St Christopher School

High teacher ratio with incredible parent involvement and the greater community of St. Chris.

You get what you pay for. The tuition is only $6,000. Pre-school costs more ($16,000)! Tuition for reputable schools is usually about $20,000. The only good schools in the area are Harker, Stratford, and Challenger.

It is best for the average student (i.e., not the most brilliant).

You can’t expect much from a school in Willow Glen. It’s the most hyped area ever. Developers and realtors try to sell it as affluent with a sense of community. It is just middle-class. The downtown is dilapidated and the restaurants are subpar. Neighbors don’t really know each other. If you compare it to most of San Jose, yes, it looks like Beverly Hills.

You only buy here if you can’t afford Los Gatos/Saratoga. Willow Glen is a bootleg version of those areas.

Willow Glen is in the 95125 area code, and Realtors wanting to capitalize on the popularity of Willow Glen told people the entire 95125 area code was Willow Glen, even though some areas in that zip are actually East San Jose, downtown San Jose, and Cambrian. Lots of people believe they live in Willow Glen but don’t, or are in denial that they do. The real Willow Glen boundaries are the Guadalupe River, Los Gatos Creek, Coe and Curtner avenues.

If Willow Glen is so fabulous, why do people need to send their kids to private school? The kids attending Willow Glen public schools aren’t from the best families.