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Herman (Leonard) Intermediate

Summary:

Herman (Leonard) Intermediate is a public middle school located in San Jose, California, serving grades 5-8 with a total enrollment of 729 students. The school is part of the Oak Grove Elementary District, which is ranked 689 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Herman (Leonard) Intermediate consistently ranks among the top 10-15% of middle schools in California, with a statewide ranking between 242-335 out of around 2,700-2,800 middle schools over the past several years. The school's performance on Smarter Balanced Assessments and CAST (California Science Test) is significantly higher than the district and state averages across all grade levels and subject areas, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics around 10-20 percentage points higher than the district and state. The school's performance is particularly strong in certain student subgroups, such as Asian students, African American students, and English Language Learners, where it ranks among the top 5-10% of middle schools in California. Additionally, the school has relatively low chronic absenteeism rates and a lower percentage of students eligible for free and reduced-price lunch compared to the district and state averages.

When compared to nearby schools, such as Bernal Intermediate, Davis (Caroline) Intermediate, and Dartmouth Middle, Herman (Leonard) Intermediate consistently outperforms its peers on academic measures, suggesting the school is providing a higher-quality education than its neighbors. This consistent academic excellence, along with the school's focus on equity and inclusion, sets it apart as a high-performing middle school in the San Jose area.


Detail:

Public 5-8

 5955 Blossom Ave.
       San Jose, CA  95123-4032

(408) 226-1886

District: Oak Grove Elementary

SchoolDigger Rank:
335th of 2,777 California Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,499 Help


Students who attend Herman (Leonard) Intermediate usually attend:

High:    Santa Teresa High

Feeder schools for Herman (Leonard) Intermediate:

Elementary:    Del Roble Elementary
    Frost (Earl) Elementary
    Oak Ridge Elementary
    Sakamoto Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  21.9 Help
Number of students:  714

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
38.8%
Asian:
31.2%
White:
18.5%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  35.7% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Herman (Leonard) Intermediate ranks better than 87.9% of middle schools in California. It also ranks first among 3 ranked middle schools in the Oak Grove Elementary School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 87.45. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Herman (Leonard) Intermediate has the largest middle school student body size in the Oak Grove Elementary School District. Student population at Herman (Leonard) Intermediate is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (38.8%), Asian (31.2%), White (18.5%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 35.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the lowest percentage in the Oak Grove Elementary School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Herman (Leonard) Intermediate is 21.9, which is the lowest among 3 middle schools in the Oak Grove Elementary School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Herman (Leonard) Intermediate is $11,499, which is the lowest among 3 middle schools in the Oak Grove Elementary School District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Herman (Leonard) Intermediate:

SchoolDigger ranks Herman (Leonard) Intermediate 335th of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Herman (Leonard) Intermediate in the ranking list.)

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Oak Grove Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Oak Grove Elementary 689th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Herman (Leonard) Intermediate

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Rank History for all students at Herman (Leonard) Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 63.06 546th 1769 69.1%
2005 69.96 446th 1777 74.9%
2006 68.37 480th 1804 73.4%
2007 55.61 771st 1999 61.4%
2008 60.45 696th 2005 65.3%
2009 58.25 792nd 2063 61.6%
2010 61.93 741st 2179 66.0%
2011 56.12 929th 2236 58.5%
2012 65.53 687th 2259 69.6%
2013 64.46 765th 2379 67.8%
2015 80.54 417th 2477 83.2%
2016 78.83 466th 2497 81.3%
2017 79.95 462nd 2508 81.6%
2018 81.96 416th 2480 83.2%
2019 83.91 390th 2715 85.6%
2022 91.38 242nd 2740 91.2%
2023 90.87 261st 2802 90.7%
2024 87.45 335th 2777 87.9%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Herman (Leonard) Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 80.69 102nd 665 84.7%
2023 80.19 112th 678 83.5%
2024 84.77 77th 699 89.0%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Herman (Leonard) Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 78.53 152nd 1364 88.9%
2019 69.38 211th 1442 85.4%
2022 87.73 66th 1540 95.7%
2023 88.25 65th 1529 95.7%
2024 87.42 58th 1477 96.1%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Herman (Leonard) Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 67.68 291st 1538 81.1%
2024 56.07 464th 1550 70.1%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Herman (Leonard) Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 74.20 396th 2230 82.2%
2019 68.82 520th 2369 78.0%
2022 76.36 373rd 2458 84.8%
2023 92.98 120th 2549 95.3%
2024 87.42 228th 2575 91.1%
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Rank History for Female students at Herman (Leonard) Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 82.90 350th 2262 84.5%
2019 84.54 332nd 2380 86.1%
2022 89.49 246th 2509 90.2%
2023 87.22 294th 2547 88.5%
2024 84.93 348th 2546 86.3%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Herman (Leonard) Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 65.83 295th 1369 78.5%
2019 44.15 662nd 1491 55.6%
2022 79.74 179th 1531 88.3%
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Rank History for Male students at Herman (Leonard) Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 79.43 422nd 2273 81.4%
2019 81.74 389th 2407 83.8%
2022 91.96 200th 2527 92.1%
2023 92.11 197th 2558 92.3%
2024 87.74 292nd 2547 88.5%
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Rank History for Asian students at Herman (Leonard) Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 71.17 221st 700 68.4%
2019 77.44 148th 745 80.1%
2022 75.04 174th 733 76.3%
2023 82.80 71st 718 90.1%
2024 81.59 90th 741 87.9%
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Rank History for African American students at Herman (Leonard) Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 91.75 25th 600 95.8%
2019 99.91 1st 643 99.8%
2022 98.40 5th 637 99.2%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Herman (Leonard) Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 72.33 404th 2072 80.5%
2019 75.51 390th 2213 82.4%
2022 81.79 264th 2359 88.8%
2023 80.71 304th 2391 87.3%
2024 71.39 485th 2383 79.6%
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Rank History for White students at Herman (Leonard) Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 80.91 240th 1496 84.0%
2019 81.50 232nd 1602 85.5%
2022 86.52 124th 1555 92.0%
2023 84.09 166th 1552 89.3%
2024 75.06 327th 1535 78.7%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Herman (Leonard) Intermediate

