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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Santa Clara Unified School District
The Santa Clara Unified School District (SCUSD) is a public school district in Santa Clara County, California, United States that serves roughly 14,000 students from the cities of Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, and San Jose. 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. The district is very diverse, with 71% of the community being nonwhite.

History

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

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

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. Agnew Elementary School and Huerta Middle School opened in 2021, and MacDonald High School opened in 2022.

Schools

Schools (2022–2023)
Name Grades City Students FTE Teachers Pupil/Teacher Ratio
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 K–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 10–12 Santa Clara 159 6.93 22.94
Montague Elementary School K–5 Santa Clara 272 16 17
New Valley High School 9–12 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 6–12 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

High schools

Kathleen MacDonald High School

Main article: Kathleen MacDonald High School

MacDonald High School opened in 2022 and is the newest school in the Santa Clara Unified School District.

Mission Early College High School

Main article: Mission Early College High School (California)

Mission Early College High School is a dual enrollment partnership with the West Valley–Mission Community College District. It was established in 2017 as a college immersion program to replace the former Mission Middle College Program.

New Valley High School

Main article: New Valley Continuation High School

New Valley High School is a small alternative continuation high school.

Santa Clara High School

Main article: Santa Clara High School (Santa Clara, California)

Santa Clara High School, originally established as Santa Clara Union High School in 1872, moved to the campus of then-Emil R. Buchser High School in 1981.

Adrian C. Wilcox High School

Main article: Adrian C. Wilcox High School

Wilcox High School opened in 1961 and has been a California Distinguished School since 2005. It is named after Adrian Clyde Wilcox, a longtime Santa Clara Union High School board member.

Wilson High School

Main article: Wilson High School (California)

Wilson High School is an alternative school established in 1982

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.

Transportation

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

Historical fleet