Summary
Cadwallader Elementary is a K–6 school with 374 students in San Jose’s Evergreen Elementary District, an area with several nearby elementary schools for comparison. In 2025–26, its proficiency rates were above district and California averages in English language arts (ELA), math and science, but its lead over nearby district schools was small: just 2 points in ELA and 1 point each in math and science.
Compared with the nine nearby schools in the Evergreen Elementary district, Cadwallader was slightly above average in all three subjects: 67% in ELA versus a 65% peer average, 62% in math versus 61%, and 54% in science versus 53%. It also exceeded district and state rates: ELA was 67% versus 64% and 49%; math was 62% versus 59% and 38%; and science was 54% versus 52% and 36%. Its local standing is more middle-of-the-pack than those comparisons alone suggest: among 11 nearby schools including Cadwallader, it ranked seventh in ELA and math and fifth in science. Third grade was a bright spot, with 82% proficient in ELA—the highest nearby—and 79% in math, third-highest. Fourth grade was the clearest weakness: 58% in ELA and 56% in math, both below district fourth-grade rates. Nearby Evergreen Elementary had the group’s highest all-grade rates, at 78% in ELA, 81% in math and 79% in science.
Over time, ELA rose slightly, from 66% in 2022–23 to 67% in 2025–26, while math fell from 68% to 62% and science from 61% to 54%; the state’s gains mean Cadwallader’s advantage over California narrowed in math and science. SchoolDigger ranks Cadwallader 923rd of 5,804 California schools, in the 84th percentile with 4 stars. Its student-teacher ratio was 23.3 in 2024–25, slightly below the nearby district average of 23.7. The school reported 43% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–25; California provided free school meals statewide that year, so this is the reported eligibility measure rather than a direct measure of family circumstances. SchoolDigger’s statewide effectiveness ranking for Hispanic students was notably lower than its overall standing: 3,011th of 5,085, in the 41st percentile with 2 stars, down from the 72nd percentile in 2023–24.
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