrolls 13,526 students, and its 23 schools include William Faria Elementary.
William Faria Elementary's enrollment is 91% Asian. It is also 6% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Santa Clara County is roughly 41% Asian. William Faria Elementary's diversity index is 17%, against a US figure of 70%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 24.6:1, with 25 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 2.3 students per teacher above the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 13%. The gap from the 37% average for public schools in Santa Clara County is 24 points.
The allk12 Grade for William Faria Elementary is A+. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 97% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
William Faria Elementary beats its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 23.3 points (95.5% versus 72.2%), a top-10% result in California on BeatsExpectations.
Census Bureau estimates for Santa Clara County show that the median household income is $164,281, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. William Faria Elementary is one of 412 public schools in the county.
Nearby, Garden Gate Elementary is about 0.8 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts William Faria Elementary at 1st of 9.
William Faria Elementary falls in the City: Small locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 78 fewer students in 2024-25. The number of students per teacher fell from 25.6 to 24.6 over 4 years.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Cupertino Union
- Cupertino MiddleMiddle · 1,067 students
- Joaquin Miller MiddleMiddle · 1,067 students
- John F. Kennedy MiddleMiddle · 880 students
- Sam H. Lawson MiddleMiddle · 841 students
- Louis E. Stocklmeir ElementaryElementary · 840 students
- Warren E. Hyde MiddleMiddle · 800 students
Other schools in Cupertino
- Homestead HighHigh · 2,224 students
- Cupertino HighHigh · 1,800 students
- Monta Vista HighHigh · 1,630 students
- John F. Kennedy MiddleMiddle · 880 students
- Sam H. Lawson MiddleMiddle · 841 students
- Warren E. Hyde MiddleMiddle · 800 students
Nearby schools
- Garden Gate Elementary0.8 mi · 471
- C. B. Eaton Elementary0.8 mi · 489
- Sam H. Lawson Middle0.9 mi · 841
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary0.9 mi · 662
- John F. Kennedy Middle1.0 mi · 880
- Monta Vista High1.0 mi · 1,630
Frequently asked questions
About William Faria ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at William Faria Elementary?
William Faria Elementary enrolls approximately 614 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does William Faria Elementary serve?
William Faria Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does William Faria Elementary have?
William Faria Elementary employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.6:1.
What is the student diversity at William Faria Elementary?
Student demographics at William Faria Elementary are roughly 2% White, 0% Hispanic, 0% Black, 91% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is William Faria Elementary in?
William Faria Elementary is part of Cupertino Union.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.