Is Windmill Springs Elementary a good school?

Windmill Springs Elementary ranks 3018 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Windmill Springs Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 560 students attended Windmill Springs Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Windmill Springs Elementary?

Students at Windmill Springs Elementary are 68% Asian, 27% Hispanic, 3% White, 2% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Windmill Springs Elementary attend?

Students who attend Windmill Springs Elementary usually go on to attend: High : Yerba Buena High

Windmill Springs Elementary

Summary:

Windmill Springs Elementary is a public elementary school in San Jose, California, serving 509 students in grades K-8. The school is part of the Franklin-McKinley Elementary District, which is ranked 999 out of 1,568 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Windmill Springs Elementary has consistently ranked in the bottom half of California elementary schools over the past 10 years, with proficiency rates on state assessments ranging from 20-42% in English Language Arts and 12-54% in Mathematics across different grade levels. The school's performance is particularly low for Hispanic and Asian students, ranking in the bottom 10-20% of California elementary schools for these subgroups. However, the school performs better for English Language Learner students, ranking in the top 15-20% of California elementary schools in this category. Additionally, Windmill Springs Elementary has seen a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, from 5.3% in 2017-2018 to 23.6% in 2021-2022, which is well above the state average.

Compared to nearby schools, Windmill Springs Elementary performs similarly to other schools in the Franklin-McKinley Elementary District, such as Stonegate Elementary and Jeanne R. Meadows Elementary, which also have low academic performance and high rates of chronic absenteeism. However, the school performs significantly worse than nearby schools in the Evergreen Elementary District, such as O.B. Whaley Elementary and John J. Montgomery Elementary, which have higher academic achievement and lower chronic absenteeism rates. The Rocketship charter schools in the area also outperform Windmill Springs Elementary in academic achievement.

Detail:

Public K-8

2880 Aetna Way
San Jose, CA 95121-2301

(408) 363-5600

District: Franklin-McKinley Elementary

SchoolDigger Rank:
3018^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Students who attend Windmill Springs Elementary usually attend:

High:

Yerba Buena High

Student/teacher ratio: 19.4

Number of students: 560

Racial breakdown:

Asian:

67.7%

Hispanic:

27.0%

White:

2.5%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 66.3%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Windmill Springs Elementary ranks worse than 51.5% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 5^th among 11 ranked elementary schools in the Franklin-McKinley Elementary School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 42.63. (See more...)

Compare Details Windmill Springs Elementary ranks worse than 53.7% of middle schools in California. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 39.21. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a 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 Windmill Springs Elementary has the largest elementary school student body size in the Franklin-McKinley Elementary School District. Racial makeup is: Asian (67.7%), Hispanic (27%), White (2.5%). (See more...)

Compare Details 66.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Windmill Springs Elementary is 19.4, which is the 4^th best among 11 elementary schools in the Franklin-McKinley Elementary School District. (See more...)

Compare Windmill Springs Elementary employs 28.8 full-time teachers.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Windmill Springs Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Windmill Springs Elementary 3018^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Windmill Springs Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Hispanic students:

SchoolDigger ranks Windmill Springs Elementary 1490^th of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Windmill Springs Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Franklin-McKinley Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Franklin-McKinley Elementary 999^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Windmill Springs Elementary

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Windmill Springs Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	44.94	2413^th	4809	49.8%
2005	51.81	2102^nd	4822	56.4%
2006	44.59	2461^st	4818	48.9%
2007	46.48	2527^th	5113	50.6%
2008	41.67	2842^nd	5113	44.4%
2009	47.62	2628^th	5193	49.4%
2010	54.04	2326^th	5314	56.2%
2011	43.16	3014^th	5377	43.9%
2012	52.91	2447^th	5390	54.6%
2013	58.26	2224^th	5530	59.8%
2015	56.79	2088^th	5611	62.8%
2016	60.63	1960^th	5614	65.1%
2017	63.02	1882^nd	5692	66.9%
2018	53.12	2382^nd	5662	57.9%
2019	46.21	2805^th	5789	51.5%
2022	38.42	3201^st	5883	45.6%
2023	36.98	3356^th	5874	42.9%
2024	42.63	3018^th	5862	48.5%

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Rank History for elementary school English Language Learner students at Windmill Springs Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	48.21	1333^rd	3246	58.9%
2019	33.59	2238^th	3275	31.7%
2022	70.84	474^th	3311	85.7%
2023	66.54	594^th	3250	81.7%
2024	49.77	1192^nd	3160	62.3%

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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Windmill Springs Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	60.29	1730^th	5084	66.0%
2019	58.75	1847^th	5173	64.3%
2022	51.92	2163^rd	5264	58.9%
2023	48.11	2489^th	5374	53.7%
2024	51.07	2313^th	5511	58.0%

