Parkview Elementary, San Jose CA

Original Research by School Decision on Parkview Elementary

Parkview Elementary serves kindergarten through sixth grade in San Jose's Oak Grove School District, a mid-sized public school with an enrollment drawn heavily from the immediate neighborhood. The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with a substantial Asian population and smaller numbers of white and other students. A majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the socioeconomic composition of the area.

State test results from the 2024-25 school year show proficiency rates well below state benchmarks. In math across grades three through six, overall proficiency sits around one-third of students, with fourth grade performing slightly higher than other grades but still below half. English language arts proficiency hovers similarly low, ranging from about one-third to just under four in ten across the tested grades. Science proficiency in fifth grade, the grade assessed in California, was one-quarter of students. In the county's landscape of school performance, Parkview's overall proficiency index places it in the bottom quartile among districts serving the county.

The school sits in a neighborhood where housing values are high. The median home price in the surrounding area substantially exceeds the state benchmark, reflecting San Jose's position in Silicon Valley's real estate market. Rental costs are also elevated relative to incomes in the region, with rent-to-income ratios signaling affordability pressure for renters. For families considering this school, the broader housing context is a significant factor in the decision to move to or remain in the area.

Oak Grove School District has made recent district-wide investments that shape the school environment. In 2022, voters approved Measure P, a facilities bond designed to modernize classrooms, upgrade technology, enhance security, and build out science labs and STEAM spaces across the system. This bond is structured to maintain current property tax burdens as earlier bonds expire. The district also offers specialized choice programs, including a dedicated STEAM school at Stipe Elementary with project-based learning and partnerships with Silicon Valley companies, a Virtual Learning Academy, dual language immersion, and other options that allow families to select different instructional approaches within the district. Parkview itself is a regular neighborhood elementary school without a specialized program designation, serving students within its geographic boundary.

Test data was available only for the 2024-25 school year, so year-to-year trends cannot be assessed. Information about special education and English learner enrollments, as well as attendance and discipline data, was not available, so a parent may want to look into these areas directly with the school or district. The school's position in a dense, diverse, and economically vibrant but expensive part of San Jose, combined with its current proficiency levels and the district's recent infrastructure and program investments, defines the context a family would be entering.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 335%

School 35% · District 52% · ▼ 17 pts below district

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 22 pts below county median

Grade 447%

School 47% · District 47%

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

Grade 529%

School 29% · District 39% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▼ 19 pts below county median

Grade 627%

School 27% · District 44% · ▼ 17 pts below district

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▼ 19 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 332%

School 32% · District 43% · ▼ 12 pts below district

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

Grade 437%

School 37% · District 45% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▼ 19 pts below county median

Grade 537%

School 37% · District 46% · ▼ 8 pts below district

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

Grade 631%

School 31% · District 52% · ▼ 21 pts below district

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 27 pts below county median

Science

Grade 525%

School 25% · District 36% · ▼ 11 pts below district

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

This schoolOak Grove 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-income27%Higher-income42%15 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income35%Higher-income43%8 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income30%Higher-income48%19 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income27%Higher-income47%20 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income28%Higher-income50%22 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income45%Higher-income52%7 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income23%Higher-income36%13 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income26%Higher-income32%6 pp gap