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Tom Matsumoto Elementary

Public Grades K-6

244^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 96% of California elementary schools

Summary

Tom Matsumoto Elementary is a top-tier K-6 public school serving 727 students in San Jose's Evergreen Elementary district, consistently ranking among the very best elementary schools in California for over a decade.

The school's excellence is marked by exceptionally strong and balanced test scores in all subjects and a remarkably low chronic absenteeism rate of 4.7%, which is less than half the district average. It stands out for its effective support of all students, with historically outstanding performance for English Language Learners and strong results for students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. While nearby schools like Silver Oak Elementary and Evergreen Elementary currently have similar high rankings, Matsumoto's track record of sustained elite performance over many years is a key differentiator.

Within the wider Evergreen Elementary district, there is a notable range in school performance; while Matsumoto, Silver Oak, and James Franklin Smith Elementary are in the state's top 4%, others like Holly Oak Elementary rank significantly lower. Matsumoto achieves its exceptional results while spending less per student than several comparable nearby schools, indicating efficient use of resources, though supporting Special Education students to the same high level remains an area for continued focus.

727

Students ?

24.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$11,840

Per pupil spending ?

13.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

4121 Mackin Woods Ln.
San Jose, CA 95135-1159

(408) 223-4873

District: Evergreen Elementary

Students who attend Tom Matsumoto Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Chaboya Middle
High:	Evergreen Valley High

Racial breakdown:

Asian:

74.1%

Hispanic:

14.3%

White:

4.3%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 100th percentile in 2013 → 96th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the California average (77% vs 41% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 4% of California elementary schools

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Large classes — about 24 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school77%

District avg61%

California avg41%

244^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Top 4%▼ down 4 pts since 2015

From top 1% (2015) to top 4% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

4^th of 13Elementary Schools in the Evergreen Elementary

339^th of 1,543Evergreen Elementary among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	95.9	244 of 5857	95.8%	★★★★★
2024	95.5	306 of 5869	94.8%	★★★★★
2023	97.1	179 of 5859	96.9%	★★★★★
2022	97.4	160 of 5883	97.3%	★★★★★
2019	98.4	42 of 5789	99.3%	★★★★★
2018	98.2	50 of 5662	99.1%	★★★★★
2017	98.6	39 of 5692	99.3%	★★★★★
2016	98.4	33 of 5614	99.4%	★★★★★
2015	98.7	36 of 5611	99.4%	★★★★★
2013	97.0	21 of 5530	99.6%	★★★★★
2012	97.1	11 of 5390	99.8%	★★★★★
2011	97.0	21 of 5377	99.6%	★★★★★
2010	96.9	36 of 5314	99.3%	★★★★★
2009	97.6	25 of 5193	99.5%	★★★★★
2008	97.7	43 of 5113	99.2%	★★★★★
2007	97.4	85 of 5113	98.3%	★★★★★
2006	96.6	129 of 4818	97.3%	★★★★★
2005	95.4	189 of 4822	96.1%	★★★★★
2004	96.7	140 of 4809	97.1%	★★★★★

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	76.6	251 of 1203	79.1%	★★★★☆
2024	74.7	302 of 1205	74.9%	★★★★☆
2023	75.1	269 of 1190	77.4%	★★★★☆
2022	78.4	189 of 1154	83.6%	★★★★☆
2019	81.4	106 of 1149	90.8%	★★★★★
2018	80.4	122 of 1071	88.6%	★★★★☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	57.8	638 of 2227	71.4%	★★★★☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2023	83.5	220 of 3245	93.2%	★★★★★
2022	98.2	55 of 3311	98.3%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	96.7	131 of 5597	97.7%	★★★★★
2024	94.6	325 of 5612	94.2%	★★★★★
2023	95.9	204 of 5609	96.4%	★★★★★
2022	96.4	191 of 5635	96.6%	★★★★★
2019	97.8	45 of 5492	99.2%	★★★★★
2018	98.0	33 of 5413	99.4%	★★★★★

