Alexander Rose Elementary, Milpitas CA

Original Research by School Decision on Alexander Rose Elementary

Alexander Rose Elementary serves kindergarten through sixth grade in Milpitas, a technology-hub city in Silicon Valley where residential areas sit alongside extensive industrial and commercial zones. The school enrolls a diverse student body, with substantial shares of Asian and Hispanic students and meaningful economic need: about three-fifths of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

On California's most recent state assessments, Alexander Rose's performance shows a mixed picture. In English language arts across grades three through six, proficiency rates range from near half to above half of students meeting standard, with fourth and sixth graders performing somewhat stronger. Math proficiency is lower and more uneven: third graders reach about half proficient, but by fourth grade proficiency drops sharply, staying below half through fifth and sixth grades. Science proficiency, measured only in fifth grade, sits at about one-third of students meeting standard. Overall proficiency across tested subjects lands the school below the midpoint among elementary schools across Santa Clara County's districts.

The pattern here is one where early elementary (grades three and four in English language arts) shows some momentum, but gains weaken substantially in upper grades, and mathematics proficiency remains a soft spot throughout. A parent may want to look further with the school into what supports exist for students who are not yet meeting standard and what the school's approach is to bridging the gap, especially in math for fourth through sixth graders.

The school is a regular public school within Milpitas Unified. Its population is small to moderate for an elementary school. The neighborhood around it is mixed residential and industrial, as much of Milpitas is. The city itself is economically strong and jobs-rich, anchored by Cisco, KLA, and Western Digital, and is undergoing substantial transit-oriented redevelopment south of downtown near the BART and VTA light rail stations. Housing in the area is expensive: median home values and rents both reflect high Silicon Valley costs, and monthly mortgage payments for a median-priced home substantially exceed monthly rent. This is a community where working families and educators face significant housing pressure, and where the diversity of Alexander Rose's student body likely reflects both the multicultural character of Milpitas and economic stratification within it.

Data on specific programs, staffing, attendance, and discipline were not available, so a parent interested in those details would need to ask the school directly or consult its website. State testing data captured only one year, so trends cannot yet be assessed.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 353%

School 53% · District 72% · ▼ 19 pts below district

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Grade 439%

School 39% · District 67% · ▼ 28 pts below district

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▼ 15 pts below county median

Grade 535%

School 35% · District 62% · ▼ 27 pts below district

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Grade 638%

School 38% · District 64% · ▼ 27 pts below district

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▼ 8 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 347%

School 47% · District 65% · ▼ 18 pts below district

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 456%

School 56% · District 67% · ▼ 11 pts below district

▲ 14 pts above state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 548%

School 48% · District 70% · ▼ 22 pts below district

▲ 2 pts above state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

Grade 656%

School 56% · District 73% · ▼ 17 pts below district

▲ 12 pts above state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Science

Grade 533%

School 33% · District 55% · ▼ 22 pts below district

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

This schoolMilpitas Unified, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income41%Higher-income54%13 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income40%Higher-income82%42 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income44%Higher-income54%11 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income40%Higher-income85%45 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income44%Higher-income65%21 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income23%Higher-income64%41 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income22%Higher-income56%34 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income23%Higher-income64%41 pp gap