Santa Clara Unified

Summary:

The Santa Clara Unified School District consists of 30 schools, including 19 elementary schools, 4 middle schools, 6 high schools, and 1 alternative school. The district serves students in the Santa Clara area and has a mix of high-performing and struggling schools, with significant disparities in academic achievement and student outcomes across the district.

Some of the standout schools in the district include Millikin Elementary, which is ranked 7th out of 5,848 California elementary schools and has exceptional academic performance, and Mission Early College High, which is ranked 226th out of 2,335 California high schools and has a 100% four-year graduation rate. Other high-performing schools in the district include Marian A. Peterson Middle and Washington Open Elementary.

However, the data also reveals significant disparities in student outcomes across the district, with some schools struggling to provide equitable educational opportunities. Graduation rates range from 92.3% at Santa Clara High to just 36.2% at Wilson Alternative. Chronic absenteeism rates also vary widely, from 2.6% at Millikin Elementary to 67.8% at New Valley Continuation High. These disparities suggest that the Santa Clara Unified School District has work to do in ensuring all students have access to a high-quality education.

District Detail

1889 Lawrence Rd.
Santa Clara, CA 95051-0397

(408) 423-2000

SchoolDigger Rank:
391^st of 1563 California districts

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Grades served: K-12
Students: 13,884

