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Guadalupe Elementary

Public Grades K-5

433^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 93% of California elementary schools

Summary

Guadalupe Elementary is a highly-rated K-5 public school serving 537 students in San Jose, part of the top-performing Union Elementary school district.

Academically, Guadalupe is a standout, with student proficiency in English, Math, and Science far exceeding California state averages. It consistently earns a 5-star rating and ranks in the top 10% of elementary schools statewide. The school shines in supporting specific student groups, with exceptional results for students in Special Education and those from low socioeconomic backgrounds. A key strength is its remarkably low chronic absenteeism rate of just 3.3%, the best among all nearby schools, which points to strong student engagement and family involvement.

When compared to its peers within the Union Elementary district, Guadalupe ranks third out of four schools, performing slightly behind Alta Vista Elementary and Oster Elementary but well ahead of Lietz Elementary. It's important to note that all schools in this district outperform those in neighboring districts like San Jose Unified and Cambrian, highlighting the advantage of the district itself. While Guadalupe's statewide ranking has slightly declined from its peak several years ago, it remains an excellent school that achieves strong results with efficient use of resources.

537

Students ?

26.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$16,821

Per pupil spending ?

8.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

6044 Vera Cruz Dr.
San Jose, CA 95120-4863

(408) 268-1030

District: Union Elementary

Students who attend Guadalupe Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Dartmouth Middle
High:	Branham High
	Leigh High

Racial breakdown:

Asian:

51.6%

White:

27.4%

Hispanic:

11.2%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 96th percentile in 2013 → 93rd in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the California average (73% vs 41% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 7% of California elementary schools

Worth a look

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

!Large classes — about 27 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school73%

District avg73%

California avg41%

433^rd of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Top 7%▼ down 5 pts since 2015

From top 2% (2015) to top 7% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

4^th of 6Elementary Schools in the Union Elementary

79^th of 1,543Union 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	93.6	433 of 5857	92.6%	★★★★★
2024	93.4	481 of 5869	91.8%	★★★★★
2023	93.6	466 of 5859	92.0%	★★★★★
2022	93.9	444 of 5883	92.5%	★★★★★
2019	96.0	220 of 5789	96.2%	★★★★★
2018	96.6	171 of 5662	97.0%	★★★★★
2017	97.6	128 of 5692	97.8%	★★★★★
2016	98.1	52 of 5614	99.1%	★★★★★
2015	97.9	109 of 5611	98.1%	★★★★★
2013	93.3	226 of 5530	95.9%	★★★★★
2012	93.2	211 of 5390	96.1%	★★★★★
2011	95.4	99 of 5377	98.2%	★★★★★
2010	93.0	271 of 5314	94.9%	★★★★★
2009	94.7	176 of 5193	96.6%	★★★★★
2008	93.4	285 of 5113	94.4%	★★★★★
2007	94.5	261 of 5113	94.9%	★★★★★
2006	93.5	304 of 4818	93.7%	★★★★★
2005	94.9	233 of 4822	95.2%	★★★★★
2004	92.3	376 of 4809	92.2%	★★★★★

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	73.8	320 of 1203	73.4%	★★★★☆
2024	70.7	398 of 1205	67.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	68.8	433 of 1190	63.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	73.3	318 of 1154	72.4%	★★★★☆
2019	82.3	79 of 1149	93.1%	★★★★★
2018	81.3	103 of 1071	90.4%	★★★★★

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	89.0	196 of 2585	92.4%	★★★★★
2018	86.1	201 of 2128	90.6%	★★★★★

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	71.3	389 of 3162	87.7%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	91.3	502 of 5597	91.0%	★★★★★
2024	93.9	366 of 5612	93.5%	★★★★★
2023	94.6	322 of 5609	94.3%	★★★★★
2022	94.0	369 of 5635	93.5%	★★★★★
2019	96.2	150 of 5492	97.3%	★★★★★
2018	96.4	122 of 5413	97.7%	★★★★★

