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Lietz Elementary

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Lietz Elementary ranks 928 th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-5

928^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 84% of California elementary schools

Summary

Lietz Elementary is a K-5 public school serving 501 students in San Jose's high-performing Union Elementary district, where it consistently earns a 4-star rating and outperforms California state averages in English, Math, and Science.

When compared to other schools in its own district, however, Lietz faces some notable challenges. Its academic proficiency rates are lower than peers like Alta Vista Elementary and Oster Elementary, and it has a significantly higher rate of chronic student absenteeism. The school serves a higher percentage of economically disadvantaged students than most nearby schools, and while it shows exceptional strength in supporting Special Education students, it has room for improvement in supporting students from low-income families. Interestingly, Lietz receives more funding per student than other schools in the Union Elementary district.

In the broader context of San Jose, Lietz remains a solid choice. It generally outperforms schools with similar demographics in other districts, such as Reed Elementary in the San Jose Unified district. For families, Lietz offers a good education above state standards, though those prioritizing the very top academic performance within the Union district may also consider its higher-achieving neighbors.

501

Students ?

22.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$18,543

Per pupil spending ?

23.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

5300 Carter Ave.
San Jose, CA 95118-2813

(408) 264-8314

District: Union Elementary

Students who attend Lietz Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Dartmouth Middle
High:	Branham High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

34.9%

Asian:

29.3%

White:

26.1%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 84th percentile in 2013 → 84th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the California average (63% vs 41% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 16% of California elementary schools

Worth a look

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

!Near the bottom of Union Elementary's ranking

!Large classes — about 23 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school63%

District avg73%

California avg41%

928^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Top 16%▼ down 6 pts since 2015

From top 10% (2015) to top 16% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

6^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	84.9	928 of 5857	84.2%	★★★★☆
2024	78.9	1204 of 5869	79.5%	★★★★☆
2023	83.6	1015 of 5859	82.7%	★★★★☆
2022	83.1	1043 of 5883	82.3%	★★★★☆
2019	80.5	1145 of 5789	80.2%	★★★★☆
2018	86.4	829 of 5662	85.4%	★★★★☆
2017	88.6	726 of 5692	87.2%	★★★★☆
2016	88.2	728 of 5614	87.0%	★★★★☆
2015	91.1	558 of 5611	90.1%	★★★★★
2013	82.8	899 of 5530	83.7%	★★★★☆
2012	70.7	1481 of 5390	72.5%	★★★★☆
2011	72.9	1348 of 5377	74.9%	★★★★☆
2010	55.5	2246 of 5314	57.7%	★★★☆☆
2009	62.5	1792 of 5193	65.5%	★★★☆☆
2008	47.1	2542 of 5113	50.3%	★★★☆☆
2007	60.7	1787 of 5113	65.0%	★★★☆☆
2006	67.3	1452 of 4818	69.9%	★★★☆☆
2005	69.8	1342 of 4822	72.2%	★★★★☆
2004	64.8	1501 of 4809	68.8%	★★★☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	74.1	312 of 1203	74.1%	★★★★☆
2024	64.8	525 of 1205	56.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	59.1	618 of 1190	48.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	58.6	614 of 1154	46.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	84.6	38 of 1149	96.7%	★★★★★
2018	80.5	121 of 1071	88.7%	★★★★☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	80.9	288 of 2227	87.1%	★★★★☆
2019	62.7	658 of 2585	74.5%	★★★★☆
2018	63.7	510 of 2128	76.0%	★★★★☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	44.6	1501 of 3162	52.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	46.9	1355 of 3245	58.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	59.7	766 of 3311	76.9%	★★★★☆
2019	74.8	417 of 3275	87.3%	★★★★☆
2018	86.3	241 of 3246	92.6%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	82.2	973 of 5597	82.6%	★★★★☆
2024	79.2	1125 of 5612	80.0%	★★★★☆
2023	81.0	1056 of 5609	81.2%	★★★★☆
2022	77.6	1218 of 5635	78.4%	★★★★☆
2019	80.0	1075 of 5492	80.4%	★★★★☆
2018	86.2	758 of 5413	86.0%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	49.7	2316 of 5107	54.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	50.1	2260 of 5107	55.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	50.9	2179 of 5087	57.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	48.0	2331 of 5084	54.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	52.0	2149 of 4963	56.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	66.0	1321 of 4830	72.7%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	38.9	3279 of 5460	39.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	39.5	3177 of 5517	42.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	28.3	4038 of 5363	24.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	53.9	2041 of 5264	61.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	50.6	2368 of 5173	54.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	58.9	1805 of 5084	64.5%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	84.0	879 of 5628	84.4%	★★★★☆
2024	75.0	1279 of 5643	77.3%	★★★★☆
2023	83.6	941 of 5638	83.3%	★★★★☆
2022	85.4	847 of 5663	85.0%	★★★★☆
2019	74.4	1334 of 5510	75.8%	★★★★☆
2018	82.5	956 of 5431	82.4%	★★★★☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	18.5	610 of 718	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	49.0	404 of 670	39.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	49.1	391 of 669	41.6%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	73.3	495 of 2847	82.6%	★★★★☆
2024	77.3	393 of 2635	85.1%	★★★★☆
2023	77.6	345 of 2420	85.7%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	82.2	336 of 2598	87.1%	★★★★☆
2024	59.5	1144 of 2651	56.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	66.8	905 of 2661	66.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	71.8	741 of 2726	72.8%	★★★★☆
2019	67.9	903 of 2834	68.1%	★★★☆☆
2018	77.2	547 of 2737	80.0%	★★★★☆