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	78.8	796 of 5107	84.4%	★★★★☆
2024	62.6	1532 of 5107	70.0%	★★★★☆
2023	76.1	917 of 5087	82.0%	★★★★☆
2022	64.4	1410 of 5084	72.3%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	72.6	1124 of 5460	79.4%	★★★★☆
2024	94.4	267 of 5517	95.2%	★★★★★
2023	89.3	414 of 5363	92.3%	★★★★★
2022	87.9	435 of 5264	91.7%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	93.2	384 of 5628	93.2%	★★★★★
2024	94.3	333 of 5643	94.1%	★★★★★
2023	96.7	171 of 5638	97.0%	★★★★★
2022	97.2	132 of 5663	97.7%	★★★★★
2019	98.2	43 of 5510	99.2%	★★★★★
2018	97.6	80 of 5431	98.5%	★★★★★

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	62.3	259 of 610	57.5%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	50.7	947 of 2635	64.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	65.1	561 of 2420	76.8%	★★★★☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Female (2025)98th percentile~ school

English Language Learner (2023)93rd percentile-4 vs school

Male (2025)93rd percentile-3 vs school

Hispanic (2025)84th percentile-11 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)79th percentile-16 vs school

Asian (2025)79th percentile-17 vs school

Disabled (2022)71st percentile-26 vs school

Special Education (2024)64th percentile-31 vs school

Multi-racial (2022)58th percentile-40 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy80%+31 vs state

Mathematics77%+40 vs state

Science68%+35 vs state

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What people are saying

by a parent
Wednesday, October 21, 2015

The school now looks like a youth detention facility. Shame on the new principal for creating barriers that restrict parent and teacher interaction. She created more traffic congestion; which has the opposite effect of making students safer and relieving foot traffic. These barriers make it harder for parents to retrieve their children and restricts access to classrooms if parents need to communicate with their child's teacher. This principal is rapidly creating a closed-door policy as she has a done as a former principal of Holly Oak Elementary years back. Close Quote

by a parent on FaceBook
Monday, June 15, 2009

Awesome school. They focus on the family with exceptional teachers that really care about each kid that they have.

