Is Holly Oak Elementary a good school?

Holly Oak Elementary ranks 3028 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Holly Oak Elementary?

In the 2022-23 school year, 441 students attended Holly Oak Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Holly Oak Elementary?

Students at Holly Oak Elementary are 46% Hispanic, 42% Asian, 6% Two or more races, 5% White, 1% African American.

What schools do graduates of Holly Oak Elementary attend?

Students who attend Holly Oak Elementary usually go on to attend: High : Silver Creek High

Holly Oak Elementary

Summary:

Holly Oak Elementary is a public elementary school in San Jose, California, serving 441 students in grades K-6. It is part of the Evergreen Elementary School District, which is ranked 327 out of 1,568 districts in the state.

While the Evergreen Elementary District generally performs better than the state average, Holly Oak Elementary has relatively lower academic performance. In the 2023-2024 school year, only 35.56% of Holly Oak students were proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 65.28% in the district and 47.04% statewide. Similarly, the school's Mathematics proficiency rate was 37.86%, lower than the district's 61.05% and the state's 35.54%. Holly Oak's performance also lags behind nearby Carolyn A. Clark Elementary and Millbrook Elementary, which consistently outperform Holly Oak in academic assessments.

Factors that may contribute to Holly Oak's lower performance include a high percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds (50.57% eligible for free or reduced-price lunch) and increasing chronic absenteeism rates, which reached 18.2% in 2022-2023. Targeted interventions and support programs focused on addressing these challenges could potentially help improve student outcomes at Holly Oak Elementary.

Detail:

Public K-6

2995 Rossmore Way
San Jose, CA 95148-3527

(408) 270-4975

District: Evergreen Elementary

SchoolDigger Rank:
3028^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $6,303

Students who attend Holly Oak Elementary usually attend:

High:

Silver Creek High

Student/teacher ratio: 25.2

Number of students: 441

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

45.6%

Asian:

42.0%

Two or more races:

6.1%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 50.6%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Holly Oak Elementary ranks worse than 51.7% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 11^th among 13 ranked elementary schools in the Evergreen Elementary School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 42.53. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a high school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (45.6%), Asian (42%), two or more races (6.1%). (See more...)

Compare Details 50.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Holly Oak Elementary is 25.2. 9 elementary schools in the Evergreen Elementary School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Holly Oak Elementary employs 17.5 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Holly Oak Elementary is $6,303, which is the 5^th highest among 13 elementary schools in the Evergreen Elementary School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Holly Oak Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Holly Oak Elementary 3028^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Holly Oak Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Evergreen Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Evergreen Elementary 327^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Holly Oak Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Holly Oak Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	55.62	1894^th	4809	60.6%
2005	59.59	1763^rd	4822	63.4%
2006	58.74	1790^th	4818	62.8%
2007	50.82	2282^nd	5113	55.4%
2008	49.76	2385^th	5113	53.4%
2009	58.94	1977^th	5193	61.9%
2010	54.90	2281^st	5314	57.1%
2011	61.55	1930^th	5377	64.1%
2012	62.73	1909^th	5390	64.6%
2013	62.41	1979^th	5530	64.2%
2015	54.78	2201^st	5611	60.8%
2016	49.72	2501^st	5614	55.5%
2017	49.02	2606^th	5692	54.2%
2018	53.19	2373^rd	5662	58.1%
2019	45.95	2825^th	5789	51.2%
2022	56.98	2178^th	5883	63.0%
2023	47.90	2646^th	5874	55.0%
2024	42.53	3028^th	5862	48.3%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Holly Oak Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	44.52	1539^th	3246	52.6%
2019	59.32	856^th	3275	73.9%
2022	91.85	143^rd	3311	95.7%
2023	72.39	443^rd	3250	86.4%
2024	72.28	370^th	3160	88.3%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Holly Oak Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	48.88	2440^th	5084	52.0%
2019	49.61	2433^rd	5173	53.0%
2022	63.35	1497^th	5264	71.6%
2023	54.99	2043^rd	5374	62.0%
2024	53.44	2157^th	5511	60.9%

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Rank History for Female students at Holly Oak Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	55.09	2228^th	5413	58.8%
2019	45.75	2743^rd	5492	50.1%
2022	55.46	2133^rd	5635	62.1%
2023	41.69	2915^th	5617	48.1%
2024	47.09	2580^th	5605	54.0%

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Rank History for Male students at Holly Oak Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	50.77	2401^st	5431	55.8%
2019	45.15	2721^st	5510	50.6%
2022	56.21	2134^th	5663	62.3%
2023	52.52	2305^th	5650	59.2%
2024	38.93	3140^th	5636	44.3%

