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Does Windmill Springs Elementary have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
598
Elementary
DISTRICT 383 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRANKLIN-MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY·NCES 061437008840
Windmill Springs Elementary
2880 Aetna Way, San Jose, CA 95121 · (408) 363-5600 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL598 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 32% of California public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
19.9:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
447 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 52 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 65 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 50 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 76% larger than its 8th grade class (50).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
37.9%
CA avg 49.1% . -3.1pp since 2014
Math
31.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -8.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 14.9% | 23.0% | 25.3% | 36.8% |
| Math | 16.2% | 15.4% | 24.2% | 44.2% |
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 | 37.9% | 31.6% |
| 2023-24 | 35.3% | 34.0% |
| 2022-23 | 34.6% | 35.6% |
| 2021-22 | 39.5% | 31.7% |
| 2018-19 | 43.9% | 41.3% |
| 2017-18 | 49.3% | 46.1% |
| 2016-17 | 52.6% | 50.2% |
| 2015-16 | 53.0% | 46.0% |
| 2014-15 | 41.0% | 40.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
33.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 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 Windmill Springs Elementary
Windmill Springs Elementary's state test result (33.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windmill Springs Elementary this school | 598 | 74.7% | 33.7% |
| Demille Elementary Midway City | 562 | 67.6% | 57.2% |
| McKinley Elementary San Gabriel | 618 | 73.1% | 50.1% |
| Mildred B. Janson Elementary Rosemead | 575 | 66.1% | 62.9% |
| John Murdy Elementary Garden Grove | 689 | 71.3% | 69.6% |
| Blandford Elementary Rowland Heights | 643 | 74.3% | 56.4% |
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 Windmill Springs Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.7% | #3,094 of 5,151 | #166 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.6% | #3,065 of 5,172 ▼ 391 | #167 of 226 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.9% | #3,135 of 5,172 ▲ 62 | #162 of 226 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.8pp | #1,533 of 5,116 | #117 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 598 | #1,419 of 5,915 | #30 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.9:1 | #910 of 5,352 | #62 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.3% | #3,290 of 5,354 | #167 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.7% | #2,638 of 5,625 | #39 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +36.8% | #89 of 1,139 | #3 of 36 |
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
598
+90 (+18%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 709
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
was 21.2:1
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 | 598 | 30 | 19.9:1 | 75% (447) |
| 2023-24 | 560 | 28.8 | 19.4:1 | 66% (371) |
| 2022-23 | 509 | 25 | 20.4:1 | 55% (279) |
| 2020-21 | 508 | 24 | 21.2:1 | 70% (355) |
| 2017-18 | 437 | 21 | 20.8:1 | 65% (284) |
| 2015-16 | 517 | 21 | 24.6:1 | 61% (317) |
| 2010-11 | 650 | N/A | N/A | 59% (383) |
| 2000-01 | 655 | 31 | 21.1:1 | 44% (288) |
| 1990-91 | 709 | 27 | 26.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Windmill Springs Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 37% (437 to 598); teachers up 43% (21 to 30).
About Windmill Springs Elementary
At 2880 Aetna Way in San Jose, California, Windmill Springs Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary school. The school counted 598 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 8. That is 29% larger than the average of about 465 students for elementary schools in California.
Windmill Springs Elementary is one of the 16 schools that make up Franklin-McKinley Elementary (5,663 students in total).
The student body at Windmill Springs Elementary is 72% Asian. Other reported shares: 24% Hispanic and 2% White. Santa Clara County's residents are about 41% Asian, 32 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 42% means there is a 42% chance two randomly chosen students at Windmill Springs Elementary are from different groups.
The school had 30 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 19.9:1. The gap from the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is 2.4 students per teacher. The school reported 75% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is 38 points above the 37% average for public schools in Santa Clara County.
Among California public elementary schools, Windmill Springs Elementary outscored 32%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Windmill Springs Elementary is -2.1 points: 33.7% actual, 35.7% predicted.
Census data for Santa Clara County show median household income comes to about $164,281, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. There are 412 public schools in the county, enrolling about 230,059, Windmill Springs Elementary among them.
Windmill Springs Elementary is about 0.6 miles from O. B. Whaley Elementary, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Windmill Springs Elementary is 5th of 8 on proficiency.
NCES assigns Windmill Springs Elementary the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal enrollment counts increased from 508 (2020-21) to 598 (2024-25). Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 19.9:1, from 21.2:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on special education services, counseling, and support programs here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Franklin-McKinley Elementary
- Franklin ElementaryElementary · 525 students
- Shirakawa (George Sr.) ElementaryElementary · 508 students
- Stonegate ElementaryElementary · 500 students
- Jeanne R. Meadows ElementaryElementary · 422 students
- Captain Jason M. Dahl ElementaryElementary · 396 students
- G. W. Hellyer ElementaryElementary · 387 students
Other schools in San Jose
- Evergreen Valley HighHigh · 2,703 students
- Independence HighHigh · 2,289 students
- Silver Creek HighHigh · 2,139 students
- Santa Teresa HighHigh · 2,134 students
- Piedmont Hills HighHigh · 1,918 students
- Leigh HighHigh · 1,884 students
Nearby schools
- O. B. Whaley Elementary0.6 mi · 268
- Stonegate Elementary0.7 mi · 500
- George V. LeyVa Intermediate0.8 mi · 486
- Silver Creek High1.0 mi · 2,139
- Ramblewood Elementary1.0 mi · 248
- Andrew P. Hill High1.1 mi · 1,564
Frequently asked questions
About Windmill Springs ElementaryHow large is Windmill Springs Elementary?
Windmill Springs Elementary enrolls approximately 598 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Windmill Springs Elementary serve?
Windmill Springs Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Windmill Springs Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Windmill Springs Elementary is approximately 19.9:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Windmill Springs Elementary?
At Windmill Springs Elementary, the student body is approximately 2% White, 24% Hispanic, 1% Black, 72% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Windmill Springs Elementary public or private?
Windmill Springs Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Franklin-McKinley Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.