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)

Disabled (2022)87th percentile+5 vs school

White (2025)87th percentile+3 vs school

Male (2025)84th percentile~ school

Female (2025)83rd percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)83rd percentile~ school

Asian (2025)74th percentile-10 vs school

Hispanic (2025)55th percentile-30 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)53rd percentile-27 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)40th percentile-44 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)15th percentile-69 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy65%+16 vs state

Mathematics62%+25 vs state

Science61%+28 vs state

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Steindorf STEAM K-8 Magnet	Public	K-8	3001 Ross Ave.	San Jose	95124	Santa Clara County	Cambrian	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 377-3022	491	21	23.0	4.7%	160 (32.6%)	11 (2.2%)	47 (9.6%)	208 (42.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	65 (13.2%)	96.7	174^th of 5857 public elementary schools	97.0%		95.6	297^th of 5869 public elementary schools	94.9%	123	78.0	76.7	77.3	81.3	76.7	83.1	78.0	89.7	78.3	81.1	93.8	81.7	86.4	69.5	89.7	83.3	83.7		$10,706	$1,381	$9,325
Hacienda Science/Environmental Magnet	Public	K-5	1290 Kimberly Dr.	San Jose	95118	Santa Clara County	San Jose Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 535-6259	622	23	27.5	22.3%	189 (30.4%)	21 (3.4%)	195 (31.4%)	134 (21.5%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	80 (12.9%)	88.6	736^th of 5857 public elementary schools	87.4%		81.2	1102^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	81.2%	366	56.4		56.4	68.6	63.8	76.2				69.6	70.5	69.5	60.6				66.8	98.1	$19,440	$702	$18,738

Frequently Asked Questions about Lietz Elementary

What is the racial makeup of Lietz Elementary?

Students at Lietz Elementary are 35% Hispanic, 29% Asian, 26% White, 8% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Lietz Elementary attend?

Students who attend Lietz Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Dartmouth Middle
High : Branham High

What district is Lietz Elementary in?

Union Elementary

How many students attend Lietz Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 501 students attended Lietz Elementary.

Is Lietz Elementary a good school?

Lietz Elementary ranks 928^th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

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