📍 1295 Dentwood Dr., San Jose, Santa Clara County, 95118
Almaden Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in San Jose, Santa Clara County. The school has 295 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Lisa Montes. It is part of the San Jose Unified school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 12.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 23.6:1.
Almaden Elementary enrolls 295 students across grades K–5. The student body is 46% male and 54% female. A teaching staff of 12.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 23.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 75% Hispanic or Latino, 9.8% White and 8.8% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 221 | 75% |
| White | 29 | 9.8% |
| Asian | 26 | 8.8% |
| Two or more races | 10 | 3.4% |
| Black or African American | 9 | 3.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
205 of the school's 295 students (69%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Almaden Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Almaden Elementary is one of 42 schools in San Jose Unified, based in San Jose, California. The district serves 24,453 students district-wide and employs 1,135 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 295 students, Almaden Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 582 students per school.