Ida Jew Academies, San Jose CA - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Ida Jew Academies

Ida Jew Academies is a charter school serving kindergarten through eighth grade in San Jose, operated under the Mount Pleasant Elementary School District. It sits on Flint Avenue in the eastern part of the city, a residential corner of San Jose well removed from the downtown core. The school is a regular public charter, meaning there is no tuition and enrollment follows the district's charter processes.

The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with a substantial share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. English learner counts and IEP rates were not available in the data provided, gaps worth asking the school about directly given how meaningfully those populations shape daily instruction and support needs.

On the California statewide assessments, proficiency rates across tested grades are low relative to the broader Santa Clara County picture. Looking at the county's districts, the school's overall proficiency index places it in the bottom quartile of the comparison set. In ELA, the middle school grades show meaningfully stronger results than the elementary grades, with seventh grade standing out; math follows a similar shape, with eighth grade performing notably better than the fourth through sixth grade range. Science results at both tested grade levels are modest. The social studies data on file is from a much earlier assessment era and is not comparable to current results. Trend data covers only one year, so there is no trajectory to read yet. A parent whose child is entering the upper grades may find a somewhat different picture than one enrolling in the intermediate elementary years, and it would be worth asking the school what is driving the grade-level variation.

The district has made a few concrete commitments that shape what happens in classrooms. It has shifted toward a community schools model, which means the school day explicitly includes a dedicated block for social-emotional learning and diversity and equity content alongside academics. A TK-8 Spanish dual-immersion program called ALAS operates district-wide, and families interested in bilingual pathways should confirm directly whether that track is available at Ida Jew specifically or at a different site. Beginning in the 2023-24 school year, the district also began drawing on state arts and music funding from Proposition 28, which is reflected in the school's reported music program. Program listings are limited in the data, so the school's own website is the right place to check the full current offering.

On the property side, the district's voters approved a parcel tax in 2022 that runs for several years and funds library clerks and first-grade class-size support. Homeowners in the district boundary carry that recurring annual tax obligation, a practical consideration for families weighing a move into the area.

The housing market immediately around the school is among the most expensive in the state. Home values in the relevant zip code run well above the California median and many times the national median, and rents in the area consume a very high share of a typical household income. The rent-to-income gap and the distance between local values and statewide benchmarks together make this one of the more financially demanding entry points into a San Jose neighborhood, even as eastern San Jose has historically been more accessible than the western and southern parts of the city.

San Jose itself is a large, patchwork city. The neighborhood around Flint Avenue is lower-density and car-dependent, typical of eastern San Jose's residential character. Daily life there does not look like the walkable commercial streets of Willow Glen or the entertainment density of SoFA. The region's economy is anchored in technology, with major employers including Cisco, Apple, and Google, though that employment base is concentrated in campuses across the metro rather than immediately adjacent to this neighborhood.

A graduation rate is not applicable here because the school ends at eighth grade. For families, the relevant forward-looking question is what high school pathway follows, and that depends on the district or school of choice a student enters after eighth grade.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 332%

School 32% · District 29% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▼ 25 pts below county median

Grade 417%

School 17% · District 22% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▼ 36 pts below county median

Grade 519%

School 19% · District 16% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▼ 28 pts below county median

Grade 613%

School 13% · District 14% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 18 pts below state median · ▼ 33 pts below county median

Grade 736%

School 36% · District 26% · ▲ 10 pts above district

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

Grade 842%

School 42% · District 24% · ▲ 18 pts above district

▲ 14 pts above state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 329%

School 29% · District 25% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▼ 23 pts below county median

Grade 417%

School 17% · District 26% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▼ 25 pts below state median · ▼ 38 pts below county median

Grade 522%

School 22% · District 30% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▼ 24 pts below state median · ▼ 36 pts below county median

Grade 623%

School 23% · District 26% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▼ 21 pts below state median · ▼ 35 pts below county median

Grade 753%

School 53% · District 42% · ▲ 11 pts above district

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

Grade 842%

School 42% · District 41% · ▲ 1 pts above district

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

Science

Grade 519%

School 19% · District 19%

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 24 pts below county median

Grade 830%

School 30% · District 17% · ▲ 13 pts above district

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

Social studies

Grade 850%

School 50% · District 35% · ▲ 15 pts above district

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

This schoolMount Pleasant Elementary, 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-income31%Higher-income27%4 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income13%Higher-income29%16 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income14%Higher-income33%20 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income13%Higher-income41%28 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income45%Higher-income77%32 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income45%Higher-income36%9 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income27%Higher-income40%13 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income16%Higher-income21%6 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income14%Higher-income27%13 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income11%Higher-income16%6 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income36%Higher-income39%3 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income38%Higher-income50%12 pp gap