Simonds Elementary
San Jose, CA · Elementary School
Simonds Elementary is a elementary school in San Jose, CA with 488 students enrolled and a 69% proficiency rate. Part of San Jose Unified. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
About This School
Simonds Elementary is a elementary school located in San Jose, California. The school serves 488 students. The student-to-teacher ratio is 21.2:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 69% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.
11% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Simonds Elementary is part of the San Jose Unified in California.
How This School Compares
Simonds Elementary has 488 students enrolled, making it smaller than the average school in San Jose Unified (604 students). Its 69% proficiency rate is 19 percentage points above the district average of 50%. Compared to the California state average of 45%, the school performs 24 points higher. The 21.2:1 student-teacher ratio is above the national average of 16:1.
Frequently Asked Questions
Simonds Elementary has 488 students enrolled. The student-to-teacher ratio is 21.2:1.
According to EDFacts data, 69% of students at Simonds Elementary meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Simonds Elementary is part of the San Jose Unified in San Jose, California. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
For this entity, the underlying data on this page comes from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. The breakdown above is the federal record; the paragraphs below add the per-entity context that makes the headline numbers usable for a real decision rather than just a data lookup.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.