Windmill Springs Elementary

Set in San Jose, California, Windmill Springs Elementary is an average-sized elementary school, overseen by Franklin-McKinley Elementary. It caters to 598 students across grades K through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Windmill Springs Elementary sits 29% larger than that benchmark.

Franklin-McKinley Elementary comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 5,663 students; Windmill Springs Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Windmill Springs Elementary reports that the largest single group is Asian, at 72% of enrollment. Other groups include 24% Hispanic, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 41% Asian, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Asian than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Windmill Springs Elementary records 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.9:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 75% of students at Windmill Springs Elementary qualify 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 above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Windmill Springs Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.0%; this one delivers 33.7%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Santa Clara County put median household earnings sit near $164,281, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Windmill Springs Elementary is one of 412 public schools in Santa Clara County (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students).

The closest other public school is O. B. Whaley Elementary, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Windmill Springs Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Windmill Springs Elementary at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 39.3%.

Windmill Springs Elementary operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Windmill Springs Elementary has ticked up 37%, going from 437 students in 2018 to 598 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment increased from 50% to 72% over that span.

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