Primary Schools: 19
Middle Schools: 4
High Schools: 6
Alternative Schools: 1

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2023)				Ranking (2022)				CAST Science (2023)						Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2023)								Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2023)								% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2018)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	SchoolDigger Rating (2023)	Average Standard Score (2022)	Statewide Rank (2022)	State Percentile (2022)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science 10th Grade	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	CAST Science End of Course	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy End of Course	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics End of Course	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Total
George Mayne Elementary	Public	K-5	5030 North First St.	Alviso	95002	Santa Clara County	Santa Clara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 423-1700	300	14	21.4	65.0%	30 (10.0%)	5 (1.7%)	176 (58.7%)	69 (23.0%)	2 (0.7%)	2 (0.7%)	16 (5.3%)	70.4	1560^th of 5874 public elementary schools	73.4%		71	1570^th of 5883 public elementary schools	73.3%	10	37.5					37.5	58.7	62.0	51.4					57.1	50.0	53.5	45.8					49.7						$8,408
Abram Agnew Elementary	Public	K-5	3534 Zanker Rd.	San Jose	95134	Santa Clara County	Santa Clara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 669-4100	317	15	21.1	33.8%	57 (18.0%)	12 (3.8%)	93 (29.3%)	142 (44.8%)	4 (1.3%)	1 (0.3%)	8 (2.5%)								(n/a)							41.3							41.3	43.5							43.5
Dolores Huerta Middle	Public	6-8	3556 Zanker Rd.	San Jose	95134	Santa Clara County	Santa Clara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 423-2000	377	17	22.1	54.4%	48 (12.7%)	17 (4.5%)	174 (46.2%)	114 (30.2%)	6 (1.6%)	1 (0.3%)	17 (4.5%)	53.6	1068^th of 2802 public middle schools	61.9%					(n/a)										50.0	50.5			50.3				24.3	32.3			28.6
Kathleen MacDonald High	Public	9-12	3588 Zanker Rd.	San Jose	95134	Santa Clara County	Santa Clara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(669) 369-4400	209	14	14.8	54.5%	31 (14.8%)	6 (2.9%)	95 (45.5%)	64 (30.6%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (5.7%)								(n/a)
Braly Elementary	Public	K-5	675 Gail Ave.	Sunnyvale	94086	Santa Clara County	Santa Clara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 423-1000	352	19	18.1	41.8%	51 (14.5%)	3 (0.9%)	128 (36.4%)	140 (39.8%)	3 (0.9%)	3 (0.9%)	24 (6.8%)	82.7	1067^th of 5874 public elementary schools	81.8%		80.9	1151^st of 5883 public elementary schools	80.4%	84	49.1					49.1	52.9	64.7	75.0					63.9	60.0	66.7	56.9					60.7	94.7	97.3	96.0	97.3		$11,119
Juan Cabrillo Middle	Public	6-8	2550 Cabrillo Ave.	Santa Clara	95051	Santa Clara County	Santa Clara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 423-3700	817	43	18.8	45.5%	112 (13.7%)	21 (2.6%)	337 (41.2%)	286 (35.0%)	4 (0.5%)	2 (0.2%)	53 (6.5%)	71.5	654^th of 2802 public middle schools	76.7%		72.8	618^th of 2740 public middle schools	77.4%	36		42.9				42.9				51.1	54.2	52.2		52.6				42.1	44.3	39.4		41.9						$11,220
Bowers Elementary	Public	K-5	2755 Barkley Ave.	Santa Clara	95051	Santa Clara County	Santa Clara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 423-1100	232	13	17.8	64.7%	22 (9.5%)	2 (0.9%)	135 (58.2%)	51 (22.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	21 (9.1%)	54.2	2327^th of 5874 public elementary schools	60.4%		56.1	2237^th of 5883 public elementary schools	62.0%	90	27.3					27.3	40.5	51.2	43.2					45.1	48.7	52.4	31.8					43.9						$15,641
Bracher Elementary	Public	K-5	2700 Chromite Dr.	Santa Clara	95051	Santa Clara County	Santa Clara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 423-1200	236	16	15.1	46.2%	34 (14.4%)	11 (4.7%)	113 (47.9%)	57 (24.2%)	1 (0.4%)	3 (1.3%)	17 (7.2%)	47.3	2676^th of 5874 public elementary schools	54.4%		62.2	1929^th of 5883 public elementary schools	67.2%	747	23.9					23.9	36.2	60.5	40.9					45.5	35.4	43.2	30.4					36.2	88.4	93.0	90.7	90.7		$13,100
Briarwood Elementary	Public	K-5	1930 Townsend Ave.	Santa Clara	95051	Santa Clara County	Santa Clara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 423-1300	287	15	19.6	52.3%	42 (14.6%)	4 (1.4%)	142 (49.5%)	79 (27.5%)	3 (1.0%)	2 (0.7%)	15 (5.2%)	68.9	1627^th of 5874 public elementary schools	72.3%		57.7	2137^th of 5883 public elementary schools	63.7%	510	45.2					45.2	50.0	57.7	53.7					53.0	53.1	53.9	40.5					48.7	95.4					$12,311