I could not recommend this school any higher. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CSA Spanish Overall (2025)			CSA Spanish Listening (2025)			CSA Spanish Writing (2025)			CSA Spanish Reading (2025)			CAST Science (2025)		Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)					Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)					% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CSA Spanish Overall 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall All Grades	CSA Spanish Listening 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening All Grades	CSA Spanish Writing 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing All Grades	CSA Spanish Reading 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading All Grades	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Varicella KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Tom Matsumoto Elementary	Public	K-6	4121 Mackin Woods Ln.	San Jose	95135	Santa Clara County	Evergreen Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 223-4873	727	30	24.2	13.3%	31 (4.3%)	19 (2.6%)	104 (14.3%)	539 (74.1%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	31 (4.3%)	95.9	244^th of 5857 public elementary schools	95.8%		95.5	306^th of 5869 public elementary schools	94.8%	62													67.6	67.6	78.4	79.4	78.9	82.4	79.9	83.8	75.5	73.3	75.4	76.9			$11,840	$504	$11,336
Carolyn A. Clark Elementary	Public	K-6	3701 Rue Mirassou Dr.	San Jose	95148	Santa Clara County	Evergreen Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 223-4560	497	20	24.8	18.3%	12 (2.4%)	3 (0.6%)	86 (17.3%)	364 (73.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	30 (6.0%)	88.1	774^th of 5857 public elementary schools	86.8%		93.3	488^th of 5869 public elementary schools	91.7%	286													49.4	49.4	72.7	60.5	72.2	71.8	69.0	74.6	69.1	62.0	64.7	67.0	96.5		$12,028	$516	$11,512
Evergreen Elementary	Public	K-6	3010 Fowler Rd.	San Jose	95135	Santa Clara County	Evergreen Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 270-4966	528	22	24.0	15.3%	15 (2.8%)	2 (0.4%)	74 (14.0%)	411 (77.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (4.7%)	96.4	198^th of 5857 public elementary schools	96.6%		97.3	140^th of 5869 public elementary schools	97.6%	58													64.0	64.0	76.2	76.6	81.8	80.6	79.2	85.9	85.9	85.4	77.6	83.2			$11,946	$507	$11,439
Millbrook Elementary	Public	K-6	3200 Millbrook Dr.	San Jose	95148	Santa Clara County	Evergreen Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 270-6767	503	21	23.9	30.8%	8 (1.6%)	1 (0.2%)	130 (25.8%)	331 (65.8%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (6.0%)	90.1	652^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	88.9%		88.5	782^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	86.7%	130													69.4	69.4	63.5	63.8	85.5	75.0	71.7	65.1	65.4	72.6	64.5	66.6			$11,991	$519	$11,472
Cadwallader Elementary	Public	K-6	3799 Cadwallader Ave.	San Jose	95121	Santa Clara County	Evergreen Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 270-4950	374	16	23.3	43.3%	17 (4.5%)	3 (0.8%)	126 (33.7%)	201 (53.7%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	25 (6.7%)	81.5	1102^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	81.2%		83.7	1010^th of 5869 public elementary schools	82.8%	92													60.0	60.0	57.9	53.2	71.2	67.3	62.8	57.9	55.1	65.0	52.7	57.9			$12,342	$519	$11,823
James Franklin Smith Elementary	Public	K-6	2220 Woodbury Ln.	San Jose	95121	Santa Clara County	Evergreen Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 532-2150	595	25	24.2	10.1%	33 (5.5%)	7 (1.2%)	66 (11.1%)	442 (74.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (7.9%)	96.1	233^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	96.0%		96.4	226^th of 5869 public elementary schools	96.1%	7													63.3	63.3	82.3	77.3	83.7	81.2	81.4	83.3	85.3	69.4	75.7	78.0			$12,260	$512	$11,748
Norwood Creek Elementary	Public	K-6	3241 Remington Way	San Jose	95148	Santa Clara County	Evergreen Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 270-6727	530	21	25.2	27.0%	9 (1.7%)	4 (0.8%)	117 (22.1%)	368 (69.4%)	4 (0.8%)	7 (1.3%)	21 (4.0%)	90.9	610^th of 5857 public elementary schools	89.6%		90.4	684^th of 5869 public elementary schools	88.3%	74													56.7	56.7	71.4	74.4	76.4	69.6	73.0	70.0	75.6	63.3	62.8	67.5			$11,612	$516	$11,096
Holly Oak Elementary	Public	K-6	2995 Rossmore Way	San Jose	95148	Santa Clara County	Evergreen Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 270-4975	445	21	21.7	53.7%	15 (3.4%)	5 (1.1%)	225 (50.6%)	174 (39.1%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	24 (5.4%)	43.1	2996^th of 5857 public elementary schools	48.8%		42.5	3033^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	48.3%	37	9.1	7.7	8.6	50.0	7.7	34.3	13.6	15.4	14.3	4.6	7.7	5.7	19.3	19.3	44.1	42.2	29.4	41.4	39.8	39.7	48.4	26.3	40.0	39.0			$12,594	$802	$11,792
John J. Montgomery Elementary	Public	K-6	2010 Daniel Maloney Dr.	San Jose	95121	Santa Clara County	Evergreen Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 270-6718	504	23	21.9	58.9%	10 (2.0%)	4 (0.8%)	243 (48.2%)	222 (44.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	23 (4.6%)	39.2	3272^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	44.1%		42.7	3017^th of 5869 public elementary schools	48.6%	255													16.2	16.2	41.4	40.5	41.9	51.2	44.1	36.2	35.6	17.6	32.5	30.2			$11,771	$797	$10,974
Cedar Grove Elementary	Public	K-6	2702 Sugar Plum Dr.	San Jose	95148	Santa Clara County	Evergreen Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 270-4958	493	21	23.4	48.3%	15 (3.0%)	6 (1.2%)	160 (32.5%)	270 (54.8%)	5 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	36 (7.3%)	64.3	1870^th of 5857 public elementary schools	68.1%		66.5	1753^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	70.1%	117													32.5	32.5	37.9	52.5	61.0	58.1	53.7	50.0	49.2	40.3	52.2	47.9	97.2	97.2	$12,336	$522	$11,814

Frequently Asked Questions about Tom Matsumoto Elementary

What schools do graduates of Tom Matsumoto Elementary attend?

Students who attend Tom Matsumoto Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Chaboya Middle
High : Evergreen Valley High

What is the racial makeup of Tom Matsumoto Elementary?

Students at Tom Matsumoto Elementary are 74% Asian, 14% Hispanic, 4% White, 4% Two or more races, 3% African American.

What district is Tom Matsumoto Elementary in?

Evergreen Elementary

How many students attend Tom Matsumoto Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 727 students attended Tom Matsumoto Elementary.

Is Tom Matsumoto Elementary a good school?

Yes! Tom Matsumoto Elementary is one of the best elementary schools in the state. It ranks 244^th of 5857 California elementary schools.

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