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Horace Cureton Elementary

Public Grades K-5

5262^nd

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of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 10% of California elementary schools

Summary

Horace Cureton Elementary is a public K-5 school serving 254 students in San Jose's Alum Rock Union Elementary district, operating in a high-need community where most students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

Academically, the school faces significant challenges, ranking in the bottom 10% of California elementary schools with proficiency rates in English, Math, and Science well below both state and district averages. Its performance has been volatile and recently declined sharply. A major concern is chronic absenteeism, with nearly 29% of students missing significant school, which is the highest rate among nearby schools like Adelante Dual Language Academy (12.3%) and Millard McCollam Elementary (18.3%). The school also has a larger student-teacher ratio (23:1) than comparable district schools, and there is a notable performance gap, with male students ranking significantly lower than female students.

Despite spending slightly more per student than the district average, outcomes lag behind other schools with similar resources, such as Rocketship Academy Brilliant Minds. However, within the same challenging district context, schools like Millard McCollam Elementary and Adelante Dual Language Academy demonstrate that stronger academic results are possible with similar student populations, suggesting internal practices are a key factor for improvement at Horace Cureton.

254

Students ?

23.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

$22,363

Per pupil spending ?

79.1%

Free/discounted lunch ?

3720 East Hills Dr.
San Jose, CA 95127-2418

(408) 928-7350

District: Alum Rock Union Elementary

Students who attend Horace Cureton Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Joseph George Middle
High:	James Lick High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

86.6%

Asian:

7.9%

White:

3.1%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Rebounding — 3rd percentile in 2022 → 10th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is rebounding — up to 10th (2025) from a 3rd-percentile low (2022)

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (19% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (10th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (29% vs 19% California)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school19%

District avg23%

California avg41%

5,262^nd of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 10%▼ down 21 pts since 2015

From bottom 31% (2015) to bottom 10% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

11^th of 16Elementary Schools in the Alum Rock Union Elementary

1324^th of 1,543Alum Rock Union 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	15.0	5262 of 5857	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.1	4280 of 5869	27.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	13.2	5453 of 5859	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	10.2	5718 of 5883	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	26.7	4221 of 5789	27.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	27.2	4065 of 5662	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	29.1	3906 of 5692	31.4%	★★☆☆☆
2016	27.5	3968 of 5614	29.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	27.9	3864 of 5611	31.1%	★★☆☆☆
2013	39.5	3343 of 5530	39.5%	★★☆☆☆
2012	52.4	2473 of 5390	54.1%	★★★☆☆
2011	64.0	1801 of 5377	66.5%	★★★☆☆
2010	41.6	3075 of 5314	42.1%	★★☆☆☆
2009	23.3	4189 of 5193	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	17.9	4462 of 5113	12.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	18.4	4422 of 5113	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	19.4	4048 of 4818	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	17.8	4121 of 4822	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	25.0	3566 of 4809	25.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	18.7	2063 of 2227	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	21.7	2253 of 2585	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	19.1	2013 of 2128	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	27.1	2742 of 3162	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.2	3083 of 3245	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	19.0	3235 of 3311	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	40.7	1745 of 3275	46.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	34.0	2134 of 3246	34.3%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	23.0	4433 of 5597	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	38.6	3169 of 5612	43.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	18.4	4842 of 5609	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	12.7	5387 of 5635	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	29.5	3864 of 5492	29.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	28.7	3856 of 5413	28.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	19.4	4493 of 5107	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	31.9	3581 of 5107	29.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	12.7	4913 of 5087	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	8.6	5044 of 5084	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	32.6	3518 of 4963	29.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	35.8	3163 of 4830	34.5%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	18.4	4838 of 5460	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	36.5	3417 of 5517	38.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	14.7	5059 of 5363	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	12.5	5097 of 5264	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	31.0	3796 of 5173	26.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	35.1	3391 of 5084	33.3%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	9.9	5436 of 5628	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	14.6	5189 of 5643	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.1	5448 of 5638	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.6	5565 of 5663	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	24.9	4201 of 5510	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	25.6	4046 of 5431	25.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2023	35.6	1402 of 2420	42.1%	★★☆☆☆

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)

Special Education (2023)42nd percentile+35 vs school

Female (2025)21st percentile+11 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)13th percentile-14 vs school

Hispanic (2025)12th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)11th percentile~ school

Disabled (2022)7th percentile+5 vs school

Male (2025)3rd percentile-7 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