C. W. Haman Elementary	Public	K-5	865 Los Padres Blvd.	Santa Clara	95050	Santa Clara County	Santa Clara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 423-1400	319	16	19.4	37.6%	86 (27.0%)	8 (2.5%)	128 (40.1%)	65 (20.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (9.7%)	64.1	1837^th of 5874 public elementary schools	68.7%		57	2177^th of 5883 public elementary schools	63.0%	340	44.2					44.2	48.8	51.1	62.8					54.2	38.6	44.9	41.9					41.9						$12,245
Kathryn Hughes Elementary	Public	K-5	4949 Calle de Escuela	Santa Clara	95054	Santa Clara County	Santa Clara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 423-1500	270	15	18.0	57.8%	32 (11.9%)	13 (4.8%)	111 (41.1%)	95 (35.2%)	3 (1.1%)	2 (0.7%)	14 (5.2%)	47.2	2685^th of 5874 public elementary schools	54.3%		56.6	2206^th of 5883 public elementary schools	62.5%	479	33.9					33.9	40.9	45.1	33.9					39.7	45.5	43.1	25.0					37.1						$11,437
Laurelwood Elementary	Public	K-5	955 Teal Dr.	Santa Clara	95051	Santa Clara County	Santa Clara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 423-1600	521	22	23.5	12.5%	109 (20.9%)	9 (1.7%)	53 (10.2%)	298 (57.2%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (9.4%)	94.8	364^th of 5874 public elementary schools	93.8%		96.8	219^th of 5883 public elementary schools	96.3%	145	62.2					62.2	66.7	88.6	81.9					78.4	74.2	88.6	78.1					79.9						$8,332
Millikin Elementary	Public	K-5	615 Hobart Terrace	Santa Clara	95051	Santa Clara County	Santa Clara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 423-1800	518	22	23.5	7.7%	32 (6.2%)	6 (1.2%)	11 (2.1%)	443 (85.5%)	6 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.9%)	99.3	7^th of 5874 public elementary schools	99.9%		99.4	4^th of 5883 public elementary schools	99.9%	3	85.2					85.2	91.9	91.5	96.3					93.2	98.8	89.0	97.5					95.2	95.2					$8,165
Montague Elementary	Public	K-5	750 Laurie Ave.	Santa Clara	95054	Santa Clara County	Santa Clara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 423-1900	272	16	17.0	43.0%	36 (13.2%)	3 (1.1%)	101 (37.1%)	109 (40.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (8.5%)	54.4	2310^th of 5874 public elementary schools	60.7%		61.7	1956^th of 5883 public elementary schools	66.8%	354	28.2					28.2	53.3	42.2	50.0					47.8	43.8	38.3	41.0					40.7	94.4	97.2	95.8	97.2	95.8	$11,223
Pomeroy Elementary	Public	K-5	1250 Pomeroy Ave.	Santa Clara	95051	Santa Clara County	Santa Clara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 423-3800	300	17	18.1	53.7%	38 (12.7%)	3 (1.0%)	140 (46.7%)	102 (34.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	16 (5.3%)	36.3	3409^th of 5874 public elementary schools	42.0%		43	2913^th of 5883 public elementary schools	50.5%	496	22.4					22.4	46.5	29.0	35.2					37.0	46.7	24.4	20.7					29.7						$10,155
Ponderosa Elementary	Public	K-5	804 Ponderosa Ave.	Sunnyvale	94086	Santa Clara County	Santa Clara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 423-4000	501	23	22.0	31.5%	95 (19.0%)	6 (1.2%)	156 (31.1%)	226 (45.1%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (2.8%)	80.2	1164^th of 5874 public elementary schools	80.2%		83.6	1013^th of 5883 public elementary schools	82.8%	151	48.8					48.8	63.3	55.0	62.2					60.2	72.8	48.2	58.1					59.5						$9,209
Scott Lane Elementary	Public	K-5	1925 Scott Blvd.	Santa Clara	95050	Santa Clara County	Santa Clara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 423-4100	396	19	20.8	71.2%	26 (6.6%)	13 (3.3%)	303 (76.5%)	37 (9.3%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	14 (3.5%)	21	4761^st of 5874 public elementary schools	18.9%		21	4746^th of 5883 public elementary schools	19.3%	15	11.8					11.8	30.7	24.2	28.0					27.5	30.7	23.7	0.0					19.6						$9,483
Sutter Elementary	Public	K-5	3200 Forbes Ave.	Santa Clara	95051	Santa Clara County	Santa Clara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 423-4200	305	15	20.1	25.6%	92 (30.2%)	4 (1.3%)	61 (20.0%)	98 (32.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (16.1%)	90.9	647^th of 5874 public elementary schools	89.0%		95.6	325^th of 5883 public elementary schools	94.5%	322	57.5					57.5	71.4	69.8	67.4					69.5	67.4	74.6	72.3					71.7	96.8					$10,598
New Valley Continuation High	Public	9-12	1875 Lawrence Rd.	Santa Clara	95051	Santa Clara County	Santa Clara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 423-2300	169	13	12.7	69.8%	30 (17.8%)	5 (3.0%)	120 (71.0%)	6 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.8%)	3 (1.8%)	11.1	1999^th of 2348 public high schools	14.9%		14.9	1792^nd of 2123 public high schools	15.6%	207					6.9	6.9							7.1	7.1							0.0	0.0						$27,741
Westwood Elementary	Public	K-5	435 Saratoga Ave.	Santa Clara	95050	Santa Clara County	Santa Clara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 423-4300	382	18	21.1	45.5%	100 (26.2%)	16 (4.2%)	153 (40.1%)	76 (19.9%)	2 (0.5%)	4 (1.0%)	31 (8.1%)	70	1577^th of 5874 public elementary schools	73.2%		69.7	1621^st of 5883 public elementary schools	72.4%	44	52.3					52.3	43.3	63.3	67.2					57.7	41.9	54.7	40.0					45.0						$17,671
