Santa Clara High School

Santa Clara High School

Public High School | Grade 9-12
3000 Benton St,  Santa Clara, CA
Santa Clara Unified School District
3.7
3.8
1,888 Students
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School Details

Head of School
Gregory Shelby
Student Teacher Ratio
20:1
Average SAT Score
1250
Average ACT Score
29
Math Proficiency
41%
Reading Proficiency
68%
Average GPA
3.55
Graduation Rate
95%

Niche Grade

A-
Academics
A
Teachers
A
College Prep
B-
Administration
B-
Resources/Facilities
B
Clubs and Activities
B-
Sports
B
Food
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Niche Grade Details

Academics
Average GPA
3.55
Reading Proficiency
68%
Math Proficiency
41%
Teachers
Student Teacher Ratio
20:1
Teachers
93
Full Time Teachers
93
Teachers in First or Second Year
27.9%
College Prep
Average SAT
1250
Math
630
Verbal
620
Average ACT
29
Math
28
English
29
Reading
30
Science
28
Number of AP Courses
27
AP Pass Rate
63%
AP Math Enrollment
Very High
AP Science Enrollment
Low
Other AP Enrollment
Low
Clubs and Activities
Girls Athletic Participation
Low
Boys Athletic Participation
Low

GreatSchools Rating

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Test Scores

Math
26.8%
State Average
17.9%
Science
18.1%
State Average
9.9%
GreatSchools Test Scores Rating
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Teachers and Staff

Students Per Counselor
338:1

Student Diversity

Male
52%
Female
47.6%
Hispanic
37.9%
Asian or Pacific Islander
30.6%
White
21.7%
Two or more races
5.4%
Black
3.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
<1%
Native American
<1%
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School Rankings

#51 Most Diverse Public HS in California
#262 Best College Prep Public HS in California
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Specialty School Programs

AP Programs Offered
Free/Reduced Lunch Offered
Athletics Program

Colleges Students are Considering

Students are most interested in or go on to attend these colleges.
San José State University 512 Students
University of California - Los Angeles 438 Students
University of California - Berkeley 389 Students
University of California - San Diego 371 Students
University of California - Davis 370 Students
University of California - Irvine 356 Students
San Francisco State University 341 Students
University of California - Santa Cruz 335 Students
San Diego State University 283 Students
Santa Clara University 271 Students

What Students Want to Study

Niche users from this school are most interested in the following majors.
Business 155 Students
Psychology 146 Students
Biology 140 Students
Computer Science 111 Students
Nursing 107 Students
Pre-Medicine Studies 82 Students
Political Science and Government 50 Students
Kinesiology and Exercise Science 49 Students
Mechanical Engineering 47 Students
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 47 Students

This School’s Reviews

Niche Reviews
3.7 523 Reviews
4.0 Senior
11/6/2024
Overall my high school experience has been good at Santa Clara High School. I love the construction program and would love to see that become larger. I think the school has a great arts program and the hands-on learning they do is great. I'm not a big textbook learner so all of the hands-on availability is nice to have. I'd say some things the school could work on is the cleanliness of bathrooms and making sure that students throw away their trash and don't just leave in on the ground, and the food could be a little better but it's been getting better as my years at the school have gone by.
5.0 Senior
8/3/2024
Academics are strong, however, there is a lack of parent involvement, always the same parents volunteering.
4.0 Senior
1/15/2024
Santa Clara High School overall is a great school; it has everything you need to be college ready. The teachers are wonderful, the classes are decent, food's okay, but if it had more resources it could be even better.
GreatSchools Reviews
3.8 18 Reviews
4.0 other
2/17/2024
Overall a great experience. There were excellent teachers that helped students excel.
2.0 student
7/7/2023
The students are terrible and treat transfer students with should I say hostility, and I felt very unwelcomed. So unwelcomed that I left the school a few months after being here. The GYM teachers are rude and arrogant, not even students who are in sports clubs like them. The math teachers are OK but...
3.0 other
8/16/2018
It's alright. It wasn't my best experience in life.
5.0 teacher
7/9/2016
I am a teacher at SCHS. This is not the first school I've taught at, so I have some insight into what is happening at a variety of schools in other districts as well as those attended by my own children. What I give Santa Clara 5 stars for is its; kindness. We are a large school, which could easily...

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