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	66.2	1392 of 5107	72.7%	★★★★☆
2023	87.1	469 of 5087	90.8%	★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	97.4	130 of 5517	97.6%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	93.4	372 of 5628	93.4%	★★★★★
2024	90.9	546 of 5643	90.3%	★★★★★
2023	90.7	570 of 5638	89.9%	★★★★☆
2022	92.2	490 of 5663	91.3%	★★★★★
2019	94.1	304 of 5510	94.5%	★★★★★
2018	95.7	214 of 5431	96.1%	★★★★★

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2023	58.9	309 of 669	53.8%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	90.6	196 of 2847	93.1%	★★★★★
2024	83.7	284 of 2635	89.2%	★★★★☆
2023	95.7	91 of 2420	96.2%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	68.4	842 of 2598	67.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	70.4	794 of 2651	70.0%	★★★★☆
2023	74.1	652 of 2661	75.5%	★★★★☆
2022	67.7	886 of 2726	67.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	76.5	580 of 2834	79.5%	★★★★☆
2018	79.3	473 of 2737	82.7%	★★★★☆

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)

Low Socio Economic Status (2024)98th percentile+6 vs school

Male (2025)93rd percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)93rd percentile~ school

Disabled (2019)92nd percentile-4 vs school

Female (2025)91st percentile~ school

English Language Learner (2024)88th percentile-4 vs school

Asian (2025)73rd percentile-19 vs school

Hispanic (2025)73rd percentile-20 vs school

White (2025)68th percentile-25 vs school

Multi-racial (2023)54th percentile-38 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

