Schools · Santa Clara
Santa Clara, CA schools
Santa Clara’s public schools score well above California’s averages: 75% of students are proficient in reading against 48.5% statewide, and 94% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.6%. Kids attend one of 15 schools through grade 8, then Juan Cabrillo Middle or Buchser Middle or Don Callejon and Santa Clara High or Adrian Wilcox High.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
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Santa Clara’s School Grade: A
The public schools Santa Clara’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 89% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
ATest scoresB+Graduation
California school districts we grade (1,139)Better than 89%
Lower resultsHigher results
California towns with similar household incomes (197)Better than 82%
High confidence. Built on 2,860 tested students and a graduating class of 2,698; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on California’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of California only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in California with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Santa Clara kids go to school
Grades 8
Juan Cabrillo Middle or Buchser Middle or Don Callejon
Depends on your address Santa Clara Unified School DistrictGrades 9–12
ASanta Clara High or AAdrian Wilcox High
Depends on your address Santa Clara Unified School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well above the state in reading
Reading (grades K–12, Santa Clara Unified)66%
State average 48.5%
Reading (Fremont Union High)91%
State average 48.5%
Reading (Campbell Union High)75%
State average 48.5%
Math (grades K–12, Santa Clara Unified)49%
State average 33.4%
Math (Fremont Union High)87%
State average 33.4%
Math (Campbell Union High)56%
State average 33.4%
Graduation · class of 2020
94% graduate on time
Graduation rate
94%
CA: 87.6%
Graduating class
2,698
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.
Districts
Three districts serve Santa Clara
Santa Clara Unified School DistrictGrades K–12 · 30 schools · 14,411 students
$29,282 per studentCA $21,206A-Fremont Union High School DistrictGrades 9–12 · 6 schools · 9,422 students
$24,927 per studentCA $21,206A+Campbell Union High School DistrictGrades 9–12 · 6 schools · 8,359 students
$19,636 per studentCA $21,206AEach district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 34 schools in Santa Clara
Showing 1–30 of 34 schools
Laurelwood ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 571 students
PublicDon CallejonElementary · Grades K–8 · 568 students
PublicMillikin ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 504 students
PublicDwight D. Eisenhower ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 453 students
APublicCentral Park ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 419 students
PublicScott Lane ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 406 students
PublicWestwood ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 368 students
PublicWashington Open ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 352 students
PublicC. W. Haman ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 324 students
PublicSutter ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 314 students
PublicPomeroy ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 300 students
PublicBriarwood ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 288 students
PublicKathryn Hughes ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 281 students
D-PublicBracher ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 269 students
PublicMontague ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 254 students
PublicBowers ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 240 students
PublicJuan Cabrillo MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 796 students
PublicBuchser MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 711 students
PublicSanta Clara HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,663 students
APublicAdrian Wilcox HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,614 students
APublicMission Early College HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 183 students
APublicNew Valley Continuation HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 151 students
C-PublicSanta Clara Community DayHigh · Grades 6–12 · 10 students
PublicWilson AlternativeOther · Grades K–12 · 131 students
A-PublicCHILDREN'S WORLD BILINGUAL MONTESSORI
PrivateGRANADA ISLAMIC SCHOOL
PrivateMARTINSON CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER
PrivateMONTICELLO ACADEMY
PrivateSANTA CLARA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
PrivateST CLARE SCHOOL
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.