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Willow Glen Middle

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Willow Glen Middle ranks 859 th of 2761 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 6-8

859^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 69% of California middle schools

Summary

Willow Glen Middle is a public middle school located in San Jose, California, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 1,168 students. It is part of the San Jose Unified School District, which is ranked 785 out of 1,565 districts in California and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Willow Glen Middle generally performs better than the San Jose Unified School District and the state of California in standardized test scores, with 50.82% of students proficient or better in Smarter Balanced Assessments/English Language Arts/Literacy for End of Course, compared to 49.8% for San Jose Unified and 48.81% for California. The school has also seen a decrease in chronic absenteeism, from 28.2% in 2022-2023 to 20.4% in 2023-2024. However, the percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch has increased from 28.79% in 2021-2022 to 40.67% in 2023-2024.

Willow Glen Middle's performance varies significantly across different student subgroups, with the school ranking 435 out of 739 California middle schools for Asian students, but 1,617 out of 2,395 for Hispanic students. While Willow Glen Middle generally outperforms nearby schools in the San Jose Unified School District, such as Herbert Hoover Middle and John Muir Middle, it lags behind some higher-performing schools in other districts, such as Dartmouth Middle in the Union Elementary School District and KIPP Heritage Academy in the KIPP Heritage Academy District.

1,180

Students ?

23.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$20,340

Per pupil spending ?

36.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

2105 Cottle Ave.
San Jose, CA 95125-3504

(408) 535-6277

District: San Jose Unified

Students who attend Willow Glen Middle usually attend:

High:

Willow Glen High

Feeder schools for Willow Glen Middle:

Elementary:	Booksin Elementary
	Ernesto Galarza Elementary
	Schallenberger Elementary
	Willow Glen Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

50.3%

White:

30.8%

Two or more races:

8.9%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 71st percentile in 2015 → 69th in 2025

Strengths

✓Above the California median (69th percentile)

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 school45%

District avg45%

California avg41%

859^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Top 31%▼ down 2 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 6Middle Schools in the San Jose Unified

788^th of 1,543San Jose Unified 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	61.8	859 of 2761	68.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	62.2	837 of 2783	69.9%	★★★★☆
2023	66.1	758 of 2781	72.7%	★★★★☆
2022	63.1	827 of 2740	69.8%	★★★☆☆
2021	69.1	227 of 894	74.6%	★★★★☆
2019	62.8	844 of 2715	68.9%	★★★☆☆
2018	68.4	680 of 2480	72.6%	★★★★☆
2017	64.6	787 of 2508	68.6%	★★★☆☆
2016	63.2	795 of 2497	68.2%	★★★☆☆
2015	66.5	730 of 2477	70.5%	★★★★☆
2013	50.3	1141 of 2379	52.0%	★★★☆☆
2012	49.0	1119 of 2259	50.5%	★★★☆☆
2011	41.2	1328 of 2236	40.6%	★★☆☆☆
2010	41.6	1266 of 2179	41.9%	★★☆☆☆
2009	37.6	1255 of 2063	39.2%	★★☆☆☆
2008	44.7	1048 of 2005	47.7%	★★☆☆☆
2007	40.6	1102 of 1999	44.9%	★★☆☆☆
2006	47.6	867 of 1804	51.9%	★★★☆☆
2005	45.4	891 of 1777	49.9%	★★☆☆☆
2004	34.9	1082 of 1769	38.8%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	56.5	220 of 627	64.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	29.2	460 of 637	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	48.5	435 of 739	41.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	43.5	471 of 743	36.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	38.5	496 of 715	30.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	50.6	421 of 733	42.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	53.6	398 of 745	46.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	58.5	353 of 700	49.6%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	67.7	303 of 1531	80.2%	★★★★☆
2021	79.6	35 of 354	90.1%	★★★★★
2019	58.6	415 of 1491	72.2%	★★★★☆
2018	57.6	386 of 1369	71.8%	★★★★☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	33.2	1054 of 1478	28.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	32.3	1109 of 1521	27.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	35.1	972 of 1540	36.9%	★★☆☆☆
2021	41.2	176 of 363	51.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	36.3	824 of 1442	42.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	38.8	642 of 1364	52.9%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	57.0	897 of 2533	64.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	60.4	815 of 2551	68.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	66.3	703 of 2531	72.2%	★★★★☆
2022	67.7	653 of 2509	74.0%	★★★★☆
2021	71.5	180 of 738	75.6%	★★★★☆
2019	59.8	835 of 2380	64.9%	★★★☆☆
2018	63.3	717 of 2262	68.3%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	30.8	1617 of 2395	32.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	32.4	1551 of 2388	35.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	30.7	1604 of 2374	32.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	38.1	1358 of 2359	42.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	37.4	1331 of 2213	39.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	46.1	1018 of 2072	50.9%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	23.1	2024 of 2542	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.0	2027 of 2579	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.5	1942 of 2531	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.4	2014 of 2458	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	36.0	461 of 721	36.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	29.3	1714 of 2369	27.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	38.0	1331 of 2230	40.3%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	64.0	751 of 2534	70.4%	★★★★☆
2024	61.3	790 of 2552	69.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	63.6	740 of 2538	70.8%	★★★★☆
2022	57.2	873 of 2527	65.5%	★★★☆☆
2021	64.8	234 of 763	69.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	63.2	742 of 2407	69.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	70.8	574 of 2273	74.7%	★★★★☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	68.5	227 of 726	68.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	68.3	226 of 701	67.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	72.9	179 of 677	73.6%	★★★★☆
2022	74.3	158 of 665	76.2%	★★★★☆
2019	62.4	235 of 554	57.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	67.4	161 of 462	65.2%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	64.4	346 of 1566	77.9%	★★★★☆
2024	66.9	314 of 1552	79.8%	★★★★☆
2023	71.0	261 of 1531	83.0%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	77.2	288 of 1520	81.1%	★★★★☆
2024	80.7	223 of 1537	85.5%	★★★★☆
2023	81.5	214 of 1543	86.1%	★★★★☆
2022	75.9	308 of 1555	80.2%	★★★★☆
2019	67.9	491 of 1602	69.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	76.5	330 of 1496	77.9%	★★★★☆

