Steindorf STEAM K-8 Magnet: More than half of kids exceed the standard. But math slips between grade 3 and grade 5.
Steindorf STEAM K-8 Magnet is one of the strongest elementary schools in San Jose by raw achievement. The catch worth understanding: the cohort doesn't gain ground year-over-year.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 72 | 54% | 84% | -2.8 | 3.7% | 1.4% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Steindorf STEAM K-8 Magnet scores 72 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 93rd percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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⭐ High Ceiling — Ask what happens for a kid who shows up behind — a high ceiling for the top can sit right next to thin support at the bottom, and the score alone won't show you which.
Most rating sites would stop at “84% proficient” and call it done. Steindorf STEAM K-8 Magnet deserves a closer read. It sits at the 93rd percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools — but the ranking is the least interesting thing on this page.
The headline number: 54.4% of students scored in the top band on the state test. The California average is 21.3%.
The seven-year arc
Has held the 93rd-percentile line every tested year since 2019.
Proficiency here is back to its pre-pandemic level — 84% meet the standard, about where the school stood in 2019.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 86% | 88% | 83% | 65% | 81% |
| Grade 4 | 80% | 78% | 80% | 87% | 77% |
| Grade 5 | 83% | 86% | 83% | 77% | 83% |
| Grade 6 | 82% | 90% | 77% | 85% | 78% |
| Grade 7 | 88% | 82% | 90% | 77% | 90% |
| Grade 8 | 83% | 88% | 81% | 84% | 78% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 88% | 90% | 92% | 74% | 94% |
| Grade 4 | 89% | 88% | 87% | 92% | 82% |
| Grade 5 | 74% | 69% | 80% | 70% | 86% |
| Grade 6 | 82% | 61% | 62% | 75% | 69% |
| Grade 7 | 83% | 73% | 83% | 88% | 90% |
| Grade 8 | 71% | 67% | 67% | 93% | 83% |
The story this school is actually telling
of students scored in the top band on the state test. The California average is 21.3%.
math proficiency runs 94% in grade 3 against 86% in grade 5, while reading holds (81% to 83%). The state average rises by +4.5pp over the same span.
The school, grade by grade
ELA · CAASPP 2024–25Different students, same year — each bar is one grade's proficiency mix.
The honest read: the share exceeding falls 13.9pp across grades; the floor rises 1.8pp. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. The school's 5th graders aren't posting a wider lead than its 3rd graders. One question worth asking on a tour: are the strongest students being pushed, or coasting? A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
The 6 things our score weighs
Ask the principal what changes between grade 3 and grade 5. Ask who teaches the older grades, and what the school does when a child starts falling behind.
- Ask what changes between grade 3 and grade 5 here, and who teaches the older kids.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
- Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
How every group of students does here
At Steindorf STEAM K-8 Magnet in San Jose, 90.4% of asian students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 86.8% district-wide and 74.4% statewide. Steindorf STEAM K-8 Magnet outperforms its district average for asian students by 3.6 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Asian students (92.6% Math proficient); White students (80.6% ELA proficient). Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 135 students tested.
5 of 12 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
Change in proficiency from the lowest tested grade — which groups gain ground the longer they stay. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Showing up, and staying in class
Where the path goes
The path below is estimated from nearby schools in the same district — scores shown for each next step.
Estimated K-12 path based on district and proximity. Actual attendance zones may differ. Contact your school district for official feeder information.
The people teaching here
What gets spent here
These measure different things: this figure is spending attributed to this campus, while district-wide figures also include central administration, districtwide programs, and the state's pension contributions made on the district's behalf — costs that never get assigned to a single school. The district number runs higher at nearly every school, not just this one.
$120 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
On the state's science test (CAST), 77% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
Frequently asked questions
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Your other options
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 81
Nearby Middle Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 69
Nearby High Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 68
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 48 | 56% | 25% | 15% | 4% | 81% | +38 |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 55% | 22% | 17% | 7% | 77% | +32 |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 42% | 41% | 14% | 3% | 83% | +35 |
| Grade 6 | 59 | 41% | 37% | 12% | 10% | 78% | +31 |
| Grade 7 | 58 | 62% | 28% | 9% | 2% | 90% | +42 |
| Grade 8 | 60 | 40% | 38% | 17% | 5% | 78% | +32 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 48 | 58% | 35% | 6% | 0% | 94% | +48 |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 52% | 30% | 13% | 5% | 82% | +40 |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 63% | 24% | 5% | 8% | 86% | +51 |
| Grade 6 | 59 | 51% | 19% | 15% | 15% | 69% | +34 |
| Grade 7 | 58 | 72% | 17% | 10% | 0% | 90% | +56 |
| Grade 8 | 60 | 72% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 83% | +51 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 119 | 47% | 30% | 20% | 3% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asian | 135 | 90.4% | +4 | +16 |
| White | 108 | 80.6% | +4 | +19 |
| Two or More Races | 25 | 80.0% | +4 | +19 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steindorf STEAM K-8 Magnet ← | — | 72 | 54.4% | 83.8% | −2.8 | 1.4% |
| Alta Vista Elementary | 2.2 mi | 84 | 60.1% | 80.5% | +5.5 | 0.4% |
| Oster Elementary | 0.8 mi | 80 | 57.9% | 78.3% | +2.1 | 1.2% |
| Blossom Hill Elementary | 2.9 mi | 78 | 54.7% | 79.0% | +4.9 | 0.3% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 72 | 92 | #462 | 61.0% | 83.5% | 1.3% | 1.2% | -8.8pp |
| 2022 | 65 | 91 | #506 | 57.1% | 83.1% | 2.8% | 1.0% | -10.8pp |
| 2023 | 78 | 97 | #184 | 61.2% | 84.3% | 5.0% | 1.6% | -5.8pp |
| 2024 | 64 | 87 | #750 | 54.8% | 77.3% | 5.0% | 0.3% | +3.8pp |
| 2025 | 72 | 93 | #421 | 54.4% | 83.8% | 3.7% | 1.4% | -2.8pp |
- — Scored here as an elementary school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 1.2% | 1.7% | +0.5pp |
| Male | 1.2% | 3.1% | +1.9pp |
| Asian | 0.7% | 2.0% | +1.3pp |
| White | 0.0% | — | — |
| Hispanic/Latino | 5.1% | 2.1% | -3.0pp |
| Two or More Races | 0.0% | 0.0% | +0.0pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 2.2% | 4.8% | +2.6pp |
| English Learners | 5.0% | 0.0% | -5.0pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 0.0% | 3.8% | +3.8pp |
| All Students | 1.2% | 2.4% | +1.2pp |
| Black/African American | — | 9.1% | — |
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