Elementary Schools in San Jose, California

Above Average2024–25 data168 schools · avg 62.1/100

San Jose, California has 168 ranked elementary schools with an average Scope Score of 62.1/100 — 18.3 points above the California state average of 43.8. The highest-scoring school is Murdock-Portal Elementary at 95/100, where 78.7% of students exceed the state standard on the 2025 CAASPP assessment. San Jose schools average 37.1% exceeded standard (state: 21.6%) — this exceeded-vs-met distinction reveals whether schools push students beyond proficiency or pace toward it. Of 168 schools, 24 High Ceiling stand out for their performance profiles. Chronic absenteeism averages 13.0% (below the state average of 18.1%). Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.

Avg Scope Score

62.1

State avg: 43.8

SchoolScope composite

Score Range

56.5

38.6 – 95.1

Avg Exceeded %

37.1%

State avg: 21.6%

CDE CAASPP 2025

Chronic Absenteeism

13.0%

State avg: 18.1%

CDE Attendance 2025

Schools Ranked

168

With Scope Scores

How San Jose schools compare

San Jose's 168 ranked elementary schools average a Scope Score of 62.1 — 18.3 points above the California state average of 43.8. Scores range from 38.6 to 95.1, a 56.5-point spread.

The top-ranked school is Murdock-Portal Elementary with a Scope Score of 95 and 78.7% of students exceeding standard.

High-ceiling schools: San Jose schools average 37.1% exceeding standard — well above the statewide average of 21.6%. These schools aren't just getting students to proficiency, they're pushing them further.

Chronic absenteeism in San Jose averages 13.0%, which is above the state average of 18.1%.

How we score · Scope Score weights exceeded (40%), met (22%), growth (15%), absenteeism (10%), suspension (5%), ELPAC (5%), baseline (3%)

