Willow Glen Elementary

Willow Glen Elementary is a moderately sized elementary school in San Jose, California, one of the schools within San Jose Unified. The school enrolls 660 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Willow Glen Elementary sits 42% above that benchmark.

Within San Jose Unified, which oversees 41 schools and 24,322 students, Willow Glen Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Willow Glen Elementary records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 56%; the rest consists of 26% White, 11% multiracial, 5% Asian, 3% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

On the resource side, Willow Glen Elementary shows 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.8:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 36% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Willow Glen Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.1%; this one delivers 53.0%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Santa Clara County indicate median household income runs about $164,281, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Santa Clara County runs 412 public schools (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students), of which Willow Glen Elementary is one.

River Glen is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Willow Glen Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 44.9%.

Willow Glen Elementary operates from an inner-city location.

Looking at the recent track record. Willow Glen Elementary's enrollment has edged down 15% since 2018, when it stood at 780 (now 660). The White share of enrollment decreased from 34% to 26% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 25.4:1 in 2018 to 20.8:1 in 2025.

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