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 574 39 126 126 12 n/a n/a 0 877
1989 558 56 151 128 10 n/a n/a 0 903
1990 516 51 153 142 10 n/a n/a 0 872
1991 504 48 147 145 6 n/a n/a 0 850
1992 455 51 170 140 4 n/a n/a 0 820
1993 452 59 135 151 6 n/a n/a 0 803
1994 445 61 120 163 4 n/a n/a 0 793
1995 465 61 119 186 9 n/a n/a 0 840
1996 465 61 119 186 9 n/a n/a 0 840
1997 480 55 117 186 11 n/a n/a 0 849
1998 456 37 120 180 10 n/a n/a 0 803
1999 441 37 133 176 2 n/a n/a 0 789
2000 428 37 140 195 2 n/a n/a 0 802
2001 414 40 142 198 1 n/a n/a 1 796
2002 367 45 147 224 6 n/a n/a 18 807
2003 367 45 147 224 6 n/a n/a 18 807
2004 310 42 146 258 6 n/a n/a 15 777
2005 310 52 158 263 7 n/a n/a 20 810
2006 279 56 145 290 4 n/a n/a 26 800
2007 270 47 140 336 6 n/a n/a 22 821
2008 248 45 133 344 4 n/a n/a 0 774
2009 223 57 130 326 2 5 39 0 782
2010 224 55 139 307 6 0 48 0 779
2011 258 80 154 363 7 3 26 0 891
2012 244 71 135 370 4 3 33 0 860
2013 217 66 155 378 6 1 9 0 832
2014 207 54 181 401 8 3 13 0 867
2015 220 48 175 348 7 7 17 0 822
2016 228 45 197 348 3 7 22 0 850
2017 237 43 197 338 3 3 22 0 843
2018 242 41 189 365 2 9 30 0 878
2019 230 31 179 378 4 10 39 0 871
2020 195 19 189 344 3 7 61 0 818
2021 178 26 206 261 1 9 64 0 745
2022 154 25 210 258 0 7 64 2 720
2023 138 16 216 283 0 7 68 1 729
2024 132 18 223 277 0 6 57 1 714

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Herman (Leonard) Intermediate

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 877 40.0 21.9 n/a
1989 903 39.1 23.0 n/a
1990 872 40.6 21.4 n/a
1991 850 38.7 21.9 n/a
1992 820 39.3 20.8 18.3
1993 803 38.1 21.1 21.2
1994 793 37.5 21.1 23
1995 840 38.1 22.0 21.9
1996 840 38.1 22.0 21.9
1997 849 36.5 23.3 21.3
1998 803 36.8 21.8 23.7
1999 789 35.2 22.4 22.7
2000 802 36.8 21.8 20.2
2001 796 36.6 21.7 19
2002 807 34.0 23.7 22.1
2003 807 34.0 23.7 22.1
2004 777 35.3 22.0 26.6
2005 810 36.1 22.4 34.6
2006 800 34.5 23.2 36.3
2007 821 33.9 24.2 32.3
2008 774 39.2 19.7 32
2009 782 35.5 19.3 34.4
2010 779 37.8 20.6 53.4
2011 891 n/a n/a 34.2
2012 860 39.0 22.0 n/a
2013 832 38.4 21.6 36.7
2014 867 38.6 22.4 37.1
2015 822 38.0 21.6 35.8
2016 850 38.0 22.3 31.4
2017 843 37.1 22.6 28.7
2018 878 38.8 22.6 27.9
2019 871 39.5 22.0 27.1
2020 818 n/a n/a 21.4
2021 745 35.0 21.2 15
2022 720 32.7 21.9 13.2
2023 729 32.1 22.7 33.7
2024 714 32.4 21.9 35.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Herman (Leonard) Intermediate

