Santa Clara Unified School District

School district in California

Santa Clara Unified School District
Address
1889 Lawrence Road
Santa Clara
, California, 95051
United States
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Websitewww.santaclarausd.org

The Santa Clara Unified School District (SCUSD) is a school district in Santa Clara County, California, United States that serves roughly 16,000 students from the cities of Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, and San Jose.[6] The Santa Clara Unified School District operates eighteen elementary schools (K–5), four middle schools (6–8), one TK–8 school, five high schools (9–12), one community day school, one adult education program, and one dual enrollment partnership with the West Valley–Mission Community College District.[4] The district is very diverse, with 71% of the community being nonwhite.[7]

History

Prior to 1965, the Santa Clara region comprised four school districts: the Alviso School District, the Santa Clara Elementary School District,[a] the Santa Clara Union High School District,[b] and the Jefferson School District.[2][11] Due to rapid population increases and industrialization, the four districts began making efforts to unify in the 1950s.[9][12] They ultimately merged in 1965 to form the Santa Clara Unified School District.[2]

The Santa Clara Unified School District underwent significant restructuring before the 1981–1982 school year.[13] Santa Clara Union High School closed and was converted into Buchser Middle School, and Buchser High School was renamed Santa Clara High School.[13] Additionally, Peterson High School was converted into Peterson Middle School, with the high school students joining the Wilcox High School student body.[13]

In June 2014, the Santa Clara Unified School District purchased 59.4 acres of the former Agnews Developmental Center to build a K–12 educational facility.[14] Agnew Elementary School and Huerta Middle School opened in 2021, and MacDonald High School opened in 2022.[15]

Schools

Schools (2022–2023)
Name[4] Grades City[16] Students[17] FTE Teachers[17] Pupil/Teacher Ratio[17]
Abram Agnew Elementary School K–5 San Jose 317 15 21.13
Bowers Elementary School K–5 Santa Clara 232 13 17.85
Bracher Elementary School K–5 Santa Clara 236 15.55 15.18
Braly Elementary School K–5 Sunnyvale 352 19.4 18.14
Briarwood Elementary School K–5 Santa Clara 287 14.6 19.66
Buchser Middle School 6–8 Santa Clara 715 39.67 18.02
Juan Cabrillo Middle School 6–8 Santa Clara 817 43.43 18.81
Central Park Elementary School K–5 Santa Clara 430 19.1 22.51
Don Callejon Arts and Design School TK–8 Santa Clara 581 37.2 15.62
C. W. Haman Elementary School K–5 Santa Clara 319 16.4 19.45
Dolores Huerta Middle School 6–8 San Jose 377 17.05 22.11
Kathryn Hughes Elementary School K–5 Santa Clara 270 15 18
Laurelwood Elementary School K–5 Santa Clara 521 22.1 23.57
Kathleen MacDonald High School 9–12 San Jose 209 14.07 14.85
George Mayne Elementary School K–5 Alviso 300 14 21.43
Millikin Elementary School K–5 Santa Clara 518 22 23.55
Mission Early College High School 9–12 Santa Clara 159 6.93 22.94
Montague Elementary School K–5 Santa Clara 272 16 17
New Valley High School 10–12 Santa Clara 169 13.3 12.71
Marian A. Peterson Middle School 6–8 Sunnyvale 729 35.87 20.32
Pomeroy Elementary School K–5 Santa Clara 300 16.51 18.17
Ponderosa Elementary School K–5 Sunnyvale 501 22.7 22.07
Santa Clara Adult Education Adult Santa Clara Unknown Unknown Unknown
Santa Clara Community Day School 7–12 Santa Clara 10 2.03 4.93
Santa Clara High School 9–12 Santa Clara 1849 92.81 19.92
Scott Lane Elementary School K–5 Santa Clara 396 19 20.84
Sutter Elementary School K–5 Santa Clara 305 15.1 20.2
Washington Open Elementary School K–5 Santa Clara 309 16 19.31
Westwood Elementary School K–5 Santa Clara 382 18.1 21.1
Adrian C. Wilcox High School 9–12 Santa Clara 1859 92.45 20.11
Wilson High School 9–12 Santa Clara 163 16.32 9.99

Gateway School

In recent years, SCUSD has also added Gateway School, an intervention program for grades 9 & 10, and for students who either are not prepared for the comprehensive high school or have had tremendous academic difficulty in getting to 9th grade.

