Schools · San Jose
San Jose, CA schools
San Jose’s public schools score above California’s averages: 52% of students are proficient in reading against 48.5% statewide, and 86% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.6%.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
B+
San Jose’s School Grade: B+
The public schools San Jose’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 72% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
B+Test scoresCGraduation
California school districts we grade (1,139)Better than 72%
Lower resultsHigher results
California towns with similar household incomes (323)Better than 56%
High confidence. Built on 15,179 tested students and a graduating class of 5,592; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on California’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of California only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in California with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well above the state in reading
Reading (East Side Union High)70%
State average 48.5%
Reading (San Jose Unified)52%
State average 48.5%
Math (East Side Union High)53%
State average 33.4%
Math (San Jose Unified)39%
State average 33.4%
Graduation · class of 2020
86% graduate on time
Graduation rate
86%
CA: 87.6%
Graduating class
5,592
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #512 of 720 CA towns →
Districts
Two districts serve San Jose
East Side Union High School DistrictGrades 9–12 · 16 schools · 19,736 students
$18,147 per studentCA $21,206A-San Jose Unified School DistrictGrades K–12 · 41 schools · 24,322 students
$19,727 per studentCA $21,206B+Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 290 schools in San Jose
Showing 1–30 of 290 schools
Easterbrook DiscoveryElementary · Grades K–8 · 952 students
A-PublicMerritt Trace ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 829 students
B-PublicOrchard ElementaryElementary · Grades K–8 · 740 students
PublicTom Matsumoto ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 727 students
D-PublicBooksin ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 715 students
APublicWillow Glen ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 660 students
B+PublicCarlton ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 656 students
PublicCharter School of Morgan HillElementary · Grades K–8 · 654 students
ACharterOster ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 627 students
PublicHacienda Science/Environmental MagnetElementary · Grades K–5 · 622 students
A-PublicRocketship Rising StarsElementary · Grades K–5 · 621 students
CharterLos Alamitos ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 602 students
APublicWindmill Springs ElementaryElementary · Grades K–8 · 598 students
PublicJames Franklin Smith ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 595 students
PublicSakamoto ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 571 students
PublicWilliams ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 559 students
A+PublicJohn Muir ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 557 students
A+PublicDiscovery CharterElementary · Grades K–8 · 555 students
ACharterAlpha: Cornerstone Academy PreparatoryElementary · Grades K–8 · 554 students
CharterMurdock-Portal ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 551 students
A+PublicParkview ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 549 students
PublicNelson S. Dilworth ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 547 students
A+PublicRocketship Spark AcademyElementary · Grades K–5 · 546 students
CharterSanta Teresa ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 542 students
PublicGuadalupe ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 537 students
PublicRocketship Alma AcademyElementary · Grades K–5 · 532 students
CharterNorwood Creek ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 530 students
D-PublicBagby ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 529 students
D-PublicCherrywood ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 529 students
PublicVinci Park ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 529 students
PublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.