The top reported proficiency rate is 33% in English language arts. The lowest is 24% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Los Arboles Literacy and Technology Academy
Los Arboles Literacy and Technology Academy is a small public elementary school in the 95111 zip code of San Jose, serving kindergarten through third grade within the Franklin-McKinley Elementary school district. Because it stops at third grade, there is no graduation rate and no middle or high school programming to describe. State testing is administered at third grade, so the 2024-25 CAASPP results do provide a read on where the school's oldest students currently land academically.
That read is candid: proficiency rates in both reading and math sit well below the midpoint. In English language arts, roughly one in three third-grade students tested at or above the proficient standard. In math, the share was lower still, closer to one in four. Placed against districts in Santa Clara County, the school's combined proficiency index falls in the bottom quartile of the comparison set. These are reported state results, not interpretations, and a parent would reasonably want to ask the school directly about how instruction is structured, what early literacy and numeracy supports are in place, and how students progress as they move into upper elementary. Trend data covering multiple years was not available, so whether results are improving, stable, or declining cannot be determined from what is here. The science result in the data is from a very old testing cycle under a different assessment, so it does not meaningfully inform a current picture.
The student body is small for even a K-3 school, and the demographic profile is notably concentrated: the large majority of students identify as Hispanic or Latino, with a smaller share identifying as Asian, and very few students from other groups. A substantial share of enrolled students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which places this in the higher-need range relative to many schools in the county. Data on English learner enrollment and special education participation rates were not reported, which is a gap worth following up on with the school given how much those figures can shape classroom instruction and resource allocation.
Program information was not available in the data, so it is not possible to say with confidence what the "Literacy and Technology" emphasis in the school's name translates to in practice, what technology resources are in classrooms, or what the literacy instructional model looks like. Parents should ask those questions directly.
The surrounding area is south San Jose, a predominantly residential part of the city that functions more like inner-ring suburbs than the urban downtown a few miles north. The broader city is car-oriented outside its walkable centers, and the 95111 corridor has none of the boutique commercial character of neighborhoods like Willow Glen or Japantown. Housing in the immediate zip code sits in a market that, while expensive relative to national norms, is somewhat more accessible than the county's highest-cost areas; even so, the local home values are well above the California statewide benchmark, and rent-to-income ratios in this zip code are notably stretched. The housing market has seen a slight price softening recently, though nothing that materially changes the picture of a very expensive place to live.
On the district side, a search for parent-relevant changes at Franklin-McKinley Elementary turned up little before the research budget was exhausted, so district-level strategic priorities, staffing changes, or capital investments could not be confirmed and are left out rather than guessed at.
For a family weighing this school, the honest picture is a small, linguistically and economically concentrated K-3 community in a high-cost corner of Silicon Valley, with current test scores that are low relative to county peers. Chronic absenteeism data was not available, which is another metric worth asking about. The school's name signals an instructional identity around literacy and technology, but what that means in daily practice requires a visit and a conversation.
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