School archetypes in San Jose

28 Strong All-Around24 High Ceiling9 Culture First1 Solid Base38 Building Momentum

Archetypes are data-driven labels based on Scope Score dimensions. Learn more

Schools in San Jose ranked by Scope Score

#	School	Score	County	Exceeded	Met+	Absent	Susp.
1	Murdock-Portal Elementary Cupertino Union High Ceiling	95	Santa Clara	78.7%	95.1%	2.5%	0.1%
2	Joaquin Miller Middle Cupertino Union High Ceiling	93	Santa Clara	72.6%	91.0%	3.8%	1.0%
3	Lynbrook High Fremont Union High High Ceiling	93	Santa Clara	77.5%	92.3%	8.0%	0.3%
4	John Muir Elementary Cupertino Union High Ceiling	92	Santa Clara	69.8%	92.1%	2.5%	0.5%
5	Nelson S. Dilworth Elementary Cupertino Union High Ceiling	89	Santa Clara	69.2%	87.7%	6.0%	0.6%
6	Leland High San Jose Unified High Ceiling	86	Santa Clara	56.5%	81.3%	16.4%	2.2%
7	Union Middle Union Elementary High Ceiling	86	Santa Clara	61.2%	83.2%	6.1%	1.4%
8	Williams Elementary San Jose Unified High Ceiling	82	Santa Clara	63.6%	85.5%	7.7%	0.7%
9	Leigh High Campbell Union High Strong All-Around	81	Santa Clara	44.8%	69.8%	11.3%	0.5%
10	Forest Hill Elementary Campbell Union High Ceiling	80	Santa Clara	60.0%	81.0%	5.9%	1.1%
11	Evergreen Valley High East Side Union High High Ceiling	80	Santa Clara	50.5%	74.9%	10.8%	1.4%
12	Evergreen Elementary Evergreen Elementary High Ceiling	79	Santa Clara	61.2%	82.0%	6.4%	0.6%
13	Oster Elementary Union Elementary High Ceiling	79	Santa Clara	57.9%	78.3%	6.6%	1.2%
14	Tom Matsumoto Elementary Evergreen Elementary High Ceiling	79	Santa Clara	61.0%	78.2%	5.3%	0.2%
15	Steindorf STEAM K-8 Magnet Cambrian High Ceiling	78	Santa Clara	54.4%	83.8%	3.7%	1.4%
16	Branham High Campbell Union High Strong All-Around	77	Santa Clara	42.7%	69.4%	10.8%	1.3%
17	Carlton Elementary Union Elementary High Ceiling	77	Santa Clara	56.1%	76.5%	2.8%	1.0%
18	James Franklin Smith Elementary Evergreen Elementary High Ceiling	76	Santa Clara	57.4%	80.2%	7.0%	0.4%
19	Graystone Elementary San Jose Unified High Ceiling	76	Santa Clara	57.3%	79.6%	7.4%	2.3%
20	Bagby Elementary Cambrian Strong All-Around	74	Santa Clara	49.8%	73.5%	9.6%	0.3%
21	Piedmont Hills High East Side Union High Strong All-Around	74	Santa Clara	41.9%	65.7%	11.3%	2.2%
22	Millbrook Elementary Evergreen Elementary Strong All-Around	74	Santa Clara	45.3%	69.3%	12.2%	0.3%
23	Bret Harte Middle San Jose Unified High Ceiling	74	Santa Clara	51.0%	77.7%	8.9%	3.6%
24	Silver Oak Elementary Evergreen Elementary High Ceiling	73	Santa Clara	54.2%	79.8%	6.5%	0.1%
25	Country Lane Elementary Moreland High Ceiling	73	Santa Clara	54.6%	72.9%	11.4%	1.9%
26	Easterbrook Discovery Moreland High Ceiling	73	Santa Clara	51.6%	72.2%	7.2%	0.2%
27	Guadalupe Elementary Union Elementary High Ceiling	73	Santa Clara	52.2%	75.8%	4.1%	0.3%
28	Los Alamitos Elementary San Jose Unified High Ceiling	72	Santa Clara	51.4%	74.4%	6.5%	1.1%
29	Noddin Elementary Union Elementary High Ceiling	72	Santa Clara	52.4%	75.2%	5.0%	0.8%
30	Santa Teresa High East Side Union High Strong All-Around	71	Santa Clara	33.8%	61.9%	17.4%	1.7%
31	Pioneer High San Jose Unified Building Momentum	70	Santa Clara	35.3%	60.9%	21.4%	4.1%
32	Booksin Elementary San Jose Unified Strong All-Around	70	Santa Clara	48.6%	75.1%	8.9%	1.5%
33	Norwood Creek Elementary Evergreen Elementary Strong All-Around	69	Santa Clara	45.3%	71.9%	6.3%	0.6%
34	Simonds Elementary San Jose Unified Strong All-Around	69	Santa Clara	46.5%	73.8%	13.6%	3.6%
35	Sierramont Middle Berryessa Union Elementary Strong All-Around	69	Santa Clara	39.6%	67.0%	9.6%	1.0%
36	Hammer Montessori at Galarza Elementary San Jose Unified Strong All-Around	68	Santa Clara	43.3%	72.2%	13.4%	1.0%
37	Carolyn A. Clark Elementary Evergreen Elementary Strong All-Around	67	Santa Clara	45.3%	68.5%	6.0%	0.9%
38	Silver Creek High East Side Union High Strong All-Around	66	Santa Clara	28.4%	56.0%	13.3%	1.8%
39	Northwood Elementary Berryessa Union Elementary Strong All-Around	66	Santa Clara	45.7%	67.4%	8.4%	0.5%
40	Gussie M. Baker Elementary Moreland Strong All-Around	65	Santa Clara	48.5%	65.3%	8.6%	1.4%
41	KIPP Navigate College Prep SBE - KIPP Navigate College Prep Building Momentum	65	Santa Clara	25.7%	44.5%	15.9%	3.1%
42	Hacienda Science/Environmental Magnet San Jose Unified Strong All-Around	65	Santa Clara	38.6%	68.2%	10.7%	0.4%
43	Kathleen MacDonald High Santa Clara Unified Building Momentum	64	Santa Clara	25.7%	49.9%	13.7%	5.5%
44	Dartmouth Middle Union Elementary Strong All-Around	64	Santa Clara	41.0%	64.7%	9.6%	1.8%
45	Yerba Buena High East Side Union High Building Momentum	63	Santa Clara	18.6%	42.3%	19.4%	3.2%
46	Ruskin Elementary Berryessa Union Elementary Strong All-Around	62	Santa Clara	50.6%	69.0%	10.5%	0.1%
47	Price Charter Middle Cambrian Strong All-Around	62	Santa Clara	35.2%	64.6%	10.7%	2.9%
48	Willow Glen High San Jose Unified Building Momentum	62	Santa Clara	22.5%	43.2%	30.6%	3.2%
49	Vinci Park Elementary Berryessa Union Elementary Strong All-Around	61	Santa Clara	39.8%	66.9%	13.4%	0.1%
