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Santa Clara High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
3000 Benton St.
Santa Clara, CA 95051
Phone
(408) 423-2600
District
Santa Clara Unified
County
SANTA CLARA COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1849
Classroom Teachers
93

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to California

9

(10 is best)

Better than 83.3% of all CA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Santa Clara High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

80 60 40 20 0
60%
41%
74%
55%
46%
27%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
20
19
22
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 450 24.3%
Grade 10 489 26.4%
Grade 11 462 25.0%
Grade 12 448 24.2%
Total 1849 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 23.1% 18.9% 23.2%
Black 3.4% 2.8% 5.1%
Hispanic 40.2% 39.1% 57.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 32.5% 38.2% 13.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.8% 1.0% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 42.4% 40.3% 59.8%
Free lunch eligible 31.5% 30.6% 52.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 10.9% 9.7% 7.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 171,457 39,029,342
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 4,196.7 247
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.4% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 13.8% 19.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 47.9% 35.3%
45-64 YEARS OLD 21.2% 24.8%
65 OR OLDER 10.7% 14.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 65,447 13,315,822
Single Parent Households With Children 4.0% 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 93.7% 84.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 65.5% 35.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 54.6% 28.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.8% 17.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 8.1% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 7.4% 13.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 5.4% 11.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 4.4% 8.6%
$15,000 or less 4.3% 7.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $13,361 $185,967,000 33.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $906 $12,608,000 2.3%
Staff $1,498 $20,856,000 3.8%
General Administration $345 $4,798,000 0.9%
School Administration $1,644 $22,882,000 4.1%
Operation $1,902 $26,478,000 4.8%
Transportation $334 $4,651,000 0.8%
Other $1,131 $15,746,000 2.9%
Total Support $7,761 $108,019,000 19.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $18,509 $257,630,000 46.7%
Total Expenditures $39,630 $551,616,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,891 $52,040,046,000 48.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $997 $5,835,934,000 5.4%
Staff $932 $5,455,332,000 5.1%
General Administration $247 $1,445,763,000 1.3%
School Administration $991 $5,801,460,000 5.4%
Operation $1,401 $8,201,416,000 7.7%
Transportation $246 $1,439,454,000 1.3%
Other $846 $4,952,067,000 4.6%
Total Support $5,661 $33,131,426,000 30.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,746 $21,924,446,000 20.5%
Total Expenditures $18,298 $107,095,918,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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