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Rank History for Asian students at Holly Oak Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	25.40	884^th	1071	17.5%
2019	22.60	959^th	1149	16.5%
2022	25.34	937^th	1154	18.8%
2023	20.37	997^th	1190	16.2%
2024	18.57	1018^th	1203	15.4%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Holly Oak Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	26.75	3774^th	4830	21.9%
2019	22.70	4202^nd	4963	15.3%
2022	36.03	3216^th	5084	36.7%
2023	29.97	3711^th	5098	27.2%
2024	28.01	3875^th	5102	24.0%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Holly Oak Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	207	68	151	209	4	n/a	n/a	0	639
1989	205	65	178	209	4	n/a	n/a	0	661
1990	165	63	196	208	9	n/a	n/a	0	641
1991	150	71	230	212	5	n/a	n/a	0	668
1992	139	74	238	208	4	n/a	n/a	0	663
1993	133	90	271	204	4	n/a	n/a	0	702
1994	107	78	312	212	3	n/a	n/a	0	712
1995	93	93	314	247	3	n/a	n/a	0	750
1996	93	93	314	247	3	n/a	n/a	0	750
1997	102	93	316	255	5	n/a	n/a	0	771
1998	90	90	333	275	12	n/a	n/a	0	800
1999	81	73	350	268	11	n/a	n/a	0	783
2000	74	75	361	278	10	n/a	n/a	0	798
2001	58	66	380	316	8	n/a	n/a	0	828
2002	33	50	393	292	4	n/a	n/a	0	772
2003	33	50	393	292	4	n/a	n/a	0	772
2004	29	59	412	307	2	n/a	n/a	0	809
2005	29	48	384	304	3	n/a	n/a	15	783
2006	31	37	375	285	5	n/a	n/a	13	746
2007	32	32	389	309	2	n/a	n/a	11	775
2008	32	36	367	306	2	n/a	n/a	0	743
2009	37	33	331	306	1	5	7	0	720
2010	40	26	351	284	3	7	0	0	711
2011	35	27	345	295	2	11	12	0	727
2012	36	0	349	275	4	29	17	0	710
2013	35	22	328	273	3	10	14	0	685
2014	26	21	318	277	2	9	18	0	671
2015	21	14	335	258	2	8	17	0	655
2016	17	11	331	225	4	7	19	0	614
2017	18	16	302	210	6	5	25	0	582
2018	16	14	321	203	5	3	32	0	594
2019	17	10	308	201	1	2	23	0	562
2020	24	6	290	202	5	3	30	0	560
2021	20	2	237	173	3	1	24	0	460
2022	22	4	226	190	3	0	27	0	472
2023	20	6	185	201	1	1	27	0	441

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Holly Oak Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	639	26.0	24.5	n/a
1989	661	27.0	24.4	n/a
1990	641	26.2	24.4	n/a
1991	668	26.5	25.2	n/a
1992	663	26.9	24.6	40.6
1993	702	26.5	26.5	34.6
1994	712	26.0	27.4	35.8
1995	750	27.6	27.2	37.6
1996	750	27.6	27.2	37.6
1997	771	31.4	24.6	37.2
1998	800	35.8	22.3	41.6
1999	783	35.8	21.9	40.2
2000	798	38.0	21.0	38.3
2001	828	37.0	22.4	29.3
2002	772	34.0	22.7	36.1
2003	772	34.0	22.7	36.1
2004	809	37.0	21.9	43.4
2005	783	37.0	21.2	42.7
2006	746	33.0	22.6	39.3
2007	775	34.0	22.8	43.7
2008	743	37.0	20.1	35.9
2009	720	33.0	20.6	35.7
2010	711	33.0	21.5	42.5
2011	727	n/a	n/a	42.6
2012	710	29.7	23.8	49.7
2013	685	27.0	25.3	47
2014	671	27.5	24.4	49.6
2015	655	25.0	26.2	50.7
2016	614	24.0	25.5	46.7
2017	582	20.5	28.3	43.1
2018	594	22.5	26.4	48
2019	562	23.0	24.4	44.8
2020	560	n/a	n/a	45.5
2021	460	18.0	25.5	38.9
2022	472	19.0	24.7	43.4
2023	441	17.5	25.2	50.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Holly Oak Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	639	26.0	24.5	n/a
1989	661	27.0	24.4	n/a
1990	641	26.2	24.4	n/a
1991	668	26.5	25.2	n/a
1992	663	26.9	24.6	40.6
1993	702	26.5	26.5	34.6
1994	712	26.0	27.4	35.8
1995	750	27.6	27.2	37.6
1996	750	27.6	27.2	37.6
1997	771	31.4	24.6	37.2
1998	800	35.8	22.3	41.6
1999	783	35.8	21.9	40.2
2000	798	38.0	21.0	38.3
2001	828	37.0	22.4	29.3
2002	772	34.0	22.7	36.1
2003	772	34.0	22.7	36.1
2004	809	37.0	21.9	43.4
2005	783	37.0	21.2	42.7
2006	746	33.0	22.6	39.3
2007	775	34.0	22.8	43.7
2008	743	37.0	20.1	35.9
2009	720	33.0	20.6	35.7
2010	711	33.0	21.5	42.5
2011	727	n/a	n/a	42.6
2012	710	29.7	23.8	49.7
2013	685	27.0	25.3	47
2014	671	27.5	24.4	49.6
2015	655	25.0	26.2	50.7
2016	614	24.0	25.5	46.7
2017	582	20.5	28.3	43.1
2018	594	22.5	26.4	48
2019	562	23.0	24.4	44.8
2020	560	n/a	n/a	45.5
2021	460	18.0	25.5	38.9
2022	472	19.0	24.7	43.4
2023	441	17.5	25.2	50.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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