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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Windmill Springs Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	47.31	2644^th	5413	51.2%
2019	39.63	3128^th	5492	43.0%
2022	40.04	2995^th	5635	46.9%
2023	35.72	3311^th	5617	41.1%
2024	38.78	3151^st	5605	43.8%

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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Windmill Springs Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	57.89	2027^th	5431	62.7%
2019	56.95	2094^th	5510	62.0%
2022	42.09	2884^th	5663	49.1%
2023	39.66	3083^rd	5650	45.4%
2024	46.70	2647^th	5636	53.0%

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Rank History for elementary school Asian students at Windmill Springs Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	34.34	818^th	1071	23.6%
2019	30.63	897^th	1149	21.9%
2022	16.35	992^nd	1154	14.0%
2023	15.13	1031^st	1190	13.4%
2024	16.55	1032^nd	1203	14.2%

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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at Windmill Springs Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	20.31	4227^th	4830	12.5%
2019	18.28	4488^th	4963	9.6%
2022	22.75	4296^th	5084	15.5%
2023	15.31	4776^th	5098	6.3%
2024	16.90	4662^nd	5102	8.6%

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

Rank History for Windmill Springs Elementary

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Rank History for all middle school students at Windmill Springs Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	34.38	1098^th	1769	37.9%
2005	36.96	1063^rd	1777	40.2%
2006	48.13	850^th	1804	52.9%
2007	44.56	1025^th	1999	48.7%
2008	29.94	1440^th	2005	28.2%
2009	21.29	1707^th	2063	17.3%
2010	50.31	1033^rd	2179	52.6%
2011	46.19	1200^th	2236	46.3%
2012	54.50	965^th	2259	57.3%
2013	57.69	945^th	2379	60.3%
2015	55.94	954^th	2477	61.5%
2016	65.29	747^th	2497	70.1%
2017	78.58	501^st	2508	80.0%
2018	69.28	662^nd	2480	73.3%
2019	61.47	881^st	2715	67.6%
2022	54.10	1059^th	2740	61.4%
2023	50.55	1150^th	2802	59.0%
2024	39.21	1490^th	2777	46.3%

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Rank History for middle school English Language Learner students at Windmill Springs Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2022	62.39	268^th	1540	82.6%
2023	74.11	147^th	1529	90.4%
2024	54.19	369^th	1477	75.0%

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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Windmill Springs Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	65.86	557^th	2230	75.0%
2019	72.63	439^th	2369	81.5%
2022	62.67	675^th	2458	72.5%
2023	49.27	1051^st	2549	58.8%
2024	42.09	1293^rd	2575	49.8%

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Rank History for middle school Female students at Windmill Springs Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	70.42	592^nd	2262	73.8%
2019	64.03	746^th	2380	68.7%
2022	45.57	1186^th	2509	52.7%
2023	42.49	1255^th	2547	50.7%
2024	34.06	1537^th	2546	39.6%

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Rank History for middle school Disabled students at Windmill Springs Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	61.56	379^th	1491	74.6%
2022	36.85	852^nd	1531	44.4%

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Rank History for middle school Male students at Windmill Springs Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	63.89	689^th	2273	69.7%
2019	57.45	864^th	2407	64.1%
2022	60.65	797^th	2527	68.5%
2023	62.70	757^th	2558	70.4%
2024	43.48	1239^th	2547	51.4%

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Rank History for middle school Asian students at Windmill Springs Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	39.07	491^st	700	29.9%
2019	34.40	529^th	745	29.0%
2022	26.84	561^st	733	23.5%
2023	30.36	538^th	718	25.1%
2024	19.37	603^rd	741	18.6%

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Rank History for middle school Hispanic students at Windmill Springs Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	45.74	1023^rd	2072	50.6%
2019	34.04	1423^rd	2213	35.7%
2022	35.09	1456^th	2359	38.3%
2023	34.05	1484^th	2391	37.9%
2024	29.46	1664^th	2383	30.2%

