NCES CCD 2024-25 15 schools CA

Best-Resourced Schools in Gilroy, CA

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15 public K-12 schools in Gilroy from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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15
Schools
10,763
Students
30.7/100
Avg Resource Index
23.6:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Gilroy has more public-school enrollment than 82% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Gilroy's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

8 of Gilroy's 15 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 3 middle and 4 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 37-point gap between Dr. Tj Owens Gilroy Early College Academy and Eliot Elementary shows the range hidden by Gilroy's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 18%
School count
Top 23%
Resource Index average
14th percentile
Teacher staffing
4th percentile

Christopher High accounts for 15.1% of all Gilroy public-school enrollment

That concentration means Gilroy-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Gilroy school enrollment varies 11× across entities

Gilroy school enrollment ranges from 150 students (lowest) to 1,630 students (highest), a spread of 1,480 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Gilroy student-teacher ratio is 23.6:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Dr. Tj Owens Gilroy Early College Academy 50
2. Mt. Madonna High 43
3. Brownell Middle 35
4. Las Animas Elementary 34
5. South Valley Middle 34
6. Luigi Aprea Elementary 34
7. Solorsano Middle 33
8. Gilroy High 32
9. Rod Kelley Elementary 28
10. El Roble Elementary 28
11. Rucker Elementary 27
12. Gilroy Prep (a Navigator School) 25
13. Glen View Elementary 23
14. Christopher High 22
15. Eliot Elementary 13

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Gilroy

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Dr. Tj Owens Gilroy Early College Academy 66.3/100
  2. 2 Luigi Aprea Elementary 64.4/100
  3. 3 Las Animas Elementary 59.3/100
  4. 4 Gilroy Prep (a Navigator School) 53.6/100
  5. 5 Christopher High 53.5/100

What do families ask about schools in Gilroy?

Which Gilroy school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Dr. Tj Owens Gilroy Early College Academy has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Gilroy schools in this federal-data comparison at 50/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Gilroy, CA? ▼

Gilroy has 15 public schools with a total enrollment of 10,763 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 23.6:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.