Indigo, San Jose CA - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Indigo

Indigo is a kindergarten through eighth grade alternative school in San Jose operated by the Oak Grove School District. It serves a small enrollment drawn from across the district, making it a choice program rather than a neighborhood school. The school's location in a residential part of south San Jose places it in an area where median home values are high and rents are substantial; families choosing an alternative program here are typically doing so intentionally rather than by default.

The academic profile shows mixed results across the tested grades. In English language arts, performance is more consistent, with most grades showing proficiency rates in the range of roughly half to two-thirds of students. Grade six stands out with notably higher results. Mathematics proficiency is weaker overall and more uneven by grade. In elementary grades, roughly two-thirds of third graders meet proficiency in math, but that drops significantly in the middle grades, bottoming around one-third in sixth grade before recovering somewhat in seventh and eighth. Science testing data are available only for grades five and eight; both show proficiency rates around or slightly below half. Across tested subjects and grades, the school's overall proficiency index places it above the midpoint among districts in Santa Clara County, though the data show no prior years for comparison, so trend direction is unknown.

The student body is small, just over two hundred seventy students spread across nine grades. The racial and ethnic composition is diverse: roughly one-quarter of the enrollment is Asian, close to one-third is Hispanic, roughly one-third is white, and just over one-tenth identifies as two or more races. A small share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, suggesting the enrollment skews toward families with higher incomes on average, which aligns with the affluent housing market surrounding the school. Data on special education enrollment and English learner status were not available, limiting a full picture of the student population the school serves.

As an alternative school within the district, Indigo likely operates with pedagogical approaches that differ from traditional classroom structures. The district brief notes that Oak Grove operates several choice programs, including Indigo alongside a dedicated STEAM program at another school, a virtual academy, and a Spanish dual language program. This positioning means Indigo is one option among several for families seeking something different from conventional elementary and middle school experience. Parents drawn to the school would be choosing it for those alternative educational features rather than proximity or assignment.

The school benefits from a recent district bond measure, passed in 2022, that funds modernization of classrooms, technology upgrades, security enhancements, and improved science and STEAM spaces across the district. Those investments will reach Indigo over time as a result of district-wide initiatives.

The housing context is important for prospective families. San Jose's real estate market is among the highest-cost in the nation. Median home values in the school's zip code are substantially above California's state average, and monthly rents are also notably elevated relative to incomes, even in a county with higher-than-average earnings. Families considering Indigo are doing so in the context of significant housing costs and a competitive technology-driven economy where major employers such as Cisco, Google, Apple, and numerous other tech firms shape the local landscape.

A parent weighing Indigo may want to look into the school's specific alternative pedagogical approach and how it addresses the softness in middle-grade mathematics proficiency. The small school size and diverse student body create a different peer environment than larger, neighborhood-based schools. The lack of multi-year trend data means the current proficiency snapshot cannot be placed in a before-or-after context, so prospective families may want to ask the school directly about academic trajectory and any changes in student support or curriculum over recent years.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 367%

School 67% · District 52% · ▲ 15 pts above district

▲ 24 pts above state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

Grade 462%

School 62% · District 47% · ▲ 15 pts above district

▲ 25 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Grade 542%

School 42% · District 39% · ▲ 4 pts above district

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

Grade 635%

School 35% · District 44% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▲ 4 pts above state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Grade 755%

School 55% · District 41% · ▲ 14 pts above district

▲ 25 pts above state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

Grade 850%

School 50% · District 40% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▲ 22 pts above state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 354%

School 54% · District 43% · ▲ 11 pts above district

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

Grade 465%

School 65% · District 45% · ▲ 20 pts above district

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

Grade 550%

School 50% · District 46% · ▲ 4 pts above district

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

Grade 673%

School 73% · District 52% · ▲ 21 pts above district

▲ 29 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Grade 760%

School 60% · District 54% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▲ 15 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 863%

School 63% · District 49% · ▲ 13 pts above district

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

Science

Grade 548%

School 48% · District 36% · ▲ 13 pts above district

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

Grade 854%

School 54% · District 36% · ▲ 19 pts above district

▲ 29 pts above state median · ▲ 18 pts above 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.