Dual enrollment partnership

SCUSD also has a dual enrollment program at Mission College called Mission Middle College Program. This is an alternative educational program that is based upon the dual enrollment model of 50% community college enrollment and 50% high school enrollment. Students self-select and apply to the program and then are enrolled in their junior year. This program is almost invisible in the district as there is uneven levels of administrative support despite the program's college acceptance and attendance results.

Teacher housing

In 2002 the district opened Casa del Maestro ("House of the Teacher" in Spanish), housing for employees. A second phase opened in 2009.[18]

Transportation

Santa Clara Unified School District consists of the following bus fleet; the amounts are unknown

Historical fleet

Notes

  1. ^ As of the 1959–1960 school year, the Santa Clara Elementary School District included Fremont School, C. W. Haman School, Scott Lane School, Washington School, Westwood School, and William A. Wilson Intermediate School.[8]
  2. ^ The Santa Clara Union High School District had formed in 1921 to encompass the Braley, Jefferson, Doyle, Agnew, and Santa Clara City Elementary Schools.[9] As of the 1959–1960 school year, the district included two high schools, Emil R. Buchser High School and Santa Clara Union High School.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Santa Clara Unified". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "1965 SCUSD Unification Created Today's Trustee Areas". The Silicon Valley Voice. April 30, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
  3. ^ "Superintendent". Santa Clara Unified School District. Santa Clara Unified School District. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  4. ^ a b c "Schools". Santa Clara Unified School District. Santa Clara Unified School District. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Santa Clara Unified School District". Santa Clara Unified School District. Santa Clara Unified School District. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  6. ^ "About Us". Santa Clara Unified School District. Santa Clara Unified School District. Retrieved February 28, 2024.
  7. ^ "ACS-ED District Demographic Dashboard 2018–22". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  8. ^ "Santa Clara Elementary School District Directory for 1959–60" (PDF). Benefit Capital.
  9. ^ a b Buchser, Emil R. (October 11, 1959). "To whom it may concern" (PDF). Retrieved June 25, 2024.
  10. ^ "Santa Clara Union High School District Directory for 1959–60" (PDF). Benefit Capital.
  11. ^ "City History". City of Santa Clara. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
  12. ^ "Unified District For Santa Clara Schools Rejected". The Campbell Press. July 15, 1954. Retrieved June 24, 2024. Efforts to unify school districts of Santa Clara, Alviso and Jefferson schools were rejected Tuesday night by trustees of both Santa Clara Union High and Santa Clara Elementary School districts.
  13. ^ a b c Cheng, Cynthia (March 21, 2018). "Santa Clara Schools Over The Years". The Silicon Valley Voice. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
  14. ^ "Agnews Property - Future Park". City of San José. December 1, 2015. Archived from the original on November 11, 2017. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
  15. ^ Towne, Erika (October 20, 2021). "Final Beam Put Into Place At Kathleen MacDonald High School". The Silicon Valley Voice. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
  16. ^ "2019DistrictMap.pdf" (PDF). Finalsite. Santa Clara Unified School District. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
  17. ^ a b c "ELSI - Elementary and Secondary Information System". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
  18. ^ Dorfman, Thompson (April 12, 2009). "Casa del Maestro – Santa Clara Affordable Housing Program Gets A+ From Teachers". Thompson Dorfman, LLC. Retrieved May 12, 2021.

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