Mathematics79%+41 vs state

English Language Arts/Literacy73%+24 vs state

Science61%+28 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)	% 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 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 All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Guadalupe Elementary	Public	K-5	6044 Vera Cruz Dr.	San Jose	95120	Santa Clara County	Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 268-1030	537	20	26.8	8.2%	147 (27.4%)	3 (0.6%)	60 (11.2%)	277 (51.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	48 (8.9%)	93.6	433^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	92.6%		93.4	481^st of 5869 public elementary schools	91.8%	48	60.8	60.8	68.3	74.4	75.5	73.0	80.7	80.5	75.7	78.7					$16,821	$1,818	$15,003
Los Alamitos Elementary	Public	K-5	6130 Silberman Ave.	San Jose	95120	Santa Clara County	San Jose Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 535-6297	602	27	22.0	12.1%	224 (37.2%)	3 (0.5%)	84 (14.0%)	190 (31.6%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	99 (16.4%)	92.6	507^th of 5857 public elementary schools	91.3%		93.3	489^th of 5869 public elementary schools	91.7%	18	56.7	56.7	74.5	73.7	71.1	73.1	79.4	78.7	69.1	75.8					$19,399	$555	$18,844
Lietz Elementary	Public	K-5	5300 Carter Ave.	San Jose	95118	Santa Clara County	Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 264-8314	501	22	22.7	23.2%	131 (26.1%)	5 (1.0%)	175 (34.9%)	147 (29.3%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	41 (8.2%)	84.9	928^th of 5857 public elementary schools	84.2%		78.9	1204^th of 5869 public elementary schools	79.5%	276	61.0	61.0	66.7	58.0	69.0	64.9	68.8	55.6	62.0	62.1					$18,543	$2,135	$16,408
Noddin Elementary	Public	K-5	1755 Gilda Way	San Jose	95124	Santa Clara County	Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 356-2126	500	22	22.7	15.2%	127 (25.4%)	5 (1.0%)	95 (19.0%)	231 (46.2%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.6%)	37 (7.4%)	91.9	557^th of 5857 public elementary schools	90.5%		88.5	785^th of 5869 public elementary schools	86.6%	228	51.2	51.2	76.5	80.2	72.1	76.4	81.7	80.2	60.5	74.1					$15,015	$1,140	$13,875
Simonds Elementary	Public	K-5	6515 Grapevine Way	San Jose	95120	Santa Clara County	San Jose Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 535-6251	480	22	21.8	9.2%	142 (29.6%)	7 (1.5%)	66 (13.8%)	184 (38.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	80 (16.7%)	92.1	539^th of 5857 public elementary schools	90.8%		95.6	292^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	95.0%	247	65.4	65.4	57.3	76.9	80.3	71.8	74.7	74.7	79.0	76.2					$20,880	$1,476	$19,404
Almaden Elementary	Public	K-5	1295 Dentwood Dr.	San Jose	95118	Santa Clara County	San Jose Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 535-6207	305	15	19.9	71.8%	20 (6.6%)	13 (4.3%)	230 (75.4%)	28 (9.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	12 (3.9%)	41.3	3129^th of 5857 public elementary schools	46.6%		29.4	3984^th of 5869 public elementary schools	32.1%	855	24.5	24.5	38.1	32.7	46.9	39.3	46.5	32.0	36.7	38.0					$22,083	$879	$21,204
Oster Elementary	Public	K-5	1855 Lencar Way	San Jose	95124	Santa Clara County	Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 266-8121	627	24	26.0	12.8%	148 (23.6%)	6 (1.0%)	112 (17.9%)	323 (51.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (6.1%)	95.1	326^th of 5857 public elementary schools	94.4%		96.4	221^st of 5869 public elementary schools	96.2%	105	69.0	69.0	78.1	71.6	80.8	76.7	82.4	73.0	84.0	79.6	98.4				$15,968	$1,010	$14,958
Sartorette Charter	Public, Charter	K-5	3850 Woodford Dr.	San Jose	95124	Santa Clara County	Cambrian	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 264-4380	278	15	18.5	20.5%	63 (22.7%)	1 (0.4%)	108 (38.8%)	77 (27.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	27 (9.7%)	74.3	1408^th of 5857 public elementary schools	76.0%		70.2	1583^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	73.0%	175	55.0	55.0	48.8	64.3	65.0	58.7	48.8	53.6	55.0	52.3					$11,661	$1,381	$10,280
Reed Elementary	Public	K-5	1524 Jacob Ave.	San Jose	95118	Santa Clara County	San Jose Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 535-6247	356	16	21.8	24.2%	125 (35.1%)	0 (0.0%)	111 (31.2%)	70 (19.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.1%)	46 (12.9%)	84.6	937^th of 5857 public elementary schools	84.0%		82.1	1070^th of 5869 public elementary schools	81.8%	133	59.7	59.7	60.7	64.3	69.6	64.9	65.5	67.4	52.6	61.4					$19,837	$581	$19,256
Allen at Steinbeck	Public	K-5	820 Steinbeck Dr.	San Jose	95123	Santa Clara County	San Jose Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 535-6205	406	23	17.9	69.0%	50 (12.3%)	6 (1.5%)	282 (69.5%)	39 (9.6%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (2.0%)	20 (4.9%)	20.9	4745^th of 5857 public elementary schools	19.0%		17.5	5070^th of 5869 public elementary schools	13.6%	325	18.5	18.5	26.5	23.3	32.1	26.8	29.4	20.6	22.2	24.1	97.2	97.2	97.2	97.2	$25,081	$2,434	$22,647

Frequently Asked Questions about Guadalupe Elementary

What is the racial makeup of Guadalupe Elementary?

Students at Guadalupe Elementary are 52% Asian, 27% White, 11% Hispanic, 9% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Guadalupe Elementary attend?

Students who attend Guadalupe Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Dartmouth Middle
High : Branham High
High : Leigh High

What district is Guadalupe Elementary in?

Union Elementary

How many students attend Guadalupe Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 537 students attended Guadalupe Elementary.

Is Guadalupe Elementary a good school?

Yes. Guadalupe Elementary ranks in the top 7.4% of California elementary schools.

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