Latimer, San Jose CA - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Latimer

Latimer is a K-8 public school in San Jose, drawing students from the 95130 zip code in the eastern part of the city. The school serves a small student body for its grade band, with roughly even class sizes across kindergarten through eighth grade.

The student population is economically and ethnically diverse. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Enrollment is split among Hispanic, Asian, white, and multiracial students, with smaller populations of Black and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander students. English learner and special education counts are not available in the data.

Academically, Latimer's test results are mixed by grade and subject. In English language arts, the school shows a notable split: younger students in grades three and four score in the mid-range on the CAASPP, while students in grades seven and eight perform substantially stronger. Middle-grade students in fifth and sixth dip in proficiency before the performance rise in seventh grade. Math results are consistently weaker across the board, with proficiency rates in the lower-to-mid range in grades three and four and declining further in grades five through eight. Science proficiency, measured only in grades five and eight, is low. Overall across all tested subjects and grades, Latimer's mean proficiency falls below the midpoint among county school districts, a parent may want to explore with the school whether there are particular interventions underway in math and science.

The school's context is important. San Jose's residential neighborhoods have been expanding and densifying, with new housing developments rising throughout the city. The housing market in the 95130 area reflects Santa Clara County's broader character: property values are high, and both purchase and rental costs consume substantial shares of household income. Moreland, the district serving Latimer, has passed two voter-approved funding measures in recent years. Measure U, approved in November 2024, renews a local parcel tax to support teacher recruitment and retention, science and reading programs, classroom technology, and library operations through the early 2030s. Measure M, a facilities bond from 2020, continues to fund school improvements across all district sites, with a second phase of projects under discussion.

Latimer itself is a neighborhood school in a suburban-residential part of San Jose, not in the denser downtown or the major tech corridors, but part of a city and county where both housing and schooling remain competitive and resource-intensive contexts for families.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 360%

School 60% · District 65% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 456%

School 56% · District 59% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 542%

School 42% · District 53% · ▼ 11 pts below district

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

Grade 641%

School 41% · District 52% · ▼ 12 pts below district

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

Grade 754%

School 54% · District 57% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▲ 24 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

Grade 840%

School 40% · District 52% · ▼ 11 pts below district

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

English language arts

Grade 358%

School 58% · District 63% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Grade 455%

School 55% · District 62% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▲ 13 pts above state median · even with county median

Grade 542%

School 42% · District 61% · ▼ 18 pts below district

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▼ 15 pts below county median

Grade 660%

School 60% · District 62% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▲ 16 pts above state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 772%

School 72% · District 69% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 27 pts above state median · ▲ 16 pts above county median

Grade 867%

School 67% · District 66% · ▲ 2 pts above district

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

Science

Grade 534%

School 34% · District 51% · ▼ 17 pts below district

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

Grade 826%

School 26% · District 49% · ▼ 22 pts below district

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

This schoolMoreland, 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-income39%Higher-income82%43 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income28%Higher-income77%50 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income27%Higher-income59%33 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income33%Higher-income78%45 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income68%Higher-income75%7 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income48%Higher-income79%32 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income46%Higher-income78%32 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income33%Higher-income74%41 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income28%Higher-income57%29 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income16%Higher-income59%43 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income52%Higher-income56%4 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income14%Higher-income57%44 pp gap