NCES CCD 2024-25 15 schools CA

Best-Resourced Schools in Milpitas, CA

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15 public K-12 schools in Milpitas 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
10,076
Students
33.2/100
Avg Resource Index
23.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Milpitas has more public-school enrollment than 80% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Milpitas'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

10 of Milpitas'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 2 middle and 3 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 18-point gap between Milpitas Middle College High and Robert Randall Elementary shows the range hidden by Milpitas'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 20%
School count
Top 23%
Resource Index average
20th percentile
Teacher staffing
4th percentile

Milpitas High accounts for 29.0% of all Milpitas public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Milpitas-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

Milpitas school enrollment varies 53× across entities

Milpitas school enrollment ranges from 55 students (lowest) to 2,926 students (highest), a spread of 2,871 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. 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

Milpitas operates one school district — a single-district system

Milpitas's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

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

Milpitas student-teacher ratio is 23.9:1 — 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. Milpitas Middle College High 42
2. Mabel Mattos Elementary 40
3. John Sinnott Elementary 39
4. Calaveras Hills 39
5. Rancho Milpitas Middle 38
6. Marshall Pomeroy Elementary 37
7. Milpitas High 35
8. Pearl Zanker Elementary 31
9. William Burnett Elementary 31
10. Joseph Weller Elementary 31
11. Thomas Russell Middle 30
12. Anthony Spangler Elementary 29
13. Curtner Elementary 27
14. Alexander Rose Elementary 25
15. Robert Randall Elementary 24

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Milpitas

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 Milpitas Middle College High 62.8/100
  2. 2 Alexander Rose Elementary 61.9/100
  3. 3 Calaveras Hills 61.9/100
  4. 4 Rancho Milpitas Middle 55.9/100
  5. 5 Pearl Zanker Elementary 51.5/100

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Which Milpitas school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Milpitas Middle College High has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Milpitas schools in this federal-data comparison at 42/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Milpitas, CA? ▼

Milpitas has 15 public schools with a total enrollment of 10,076 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 23.9:1.

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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.