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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5

Rachel Carson Elementary, San Jose, CA

CEP schoolRachel Carson Elementary is a public elementary school in San Jose, part of San Jose Unified. It enrolled 199 students in 2024-25, with 16.6 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
199
Teachers (FTE)
12.0
Students per teacher
16.6
Grades
K to 5

This school's ratio is 4.2 lower than the district figure of 20.8. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school16.6
District20.8
California21.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
4245 Meg Dr., San Jose, CA 95136
Phone
(408)535-6287
District
San Jose Unified
County
Santa Clara County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
City: Large
NCES school ID
063459005706
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
75
Reduced-price lunch
19
Free or reduced-price lunch
9447.2% of enrollment.
Direct certification
57Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in San Jose Unified

Elementary schools elsewhere in San Jose

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.