Assemblymember Joe Coto

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Education

Assembly District 23 School Districts

Santa Clara County

Alum Rock Union Elementary
Berryessa Union Elementary
East Side Union High
Evergreen Elementary
Franklin-McKinley Elementary
Gilroy Unified
Mt. Pleasant Elementary
Oak Grove Elementary
San Jose Unified
Santa Clara Co. Office of Education

Assembly District 23 Student Demographics

3% African American
0% American Indian
20% Asian
6% Filipino
58% Hispanic
0% Pacific Islander
8% European American

56% of the students
are from low-income families
45% of the students
are non-English speakers

Assembly District 23 School Breakdown

Assembly District 23 has 100 schools
59 Elementary Schools (Grades K-5)
13 Middle Schools (Grades 6-8)
15 High Schools (Grades 9-12)
13 Other Schools (mixed grade levels)

4 (4%) high performing schools
36 (36%) schools not making
Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)
54 (54%) schools have an achievement gap
of greater than 20 percentage points between
minority students and their white counterparts

Quick Facts

California has...

6,224,403 Public School Students. Of those students, 45.2% are Latino, 33.7% are European American, 11.2% are Asian, Pacific Islanders, or Filipino, 8.3% are African American, and 0.9% are native American.

8,915 Schools. Of those schools, 5,423 are elementary schools, 1,193 are middle or junior high schools, and 966 are high schools. Other types of schools include Continuation, Alternative and Special Education Schools.

986 Districts. Of those, 328 are unified (K-12) districts, 565 are elementary districts, and 93 are high school districts.

408 Charter Schools. Charters are independent public schools designed and operated by educators, parents, community leaders, educational entrepreneurs and others. There are 133,000 students enrolled in those charter schools.

309,773 Teachers. Of those teachers, 73.7% are European American, 13.9% are Latino, 4.6% are Asian or Pacific Islanders, 1.1% are Filipino, 4.9% are African American, and 0.7% are native American. 142,593 (49.4%) are elementary teachers, 102,109 (35.4%) are middle school teachers and high school teachers. The average salary for California Teachers is $54,348, the national average is $44,683.

California spends approximately $55.709 billion dollars on education from all sources.

Revenue Source Amount Percent
Federal $7,112 12.8%
State General Fund $29,398 52.8%
State Lottery $800 1.4%
Local $3,543 6.4%
Property Tax $14,856 26.7
Total $55,709 100%

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