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Independence High

Public 9-12

 1776 Edal Park Dr.
       San Jose, CA  95133-1703

(408) 928-9500

District: East Side Union High

SchoolDigger Rank:
350th of 2,123 California High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $8,552 Help

Feeder schools for Independence High:

Elementary:    Aptitud Community Academy at Goss
    Brooktree Elementary
    Cesar Chavez Elementary
    Cherrywood Elementary
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Middle:    Morrill Middle

Student/teacher ratio:  23.0
Number of students:  2,711

Racial breakdown:

Asian:
52.4%
Hispanic:
36.6%
Two or more races:
4.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  41.3%

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Compare Details Independence High ranks better than 83.5% of high schools in California. It also ranks 5th among 16 ranked high schools in the East Side Union High School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2022 the calculated Average Standard Score was 81.05. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Asian (52.4%), Hispanic (36.6%), two or more races (4.4%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 41.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Independence High is 23. 10 high schools in the East Side Union High School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Independence High is $8,552. 8 high schools in the East Side Union High School District spend more per student.
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Schooldigger 2022 Rankings:

Independence High:

SchoolDigger ranks Independence High 350th of 2123 California public high schools. (See Independence High in the ranking list.)

East Side Union High:

SchoolDigger ranks East Side Union High 665th of 1535 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Independence High

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Rank History for all students at Independence High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 45.23 582nd 1653 64.8%
2005 51.18 567th 1901 70.2%
2006 56.13 543rd 1968 72.4%
2007 56.72 517th 2063 74.9%
2008 54.43 578th 2117 72.7%
2009 59.73 478th 2238 78.6%
2010 56.49 586th 2281 74.3%
2011 54.14 683rd 2367 71.1%
2012 53.97 692nd 2354 70.6%
2013 47.59 854th 2426 64.8%
2015 69.34 555th 1994 72.2%
2016 69.77 571st 2039 72.0%
2017 78.61 433rd 2021 78.6%
2018 76.74 462nd 2017 77.1%
2019 81.97 325th 2133 84.8%
2021 90.17 128th 1290 90.1%
2022 81.05 350th 2123 83.5%

Rank History for Multi-racial students at Independence High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 59.88 172nd 422 59.2%
2022 50.26 261st 515 49.3%

Rank History for English Language Learner students at Independence High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 79.04 103rd 938 89.0%
2019 76.18 90th 941 90.4%
2021 95.72 15th 467 96.8%
2022 68.74 119th 1044 88.6%

Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Independence High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 77.18 364th 1862 80.5%
2019 80.11 289th 1937 85.1%
2021 88.62 102nd 1126 90.9%
2022 71.58 412th 1943 78.8%

Rank History for Female students at Independence High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 73.22 476th 1760 73.0%
2019 80.39 314th 1833 82.9%
2021 87.31 129th 1054 87.8%
2022 75.25 391st 1858 79.0%

Rank History for Disabled students at Independence High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 48.15 410th 1052 61.0%
2019 66.59 226th 1117 79.8%
2022 40.81 560th 1161 51.8%

Rank History for Male students at Independence High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 75.69 446th 1834 75.7%
2019 78.13 359th 1880 80.9%
2021 89.70 120th 1122 89.3%
2022 82.78 275th 1916 85.6%

Rank History for Asian students at Independence High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 45.35 359th 581 38.2%
2019 45.80 361st 582 38.0%
2022 41.76 362nd 581 37.7%

Rank History for African American students at Independence High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 74.55 107th 592 81.9%

Rank History for Hispanic students at Independence High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 49.37 925th 1742 46.9%
2019 50.35 865th 1814 52.3%
2022 62.68 558th 1861 70.0%

Rank History for White students at Independence High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 37.45 784th 1173 33.2%
2019 54.16 568th 1222 53.5%
2022 76.78 248th 1204 79.4%

Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Independence High

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 1007 311 1501 1195 49 n/a n/a 0 4063
1989 919 292 1535 1187 37 n/a n/a 0 3970
1990 806 295 1596 1203 39 n/a n/a 0 3939
1991 732 262 1678 1277 37 n/a n/a 0 3986
1992 706 230 1674 1345 31 n/a n/a 0 3986
1993 628 262 1772 1422 44 n/a n/a 0 4128
1994 537 224 1786 1311 50 n/a n/a 0 3908
1995 514 201 1816 1304 33 n/a n/a 0 3868
1996 514 201 1816 1304 33 n/a n/a 0 3868
1997 492 218 1839 1378 26 n/a n/a 0 3953
1998 513 238 2021 1431 23 n/a n/a 0 4226
1999 486 204 2145 1509 14 n/a n/a 0 4358
2000 418 180 2206 1536 13 n/a n/a 0 4353
2001 413 172 2165 1580 11 n/a n/a 0 4341
2002 345 163 2179 1454 20 n/a n/a 0 4161
2003 345 163 2179 1454 20 n/a n/a 0 4161
2004 322 156 2189 1345 19 n/a n/a 22 4053
2005 293 161 2165 1353 18 n/a n/a 15 4005
2006 244 151 2116 1208 21 n/a n/a 12 3752
2007 215 132 1993 1270 17 n/a n/a 9 3636
2008 184 125 1982 1268 19 n/a n/a 0 3578
2009 148 104 1940 1196 11 31 6 0 3436
2010 140 127 2029 1293 10 35 10 0 3644
2011 115 121 1951 1179 10 24 9 0 3409
2012 113 97 1931 1076 8 27 18 0 3270
2013 127 89 1858 1033 9 26 16 0 3158
2014 114 81 1768 1040 5 20 26 0 3054
2015 116 83 1770 1100 9 15 25 0 3118
2016 100 77 1680 1057 10 16 28 0 2968
2017 85 71 1743 991 9 18 27 0 2944
2018 86 65 1763 927 5 28 40 0 2914
2019 96 64 1709 922 2 32 47 0 2872
2020 99 58 1688 931 3 39 61 0 2879
2021 89 55 1545 985 5 36 105 0 2820
2022 88 55 1420 993 6 29 120 0 2711