Adrian Wilcox High	Public	9-12	3250 Monroe St.	Santa Clara	95051	Santa Clara County	Santa Clara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 423-2400	1,859	92	20.1	39.8%	295 (15.9%)	29 (1.6%)	729 (39.2%)	690 (37.1%)	11 (0.6%)	13 (0.7%)	83 (4.5%)	80.8	313^th of 2348 public high schools	86.7%		89.6	206^th of 2123 public high schools	90.3%	107			24.1	20.8	46.0	41.4							69.8	69.8							41.7	41.7						$10,163
Washington Open Elementary	Public	K-5	270 Washington Ave.	Santa Clara	95050	Santa Clara County	Santa Clara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 423-3900	309	16	19.3	11.0%	110 (35.6%)	2 (0.6%)	40 (12.9%)	109 (35.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (15.5%)	93.5	469^th of 5874 public elementary schools	92.0%		92.6	552^nd of 5883 public elementary schools	90.6%	83	71.1					71.1	63.5	91.8	82.2					78.8	73.1	81.6	60.0					71.9						$10,073
Buchser Middle	Public	6-8	1111 Bellomy St.	Santa Clara	95050	Santa Clara County	Santa Clara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 423-3000	715	40	18.0	53.7%	163 (22.8%)	21 (2.9%)	339 (47.4%)	136 (19.0%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	52 (7.3%)	62.4	837^th of 2802 public middle schools	70.1%		51.5	1133^rd of 2740 public middle schools	58.6%	296		32.2				32.2				54.9	52.8	47.9		51.8				35.3	39.9	29.9		34.7						$11,433
Marian A. Peterson Middle	Public	6-8	1380 Rosalia Ave.	Sunnyvale	94087	Santa Clara County	Santa Clara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 423-2800	729	36	20.3	27.7%	151 (20.7%)	10 (1.4%)	190 (26.1%)	332 (45.5%)	4 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	40 (5.5%)	91.3	254^th of 2802 public middle schools	90.9%		88.6	304^th of 2740 public middle schools	88.9%	50		56.2				56.2				71.1	66.8	73.6		70.6				60.9	56.7	51.8		56.4						$9,473
Santa Clara High	Public	9-12	3000 Benton St.	Santa Clara	95051	Santa Clara County	Santa Clara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 423-2600	1,849	93	19.9	42.4%	402 (21.7%)	60 (3.2%)	701 (37.9%)	566 (30.6%)	4 (0.2%)	10 (0.5%)	100 (5.4%)	84.5	245^th of 2348 public high schools	89.6%		86.1	261^st of 2123 public high schools	87.7%	16			25.0		43.4	41.0							74.5	74.5							46.3	46.3						$10,163
Wilson Alternative	Public, Alternative	K-12	1840 Benton St.	Santa Clara	95050	Santa Clara County	Santa Clara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 423-3600	163	16	9.9	49.1%	29 (17.8%)	4 (2.5%)	82 (50.3%)	32 (19.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (9.2%)								(n/a)					30.8	27.6							51.7	54.4							11.1	20.9						$14,779
Don Callejon	Public	K-8	4176 Lick Mill Blvd.	Santa Clara	95054	Santa Clara County	Santa Clara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 423-3300	581	37	15.6	30.5%	86 (14.8%)	39 (6.7%)	138 (23.8%)	279 (48.0%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	34 (5.9%)	88.4	798^th of 5874 public elementary schools	86.4%		93.3	494^th of 5883 public elementary schools	91.6%	304	60.0	15.0				30.6	65.4	66.7	70.0	68.1	54.0	32.7		56.4	62.1	59.3	60.0	69.6	38.9	18.9		47.8						$9,128
Santa Clara Community Day	Public	6-12	3450 Brookdale Dr.	Santa Clara	95051	Santa Clara County	Santa Clara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 423-2000	10	2	4.9	60.0%	0 (0.0%)	1 (10.0%)	7 (70.0%)	1 (10.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (10.0%)								(n/a)																												$91,694
Central Park Elementary	Public	K-5	2720 Sonoma Pl.	Santa Clara	95051	Santa Clara County	Santa Clara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 423-4400	430	19	22.5	27.4%	76 (17.7%)	11 (2.6%)	93 (21.6%)	212 (49.3%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	36 (8.4%)	75.5	1355^th of 5874 public elementary schools	76.9%		85.3	930^th of 5883 public elementary schools	84.2%	425	41.8					41.8	53.9	65.4	56.5					59.0	52.9	60.8	49.3					54.6	97.1					$9,820
Mission Early College High	Public	9-12	3000 Mission College Blvd.	Santa Clara	95054	Santa Clara County	Santa Clara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 855-5532	159	7	22.9	33.3%	36 (22.6%)	20 (12.6%)	37 (23.3%)	52 (32.7%)	1 (0.6%)	1 (0.6%)	12 (7.5%)	86.3	227^th of 2348 public high schools	90.3%		96.3	86^th of 2123 public high schools	95.9%	141					75.0	75.0							73.7	73.7							42.1	42.1						$11,155

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Sunnyvale	0.45 mi	10	496^th
Fremont Union High	1.19 mi	6	32^nd
North County Regional Occupational Center/Program (Roc/P)	1.32 mi	1
Cupertino Union	1.48 mi	23	36^th
Santa Clara County Office of Education	1.94 mi	24

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