Sakamoto Elementary School

Grades: K-6
Students: 571
Type: Public
GreatSchools Rating
Student-Teacher Ratio: 23:1
Certified Teachers: 100%
Community Reviews
16 Reviews
Additional GreatSchools Ratings
8/10
Test Scores
3/10
Equity
NA
Academic Progress
NA
College Readiness
6/10
Student Growth

Community Reviews

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My child comes home and tells me they’ve watched a show on math or numbers, a movie in the lunch room, and have played computer games in class. This school is not what it seems. Yes, they’re a well kept campus and a funded one at that, but it seems as though my son is learning curriculum through scr
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Posted by a parent on 4/4/2026
We had two kids attend Sakamoto for 6 years total. The teachers at Sakamoto really shine; each year my kids would say they liked their teacher better than the year before. The teachers are engaged, creative and really try to make it fun and interesting for the students. I felt like they worked hard
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Posted by a parent on 9/24/2022
The 1st impression for this school is pretty good, principal is full of enthusiasm and leadership is on its track accordingly, especially communication work is excellent! For everything , parents are kept posted timely via variable comfortable manner, thank you!
Posted by a parent on 8/26/2019
My son recently started at Sakamoto. I find the principal and leadership put too much emphasis on increasing their revenue rather than improving the education. It seems the leadership mostly remains busy with trying to improve attendance, fund raising, and the communication is seldom around, "how ca
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Posted by a parent on 11/24/2017
There a lot of volunteer opportunities to earn money for this school. The PTA is strong! There are also many events throughout the year that students and families can enjoy all while raising money for different activities, field trips, enrichment, etc. This school has a great sense of community. We
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Posted by a parent on 6/10/2017

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San Jose schools - Sakamoto Elementary School is located at 6280 Shadelands Drive, San Jose CA 95123. Sakamoto Elementary School is in the Oak Grove Elementary School District. Sakamoto Elementary School is a Public school that serves grade levels K-6.

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