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)

White (2025)81st percentile+12 vs school

Disabled (2022)80th percentile+10 vs school

Special Education (2025)78th percentile+9 vs school

Male (2025)70th percentile~ school

Multi-racial (2025)69th percentile~ school

African American (2024)65th percentile-5 vs school

Female (2025)65th percentile-4 vs school

Asian (2025)41st percentile-28 vs school

Hispanic (2025)32nd percentile-36 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)29th percentile-41 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)20th percentile-49 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy51%~ state avg

Science49%+16 vs state

Mathematics37%~ state avg

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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)						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 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 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	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Willow Glen Middle	Public	6-8	2105 Cottle Ave.	San Jose	95125	Santa Clara County	San Jose Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 535-6277	1,180	50	23.7	36.7%	363 (30.8%)	21 (1.8%)	593 (50.3%)	92 (7.8%)	2 (0.2%)	4 (0.3%)	105 (8.9%)	61.8	859^th of 2761 public middle schools	68.9%		62.2	837^th of 2783 public middle schools	69.9%	22		48.9	48.9			57.7	44.6	50.0	50.8			41.9	31.8	37.6	37.1	$20,340	$1,069	$19,271
Price Charter Middle	Public, Charter	6-8	2650 New Jersey Ave.	San Jose	95124	Santa Clara County	Cambrian	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 377-2532	959	45	21.4	16.7%	297 (31.0%)	18 (1.9%)	302 (31.5%)	209 (21.8%)	3 (0.3%)	4 (0.4%)	126 (13.1%)	89.5	286^th of 2761 public middle schools	89.6%		88.1	321^st of 2783 public middle schools	88.5%	35		56.8	56.8			70.5	73.2	67.1	70.1			58.6	58.4	59.8	58.9	$10,132	$1,381	$8,751
John Muir Middle	Public	6-8	1260 Branham Ln.	San Jose	95118	Santa Clara County	San Jose Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 535-6281	722	36	20.0	54.2%	138 (19.1%)	21 (2.9%)	430 (59.6%)	83 (11.5%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	47 (6.5%)	48.4	1225^th of 2761 public middle schools	55.6%		45.4	1302^nd of 2783 public middle schools	53.2%	77		33.1	33.1			34.9	42.6	48.5	42.1			32.9	40.7	28.9	34.1	$22,443	$1,294	$21,149
Downtown College Preparatory Middle	Public, Charter	5-8	1402 Monterey Hwy.	San Jose	95110	Santa Clara County	Downtown College Preparatory Middle District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 271-8120	231	9	26.1	81.4%	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.9%)	213 (92.2%)	9 (3.9%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.2%)	10	2614^th of 2761 public middle schools	5.3%		16.4	2426^th of 2783 public middle schools	12.8%	188	18.2	6.3	9.3		26.3	17.3	20.3	23.0	20.5		9.1	8.6	6.9	6.6	7.7	$27,062	$3,412	$23,650
Monroe Middle	Public, Charter	6-8	1055 South Monroe St.	San Jose	95128	Santa Clara County	Campbell Union	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 556-0360	677	36	18.8	59.1%	63 (9.3%)	26 (3.8%)	503 (74.3%)	52 (7.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	31 (4.6%)	19.7	2241^st of 2761 public middle schools	18.8%		27.2	1938^th of 2783 public middle schools	30.4%	303		22.1	22.1			26.9	23.0	23.4	24.4			16.1	17.6	15.3	16.3	$20,078	$911	$19,167
