Summary
Central Park Elementary is a 419-student K–5 school in Santa Clara Unified, serving families in Santa Clara alongside nearby elementary schools. Its 2025–26 proficiency rates were above both state and district levels in ELA, math, and science; math showed the clearest advantage, with 61% proficient compared with 38% statewide and 50% districtwide.
Central Park performs well against nearby schools, though its results are generally middle-of-the-pack rather than among the very highest. It ranked fifth of 11 schools in ELA and math and fourth in science; its rates of 64%, 61%, and 54% exceeded nearby averages of 57%, 53%, and 48%. Fourth grade stood out, with 74% proficient in ELA and 72% in math, while third-grade ELA (48%) and fifth-grade math (51%) were relative soft spots. Those lower results were still above state rates, but third-grade ELA was below the district rate, and fifth-grade math was just below the district’s 51%.
Results have risen since 2022–23: ELA gained 5 percentage points, math 6, and science 13, although science fell from 54% in 2023–24 to 41% in 2024–25 before rebounding to 54%. SchoolDigger ranks Central Park in the 81st percentile statewide with 4 stars (1,085 of 5,804), up from the 77th percentile in 2024–25; nearby Millikin Elementary and Laurelwood Elementary rank higher. In SchoolDigger’s statewide measure of effectiveness for student groups, the school ranks in the 11th percentile for Low Socio Economic Status Students, down from the 53rd percentile in 2023–24, while its overall rank is 81st; for White Students, it rose to the 99th percentile from the 48th in 2024–25. As context, in 2024–25, 20% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible, below the nearby average of 32%, and the student-teacher ratio was 19.8, within the local range of 18.3–22.9.
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