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 Independence High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 4063 167.2 24.3 n/a
1989 3970 165.6 23.9 n/a
1990 3939 162.6 24.2 n/a
1991 3986 170.8 23.3 n/a
1992 3986 173.6 22.9 17.1
1993 4128 175.0 23.6 16.9
1994 3908 176.4 22.2 8.1
1995 3868 169.6 22.8 14.3
1996 3868 169.6 22.8 14.3
1997 3953 172.5 22.9 15.1
1998 4226 182.8 23.1 10.8
1999 4358 181.4 24.0 29.7
2000 4353 188.5 23.1 18.5
2001 4341 192.5 22.6 15.3
2002 4161 180.4 23.1 26.4
2003 4161 180.4 23.1 26.4
2004 4053 171.7 23.6 27.2
2005 4005 166.9 24.0 29.3
2006 3752 164.9 22.8 31.3
2007 3636 163.7 22.2 32.7
2008 3578 181.9 19.7 41.6
2009 3436 157.3 19.4 31.7
2010 3644 144.6 25.2 38.1
2011 3409 n/a n/a 38.4
2012 3270 129.9 25.1 n/a
2013 3158 126.3 24.9 39.6
2014 3054 123.1 24.8 53.9
2015 3118 122.0 25.5 49.7
2016 2968 127.0 23.3 52.1
2017 2944 125.2 23.5 48.7
2018 2914 124.1 23.4 50.3
2019 2872 120.8 23.7 47.7
2020 2879 n/a n/a 44.8
2021 2820 120.1 23.4 44.1
2022 2711 117.6 23.0 41.3

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

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch
For information about the National School Lunch Program, see the USDA Website

Student/Teacher Ratio Independence High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 4063 167.2 24.3 n/a
1989 3970 165.6 23.9 n/a
1990 3939 162.6 24.2 n/a
1991 3986 170.8 23.3 n/a
1992 3986 173.6 22.9 17.1
1993 4128 175.0 23.6 16.9
1994 3908 176.4 22.2 8.1
1995 3868 169.6 22.8 14.3
1996 3868 169.6 22.8 14.3
1997 3953 172.5 22.9 15.1
1998 4226 182.8 23.1 10.8
1999 4358 181.4 24.0 29.7
2000 4353 188.5 23.1 18.5
2001 4341 192.5 22.6 15.3
2002 4161 180.4 23.1 26.4
2003 4161 180.4 23.1 26.4
2004 4053 171.7 23.6 27.2
2005 4005 166.9 24.0 29.3
2006 3752 164.9 22.8 31.3
2007 3636 163.7 22.2 32.7
2008 3578 181.9 19.7 41.6
2009 3436 157.3 19.4 31.7
2010 3644 144.6 25.2 38.1
2011 3409 n/a n/a 38.4
2012 3270 129.9 25.1 n/a
2013 3158 126.3 24.9 39.6
2014 3054 123.1 24.8 53.9
2015 3118 122.0 25.5 49.7
2016 2968 127.0 23.3 52.1
2017 2944 125.2 23.5 48.7
2018 2914 124.1 23.4 50.3
2019 2872 120.8 23.7 47.7
2020 2879 n/a n/a 44.8
2021 2820 120.1 23.4 44.1
2022 2711 117.6 23.0 41.3

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 Independence High

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $8,552

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Independence High

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Rank
Pandemic (2021-2022)		 Change (%)
Ranks 325th of 2133 High schoolsRanks 350th of 2123 High schools
 1.2%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 % proficient
Pandemic (2021-2022)		 Change (%)
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Independence High)66.969.2
 2.3%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (East Side Union High)62.363.1
 0.8%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)57.354.8
 2.5%
11th Grade Mathematics (Independence High)43.636.4
 7.3%
   11th Grade Mathematics (East Side Union High)41.838.1
 3.7%
   11th Grade Mathematics (California)32.227
 5.3%
12th Grade Science (Independence High)35.639.9
 4.3%
   12th Grade Science (East Side Union High)32.236.2
 4%
   12th Grade Science (California)25.626.8
 1.2%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Number of students
Pandemic (2020-2021)		 Change (%)
Total Students28722820
 1.8%
African American6455
 14.1%
American Indian25
 150%
Asian17091545
 9.6%
Hispanic922985
 6.8%
Pacific Islander3236
 12.5%
White9689
 7.3%
Two or More Races47105
 123.4%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients47.7%44.1%
 3.6%



Frequently Asked Questions about Independence High

In the 2021-22 school year, 2,711 students attended Independence High.

Independence High ranks 350th of 2123 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Independence High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Aptitud Community Academy at Goss
Elementary : Brooktree Elementary
Elementary : Cesar Chavez Elementary
Elementary : Cherrywood Elementary
Elementary : Laneview Elementary
Elementary : McKinley Elementary
Elementary : Northwood Elementary
Elementary : Orchard Elementary
Elementary : San Antonio Elementary
Elementary : Summerdale Elementary
Elementary : Vinci Park Elementary
Middle : Morrill Middle

Students at Independence High are 52% Asian, 37% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races, 3% White, 2% African American, 1% Pacific Islander.


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