College Connection Academy	Public	7-8	1855 Lucretia Ave.	San Jose	95122	Santa Clara County	Franklin-McKinley Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 347-4827	213	10	20.8	65.3%	2 (0.9%)	1 (0.5%)	69 (32.4%)	137 (64.3%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.4%)	93.1	199^th of 2761 public middle schools	92.8%		88.3	312^th of 2783 public middle schools	88.8%	113		48.2	48.2				80.2	84.3	82.2				62.3	70.4	66.4	$27,080	$3,560	$23,520
Herbert Hoover Middle	Public	6-8	1635 Park Ave.	San Jose	95126	Santa Clara County	San Jose Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 535-6274	910	49	18.5	63.0%	86 (9.5%)	28 (3.1%)	711 (78.1%)	44 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	40 (4.4%)	32.6	1731^st of 2761 public middle schools	37.3%		32.8	1714^th of 2783 public middle schools	38.4%	17		26.5	26.5			27.7	45.4	31.7	34.9			24.5	28.5	18.7	23.7	$21,026	$855	$20,171
Dartmouth Middle	Public	6-8	5575 Dartmouth Dr.	San Jose	95118	Santa Clara County	Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 264-1122	903	42	21.6	17.4%	282 (31.2%)	11 (1.2%)	208 (23.0%)	325 (36.0%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	75 (8.3%)	88.8	297^th of 2761 public middle schools	89.2%		89.7	282^nd of 2783 public middle schools	89.9%	15		54.9	54.9			62.5	69.1	66.6	66.1			64.8	66.5	59.0	63.4	$17,321	$1,880	$15,441
KIPP Heritage Academy	Public, Charter	5-8	423 Los Arboles St.	San Jose	95111	Santa Clara County	KIPP Heritage Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 283-6260	454	21	22.1	62.6%	5 (1.1%)	6 (1.3%)	217 (47.8%)	223 (49.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	86.9	335^th of 2761 public middle schools	87.9%		90.4	269^th of 2783 public middle schools	90.3%	66	60.5	48.9	55.6		80.7	76.7	76.6	76.7	77.8		72.4	55.0	55.9	42.2	57.4	$34,762	$1,222	$33,540
Lairon College Preparatory Academy	Public	4-8	3975 Mira Loma	San Jose	95111	Santa Clara County	Franklin-McKinley Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 363-5775	253	13	19.8	81.8%	1 (0.4%)	8 (3.2%)	216 (85.4%)	28 (11.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15.3	2421^st of 2761 public middle schools	12.3%		12.4	2568^th of 2783 public middle schools	7.7%	147	6.8	9.7	8.5	12.9	17.1	28.3	18.2	32.8	23.8	8.8	14.0	8.1	6.8	12.5	10.1	$25,168	$4,767	$20,401

Frequently Asked Questions about Willow Glen Middle

What high school do graduates of Willow Glen Middle attend?

Students who attend Willow Glen Middle usually go on to attend Willow Glen High

Is Willow Glen Middle a good school?

Willow Glen Middle ranks 859^th of 2761 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

What district is Willow Glen Middle in?

San Jose Unified

How many students attend Willow Glen Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,180 students attended Willow Glen Middle.

What is the racial makeup of Willow Glen Middle?

Students at Willow Glen Middle are 50% Hispanic, 31% White, 9% Two or more races, 8% Asian, 2% African American.

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