The top reported proficiency rate is 69% in Math. The lowest is 56% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Rocketship Rising Stars
Rocketship Rising Stars is a charter school serving kindergarten through fifth grade in San Jose's East Side, an area with a large Latino and Asian population and significant economic need. The school enrolls a mix of students, with a substantial share qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. Roughly two-thirds of the student body identify as Hispanic, and about a third as Asian.
The school's test results from the most recent year show proficiency in math running ahead of English language arts. In math, fourth graders performed notably better than third graders, pointing to a grade-level pattern rather than a universal strength or weakness. In English language arts, performance in both tested grades sits below math but above the lower end of the state spectrum. Across all tested grades and subjects combined, the school's proficiency sits above the midpoint among the tested schools in Santa Clara County, a positioning that reflects solid work in the district's comparative context, though not at the very top.
State testing data for kindergarten, first, and second grades are not available because California does not administer the state summative assessment in those grade levels; only third and fourth grades have published results. This means the school's full picture of early literacy and numeracy cannot be assessed from state tests alone.
The school operates on a charter authorized by the Santa Clara County Board of Education. That authorization's current term runs through mid-2026, meaning charter renewal is an immediate consideration for families enrolling now. Under state law (Assembly Bill 1482), the school's renewal status is now tied directly to its performance on the California School Dashboard. The school is currently classified as middle-performing under that framework, a categorization that affects whether and for how long its charter will be renewed. Parents enrolling should track the renewal decision as it unfolds.
A practical planning note: the school's grade span may have recently contracted from kindergarten through fifth to transitional kindergarten through fourth grade, based on discrepancies between the school's own published information and third-party databases. If accurate, this means families would need to identify a middle school placement one year earlier than they might have anticipated. The school has begun publishing resources to help families choose a subsequent school.
San Jose's housing market is expensive, with home values well above the state average and monthly rents high relative to incomes, though the local labor market remains fairly stable. The city is shaped by its role as the urban core of Silicon Valley and encompasses dense downtown neighborhoods alongside sprawling residential areas. The school sits in East San Jose, a part of the city marked by single-family homes, immigrant communities, and tight-knit neighborhoods rather than downtown amenities.
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