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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 Windmill Springs Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	216	85	297	224	1	n/a	n/a	0	823
1989	221	86	285	250	2	n/a	n/a	0	844
1990	179	74	325	220	1	n/a	n/a	0	799
1991	154	54	305	190	6	n/a	n/a	0	709
1992	153	54	306	213	1	n/a	n/a	0	727
1993	143	57	305	216	1	n/a	n/a	0	722
1994	217	53	325	244	1	n/a	n/a	0	840
1995	101	62	316	234	4	n/a	n/a	0	717
1996	101	62	316	234	4	n/a	n/a	0	717
1997	75	63	317	255	6	n/a	n/a	0	716
1998	50	55	325	317	4	n/a	n/a	0	751
1999	39	40	338	289	3	n/a	n/a	0	709
2000	35	47	328	260	3	n/a	n/a	3	676
2001	29	24	347	253	2	n/a	n/a	0	655
2002	19	17	327	250	2	n/a	n/a	6	621
2003	19	17	327	250	2	n/a	n/a	6	621
2004	21	24	314	243	3	n/a	n/a	0	605
2005	21	19	302	259	2	n/a	n/a	1	604
2006	23	18	261	243	3	n/a	n/a	1	549
2007	16	14	259	263	1	n/a	n/a	1	554
2008	15	14	264	287	1	n/a	n/a	0	581
2009	16	12	290	297	4	9	2	0	630
2010	12	9	308	297	5	7	4	0	642
2011	15	12	303	308	2	7	3	0	650
2012	16	9	316	262	2	10	4	0	619
2013	15	8	318	237	2	13	6	0	599
2014	14	8	333	245	2	9	7	0	618
2015	11	10	312	238	1	5	7	0	584
2016	8	9	272	212	1	6	9	0	517
2017	9	12	242	196	1	3	7	0	470
2018	7	10	220	186	1	1	12	0	437
2019	6	8	218	193	1	3	11	0	440
2020	11	5	252	196	1	2	14	0	481
2021	10	2	292	189	0	2	13	0	508
2022	7	0	296	149	0	0	9	0	461
2023	11	1	351	138	1	0	7	0	509
2024	14	5	379	151	1	0	10	0	560

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

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Windmill Springs Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	823	34.4	23.9	n/a
1989	844	37.7	22.3	n/a
1990	799	31.0	25.7	n/a
1991	709	27.0	26.2	n/a
1992	727	27.4	26.5	35.9
1993	722	28.5	25.3	44.2
1994	840	27.0	31.1	38
1995	717	26.1	27.5	51.6
1996	717	26.1	27.5	51.6
1997	716	29.0	24.7	57.1
1998	751	33.0	22.8	58.7
1999	709	33.0	21.5	59.5
2000	676	31.5	21.5	51.4
2001	655	31.5	20.8	44
2002	621	33.0	18.8	55.9
2003	621	33.0	18.8	55.9
2004	605	31.4	19.3	61.5
2005	604	30.5	19.8	62.2
2006	549	27.6	19.9	58.4
2007	554	26.6	20.8	59
2008	581	28.9	20.1	50.1
2009	630	28.9	19.1	47.8
2010	642	27.0	23.7	61.2
2011	650	n/a	n/a	58.9
2012	619	24.0	25.7	n/a
2013	599	23.0	26.0	53.9
2014	618	24.0	25.7	62.3
2015	584	24.0	24.3	66.4
2016	517	21.0	24.6	61.3
2017	470	21.0	22.3	64.5
2018	437	21.0	20.8	65
2019	440	20.0	22.0	62.3
2020	481	n/a	n/a	63.6
2021	508	24.0	21.1	69.9
2022	461	25.0	18.4	61.6
2023	509	24.9	20.3	54.8
2024	560	28.8	19.4	66.3

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 Windmill Springs Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	823	34.4	23.9	n/a
1989	844	37.7	22.3	n/a
1990	799	31.0	25.7	n/a
1991	709	27.0	26.2	n/a
1992	727	27.4	26.5	35.9
1993	722	28.5	25.3	44.2
1994	840	27.0	31.1	38
1995	717	26.1	27.5	51.6
1996	717	26.1	27.5	51.6
1997	716	29.0	24.7	57.1
1998	751	33.0	22.8	58.7
1999	709	33.0	21.5	59.5
2000	676	31.5	21.5	51.4
2001	655	31.5	20.8	44
2002	621	33.0	18.8	55.9
2003	621	33.0	18.8	55.9
2004	605	31.4	19.3	61.5
2005	604	30.5	19.8	62.2
2006	549	27.6	19.9	58.4
2007	554	26.6	20.8	59
2008	581	28.9	20.1	50.1
2009	630	28.9	19.1	47.8
2010	642	27.0	23.7	61.2
2011	650	n/a	n/a	58.9
2012	619	24.0	25.7	n/a
2013	599	23.0	26.0	53.9
2014	618	24.0	25.7	62.3
2015	584	24.0	24.3	66.4
2016	517	21.0	24.6	61.3
2017	470	21.0	22.3	64.5
2018	437	21.0	20.8	65
2019	440	20.0	22.0	62.3
2020	481	n/a	n/a	63.6
2021	508	24.0	21.1	69.9
2022	461	25.0	18.4	61.6
2023	509	24.9	20.3	54.8
2024	560	28.8	19.4	66.3

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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