50	Manuel De Vargas Elementary Cupertino Union Strong All-Around	61	Santa Clara	36.5%	63.0%	12.9%	1.0%
51	Cadwallader Elementary Evergreen Elementary Strong All-Around	61	Santa Clara	37.1%	60.0%	8.7%	2.2%
52	Lietz Elementary Union Elementary Strong All-Around	61	Santa Clara	42.9%	63.3%	12.5%	1.7%
53	Majestic Way Elementary Berryessa Union Elementary Strong All-Around	61	Santa Clara	39.3%	62.6%	10.9%	0.3%
54	Ledesma (Rita) Elementary Oak Grove Elementary Strong All-Around	60	Santa Clara	34.9%	61.1%	15.3%	1.4%
55	Noble Elementary Berryessa Union Elementary Strong All-Around	59	Santa Clara	42.5%	64.3%	11.2%	0.6%
56	Independence High East Side Union High Building Momentum	59	Santa Clara	20.7%	46.7%	21.1%	1.8%
57	Sartorette Charter Cambrian Strong All-Around	59	Santa Clara	31.8%	55.9%	9.2%	2.6%
58	Santa Teresa Elementary Oak Grove Elementary Strong All-Around	59	Santa Clara	42.0%	63.0%	11.1%	1.2%
59	Abraham Lincoln High San Jose Unified Building Momentum	58	Santa Clara	15.3%	35.7%	28.5%	4.9%
60	Herman (Leonard) Intermediate Oak Grove Elementary Solid Base	58	Santa Clara	38.9%	68.3%	13.7%	2.5%
61	Sakamoto Elementary Oak Grove Elementary Building Momentum	57	Santa Clara	35.8%	57.9%	10.2%	2.8%
62	Abram Agnew Elementary Santa Clara Unified Building Momentum	57	Santa Clara	32.1%	53.9%	12.4%	2.0%
63	Summerdale Elementary Berryessa Union Elementary Culture First	57	Santa Clara	34.2%	61.7%	11.5%	0.4%
64	Taylor (Bertha) Elementary Oak Grove Elementary Culture First	57	Santa Clara	35.4%	54.5%	10.6%	0.5%
65	Reed Elementary San Jose Unified Building Momentum	56	Santa Clara	34.7%	63.4%	10.6%	2.6%
66	Piedmont Middle Berryessa Union Elementary Building Momentum	55	Santa Clara	27.1%	51.8%	13.5%	2.9%
67	Farnham Charter Cambrian Building Momentum	55	Santa Clara	31.7%	56.3%	8.1%	2.4%
68	Fammatre Elementary Cambrian Building Momentum	54	Santa Clara	29.5%	53.5%	8.3%	1.6%
69	Schallenberger Elementary San Jose Unified Building Momentum	54	Santa Clara	34.1%	54.1%	15.8%	1.6%
70	Oak Grove High East Side Union High Building Momentum	54	Santa Clara	17.1%	36.1%	27.6%	3.7%
71	Morrill Middle Berryessa Union Elementary Building Momentum	54	Santa Clara	29.8%	53.6%	14.2%	2.1%
72	Moreland Middle Moreland Building Momentum	54	Santa Clara	32.9%	53.6%	14.0%	5.4%
73	Cedar Grove Elementary Evergreen Elementary Culture First	52	Santa Clara	25.5%	48.5%	10.6%	1.4%
74	Mt. Pleasant High East Side Union High Building Momentum	52	Santa Clara	9.6%	32.0%	26.0%	3.8%
75	Castillero Middle San Jose Unified Building Momentum	51	Santa Clara	28.6%	54.3%	16.7%	8.0%
76	Oak Ridge Elementary Oak Grove Elementary Culture First	51	Santa Clara	31.1%	50.7%	11.9%	0.1%
77	Indigo Oak Grove Elementary Building Momentum	50	Santa Clara	27.9%	56.7%	9.2%	2.1%
78	Gunderson High San Jose Unified Building Momentum	50	Santa Clara	8.9%	26.6%	34.0%	5.0%
79	Brooktree Elementary Berryessa Union Elementary Building Momentum	48	Santa Clara	24.1%	45.1%	15.4%	0.2%
80	William C. Overfelt High East Side Union High Building Momentum	47	Santa Clara	10.4%	30.1%	33.0%	4.1%
81	George C. Payne Elementary Moreland Building Momentum	47	Santa Clara	34.8%	54.6%	12.1%	2.8%
82	James Lick High East Side Union High Building Momentum	47	Santa Clara	7.8%	23.2%	32.7%	3.6%
83	Del Mar High Campbell Union High Building Momentum	46	Santa Clara	16.9%	37.8%	19.0%	4.6%
84	Sherman Oaks Elementary Campbell Union Culture First	46	Santa Clara	17.4%	35.0%	10.3%	1.1%
85	River Glen San Jose Unified Culture First	45	Santa Clara	19.7%	42.1%	12.7%	1.0%
86	Adelante Dual Language Academy Alum Rock Union Elementary Culture First	45	Santa Clara	15.3%	35.9%	12.8%	0.5%
87	Baldwin (Julia) Elementary Oak Grove Elementary Culture First	44	Santa Clara	20.0%	43.5%	13.5%	0.3%
88	Latimer Moreland Building Momentum	44	Santa Clara	28.0%	52.0%	16.3%	2.1%
89	Willow Glen Elementary San Jose Unified Building Momentum	44	Santa Clara	26.0%	48.1%	17.2%	2.4%
90	Windmill Springs Elementary Franklin-McKinley Elementary Building Momentum	44	Santa Clara	21.3%	40.2%	10.2%	1.9%
91	Frost (Earl) Elementary Oak Grove Elementary Building Momentum	44	Santa Clara	21.4%	50.0%	14.2%	1.9%
92	Shirakawa (George, Sr.) Elementary Franklin-McKinley Elementary Building Momentum	43	Santa Clara	23.0%	41.6%	20.7%	1.6%
93	Russo/McEntee Academy Alum Rock Union Elementary Building Momentum	42	Santa Clara	18.3%	34.9%	23.1%	0.7%
94	Del Roble Elementary Oak Grove Elementary Culture First	41	Santa Clara	16.2%	40.4%	13.7%	0.1%
95	Almaden Elementary San Jose Unified Building Momentum	41	Santa Clara	15.4%	38.8%	22.4%	0.2%
96	Los Paseos Elementary Morgan Hill Unified Building Momentum	41	Santa Clara	15.7%	35.5%	17.5%	0.8%
97	Ben Painter Elementary Alum Rock Union Elementary Building Momentum	40	Santa Clara	15.2%	37.3%	17.5%	0.6%
98	Andrew P. Hill High East Side Union High Building Momentum	40	Santa Clara	10.2%	32.4%	32.8%	1.5%
99	John Muir Middle San Jose Unified Building Momentum	39	Santa Clara	16.5%	38.1%	25.0%	7.7%
100	Lynhaven Elementary Campbell Union Building Momentum	39	Santa Clara	17.6%	37.2%	11.7%	3.0%