Mathematics21%-16 vs state

English Language Arts/Literacy19%-30 vs state

Science11%-21 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)							% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Hepatitis B (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (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	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th 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 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th 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 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Horace Cureton Elementary	Public	K-5	3720 East Hills Dr.	San Jose	95127	Santa Clara County	Alum Rock Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 928-7350	254	11	23.0	79.1%	8 (3.1%)	1 (0.4%)	220 (86.6%)	20 (7.9%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	3 (1.2%)	15	5262^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	10.2%		26.1	4280^th of 5869 public elementary schools	27.1%	982	11.4		11.4	11.9	25.6	18.2				18.6	19.1	32.6	11.4				20.9	93.0		93.0				$22,363	$3,419	$18,944
Voices College-Bound Language Academy at Mt. Pleasant	Public, Charter	K-8	14271 Story Rd.	San Jose	95127	Santa Clara County	Voices College-Bound Language Academy at Mt. Pleasant Distr	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 791-1609	235	9	26.1	82.6%	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.3%)	230 (97.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	15.6	5221^st of 5857 public elementary schools	10.9%		9	5728^th of 5869 public elementary schools	2.4%	507	4.8	0.0	2.2	24.0	29.6	23.8	21.4	5.0	4.2	18.6	29.2	17.2	19.1	7.1	15.0	8.3	15.8	78.0	90.0	96.0	84.0	92.0	86.0	$25,876	$2,858	$23,018
Lyndale Elementary	Public	K-5	13901 Nordyke Dr.	San Jose	95127	Santa Clara County	Alum Rock Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 928-7900	275	13	21.1	82.9%	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	231 (84.0%)	30 (10.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.1%)	9 (3.3%)	12.3	5482^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	6.4%		13.5	5432^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	7.4%	50	5.4		5.4	26.1	26.3	14.3				22.7	23.4	11.9	2.7				13.5	94.7			97.4	97.4		$22,728	$3,284	$19,444
Linda Vista Elementary	Public	K-5	100 Kirk Ave.	San Jose	95127	Santa Clara County	Alum Rock Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 928-7800	437	20	21.8	68.2%	24 (5.5%)	3 (0.7%)	350 (80.1%)	44 (10.1%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.7%)	12 (2.7%)	26.9	4232^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	27.7%		27.6	4148^th of 5869 public elementary schools	29.3%	84	20.3		20.3	19.2	38.7	35.1				30.7	31.1	29.0	23.7				28.2	95.2	96.1		98.1	97.1	96.1	$21,988	$2,752	$19,236
Mt. Pleasant Elementary	Public	K-5	14275 Candler Dr.	San Jose	95127	Santa Clara County	Mount Pleasant Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 258-6451	172	8	21.5	79.7%	2 (1.2%)	2 (1.2%)	143 (83.1%)	19 (11.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	5 (2.9%)	14.8	5277^th of 5857 public elementary schools	9.9%		17.6	5062^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	13.8%	215	27.3		27.3	16.7	11.8	36.4				20.0	16.7	11.8	9.1				12.5							$26,022	$4,808	$21,214
Rocketship Academy Brilliant Minds	Public, Charter	K-5	2960 Story Rd.	San Jose	95127	Santa Clara County	Rocketship Academy Brilliant Minds District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(877) 806-0920	500	17	30.3	71.8%	8 (1.6%)	1 (0.2%)	376 (75.2%)	102 (20.4%)	3 (0.6%)	5 (1.0%)	5 (1.0%)	51.8	2513^th of 5857 public elementary schools	57.1%		59.7	2080^th of 5869 public elementary schools	64.6%	433	9.1		9.1	42.7	50.7	45.5				46.4	56.0	48.1	27.3				46.4	90.4	94.7	98.3	93.0	93.9	93.9	$22,299	$3,542	$18,757
Russo/McEntee Academy	Public	K-5	2851 Gay Ave.	San Jose	95127	Santa Clara County	Alum Rock Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 928-8900	322	16	20.1	80.7%	10 (3.1%)	4 (1.2%)	239 (74.2%)	57 (17.7%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	9 (2.8%)	36.9	3412^th of 5857 public elementary schools	41.7%		39	3232^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	44.9%	180	25.0		25.0	46.7	27.9	50.0				41.9	45.7	22.2	16.7				28.1							$23,765	$3,419	$20,346
Robert Sanders Elementary	Public	K-5	3411 Rocky Mountain Dr.	San Jose	95127	Santa Clara County	Mount Pleasant Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 258-7288	304	16	19.0	78.6%	6 (2.0%)	7 (2.3%)	227 (74.7%)	50 (16.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.3%)	10 (3.3%)	21.5	4711^th of 5857 public elementary schools	19.6%		15.8	5226^th of 5869 public elementary schools	11.0%	515	13.6		13.6	28.6	29.6	27.1				28.3	37.1	22.7	18.6				24.6							$25,152	$4,576	$20,576
Millard McCollam Elementary	Public	K-5	3311 Lucian Ave.	San Jose	95127	Santa Clara County	Alum Rock Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 928-8000	370	20	18.5	53.5%	17 (4.6%)	5 (1.4%)	209 (56.5%)	121 (32.7%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.1%)	46.7	2780^th of 5857 public elementary schools	52.5%		57.4	2172^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	63.0%	608	29.9		29.9	37.9	44.8	47.0				43.4	42.4	39.0	35.8				38.9							$22,490	$2,884	$19,606
Thomas P. Ryan Elementary	Public	K-5	1241 McGinness Ave.	San Jose	95127	Santa Clara County	Alum Rock Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 928-8650	247	13	19.0	83.8%	3 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	220 (89.1%)	20 (8.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.6%)	12.1	5501^st of 5857 public elementary schools	6.1%		17.5	5080^th of 5869 public elementary schools	13.4%	421	7.7		7.7	7.3	18.2	25.5				17.7	9.5	18.8	19.2				16.2	91.8	93.9					$23,024	$3,182	$19,842

Frequently Asked Questions about Horace Cureton Elementary

Is Horace Cureton Elementary a good school?

Horace Cureton Elementary ranks in the bottom 10.2% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Horace Cureton Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 254 students attended Horace Cureton Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Horace Cureton Elementary?

Students at Horace Cureton Elementary are 87% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 3% White, 1% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Horace Cureton Elementary attend?

Students who attend Horace Cureton Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Joseph George Middle
High : James Lick High

What district is Horace Cureton Elementary in?

Alum Rock Union Elementary

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