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 877 40.0 21.9 n/a
1989 903 39.1 23.0 n/a
1990 872 40.6 21.4 n/a
1991 850 38.7 21.9 n/a
1992 820 39.3 20.8 18.3
1993 803 38.1 21.1 21.2
1994 793 37.5 21.1 23
1995 840 38.1 22.0 21.9
1996 840 38.1 22.0 21.9
1997 849 36.5 23.3 21.3
1998 803 36.8 21.8 23.7
1999 789 35.2 22.4 22.7
2000 802 36.8 21.8 20.2
2001 796 36.6 21.7 19
2002 807 34.0 23.7 22.1
2003 807 34.0 23.7 22.1
2004 777 35.3 22.0 26.6
2005 810 36.1 22.4 34.6
2006 800 34.5 23.2 36.3
2007 821 33.9 24.2 32.3
2008 774 39.2 19.7 32
2009 782 35.5 19.3 34.4
2010 779 37.8 20.6 53.4
2011 891 n/a n/a 34.2
2012 860 39.0 22.0 n/a
2013 832 38.4 21.6 36.7
2014 867 38.6 22.4 37.1
2015 822 38.0 21.6 35.8
2016 850 38.0 22.3 31.4
2017 843 37.1 22.6 28.7
2018 878 38.8 22.6 27.9
2019 871 39.5 22.0 27.1
2020 818 n/a n/a 21.4
2021 745 35.0 21.2 15
2022 720 32.7 21.9 13.2
2023 729 32.1 22.7 33.7
2024 714 32.4 21.9 35.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Herman (Leonard) Intermediate

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $11,499

Data source: California Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
Ranks 390th of 2715 Middle schoolsRanks 261st of 2802 Middle schools
 5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 % proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
5th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Herman (Leonard) Intermediate)84.482
 2.4%
   5th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Oak Grove Elementary)52.647.6
 5%
   5th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.746.7
 5%
5th Grade Mathematics (Herman (Leonard) Intermediate)57.867.2
 9.4%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Oak Grove Elementary)41.436.4
 5%
   5th Grade Mathematics (California)3833.4
 4.6%
5th Grade Science (Herman (Leonard) Intermediate)71.967.2
 4.7%
   5th Grade Science (Oak Grove Elementary)35.433.6
 1.9%
   5th Grade Science (California)31.731.9
 0.1%
6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Herman (Leonard) Intermediate)7585.3
 10.3%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Oak Grove Elementary)56.648.2
 8.4%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)48.544.2
 4.3%
6th Grade Mathematics (Herman (Leonard) Intermediate)5068.9
 18.9%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Oak Grove Elementary)44.736.6
 8.1%
   6th Grade Mathematics (California)38.533.2
 5.3%
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Herman (Leonard) Intermediate)61.669.6
 8%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Oak Grove Elementary)55.752.6
 3%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.447.4
 3.9%
7th Grade Mathematics (Herman (Leonard) Intermediate)48.855
 6.3%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Oak Grove Elementary)48.142
 6.1%
   7th Grade Mathematics (California)37.933.2
 4.7%
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Herman (Leonard) Intermediate)70.764
 6.8%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Oak Grove Elementary)57.849.1
 8.8%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.445.7
 3.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (Herman (Leonard) Intermediate)63.556.7
 6.8%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Oak Grove Elementary)49.236.6
 12.6%
   8th Grade Mathematics (California)36.629.9
 6.7%
8th Grade Science (Herman (Leonard) Intermediate)5759.2
 2.2%
   8th Grade Science (Oak Grove Elementary)44.738.6
 6.1%
   8th Grade Science (California)30.828.8
 2.1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
Total Students871729
 16.3%
African American3116
 48.4%
American Indian40
 100%
Asian179216
 20.7%
Hispanic378283
 25.1%
Pacific Islander107
 30%
White230138
 40%
Two or More Races3968
 74.4%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients27.1%33.7%
 6.6%

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Students who attend Herman (Leonard) Intermediate usually go on to attend Santa Teresa High

Herman (Leonard) Intermediate ranks 335th of 2777 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Students at Herman (Leonard) Intermediate are 39% Hispanic, 31% Asian, 18% White, 8% Two or more races, 3% African American.

In the 2023-24 school year, 714 students attended Herman (Leonard) Intermediate.


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