Data source: California Department of Education · CAASPP 2024-25 · Methodology

Scores are SchoolScope's analysis of public data, not official CDE ratings. They represent one way of interpreting test results and should not be the sole basis for school decisions.

Private Schools in San Jose

Private schools don't participate in California's standardized testing (CAASPP) and cannot be scored or ranked. Showing enrollment, student-teacher ratio, and affiliation where available.

Harker

Nonsectarian · Grades Pre-K-12 · 1976 students

10:1Private

Archbishop Mitty High School

Roman Catholic · Grades 9-12 · 1752 students

16:1Private

Bellarmine College Preparatory

Roman Catholic · Grades 9-12 · 1665 students

18:1Private

Valley Christian High School

Brethren · Grades 9-12 · 1600 students

17:1Private

Basis Independent Silicon Valley

Nonsectarian · Grades 5-12 · 823 students

9:1Private

What Scope Scores can't tell you about San Jose

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Frequently asked questions

Are the schools in San Jose good?

San Jose's 168 ranked elementary schools average a Scope Score of 62.1/100, which is 18.3 points above the California state average of 43.8. 37.1% of students exceed the state standard on average (state average: 21.6%). The Scope Score weights six dimensions: exceeded standard (40%), met standard (22%), grade-level growth (15%), chronic absenteeism (10%), suspension rate (5%), and ELPAC proficiency (5%). Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.

What is the best elementary school in San Jose?

The highest-scoring elementary school in San Jose is Murdock-Portal Elementary with a Scope Score of 95/100 and 78.7% of students exceeding the state standard. Rankings are based on SchoolScope's 2025 Scope Score, which measures academic performance and school climate using publicly available California data. See full methodology.

How do San Jose schools compare to the state average?

San Jose elementary schools average a Scope Score of 62.1 vs. the statewide average of 43.8 (18.3 points above). The exceeded rate averages 37.1% vs. 21.6% statewide. Chronic absenteeism averages 13.0% vs. 18.1% statewide. Scores range from 38.6 to 95.1, a 56.5-point spread.

How many schools are in San Jose?

San Jose has 168 ranked elementary schools with Scope Scores. Schools are ranked using a weighted composite of CAASPP test performance, growth trajectory, chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Schools with insufficient testing data are not ranked.

What does the Scope Score measure?

The Scope Score is SchoolScope's proprietary composite rating (0–100) based on six dimensions of publicly available California school data: the exceeded-vs-met standard split, overall proficiency, grade 3–5 growth, chronic absenteeism, suspension rate, and ELPAC English Learner proficiency. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score separates students who "exceeded" from those who "met" the standard — revealing whether a school pushes students beyond proficiency or paces toward it. Full methodology and weights.

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