| Address: | 1889 Lawrence Road |
| Zipcode: | 95051 |
| Coordinates: | 37.3574°N -121.9954°W |
| Type: | Public[1] |
| Motto: | [2] |
| Established: | [3] |
| Superintendent: | Gary Waddell[4] |
| Schools: | 31 |
| Us Nces District Id: | 0635430 |
| Students: | 13,919 (2022–2023) |
| Teachers: | 720.69 (FTE) (2022–2023) |
| Staff: | 1,582.07 (FTE) (2022–2023) |
| Ratio: | 19.31 (2022–2023) |
| Colors: | Dark Blue Orange Blue Yellow |
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.[5] 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.[6] The district is very diverse, with 71% of the community being nonwhite.[7]
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.[8] Due to rapid population increases and industrialization, the four districts began making efforts to unify in the 1950s.[9] 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.[10] 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.[11] Agnew Elementary School and Huerta Middle School opened in 2021, and MacDonald High School opened in 2022.[12]
| Grades[14] ! | City[15] | Students[16] | FTE Teachers | Pupil/ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abram Agnew Elementary School | data-sort-value="1" | 317 | 15 | 21.13 | ||
| Bowers Elementary School | data-sort-value="1" | 232 | 13 | 17.85 | ||
| Bracher Elementary School | data-sort-value="1" | 236 | 15.55 | 15.18 | ||
| Braly Elementary School | data-sort-value="1" | 352 | 19.4 | 18.14 | ||
| Briarwood Elementary School | data-sort-value="1" | 287 | 14.6 | 19.66 | ||
| Buchser Middle School | data-sort-value="6" | 715 | 39.67 | 18.02 | ||
| Juan Cabrillo Middle School | data-sort-value="6" | 817 | 43.43 | 18.81 | ||
| Central Park Elementary School | data-sort-value="1" | 430 | 19.1 | 22.51 | ||
| Don Callejon Arts and Design School | data-sort-value="2" | 581 | 37.2 | 15.62 | ||
| C. W. Haman Elementary School | data-sort-value="1" | 319 | 16.4 | 19.45 | ||
| Dolores Huerta Middle School | data-sort-value="6" | 377 | 17.05 | 22.11 | ||
| Kathryn Hughes Elementary School | data-sort-value="1" | 270 | 15 | 18 | ||
| Laurelwood Elementary School | data-sort-value="1" | 521 | 22.1 | 23.57 | ||
| data-sort-value="9" | 209 | 14.07 | 14.85 | |||
| George Mayne Elementary School | data-sort-value="1" | 300 | 14 | 21.43 | ||
| Millikin Elementary School | data-sort-value="1" | 518 | 22 | 23.55 | ||
| data-sort-value="10" | 159 | 6.93 | 22.94 | |||
| Montague Elementary School | data-sort-value="1" | 272 | 16 | 17 | ||
| data-sort-value="9" | 169 | 13.3 | 12.71 | |||
| Marian A. Peterson Middle School | data-sort-value="6" | 729 | 35.87 | 20.32 | ||
| Pomeroy Elementary School | data-sort-value="1" | 300 | 16.51 | 18.17 | ||
| Ponderosa Elementary School | data-sort-value="1" | 501 | 22.7 | 22.07 | ||
| data-sort-value="13" | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |||
| Santa Clara Community Day School | data-sort-value="7" | 6–12[17] | 10 | 2.03 | 4.93 | |
| data-sort-value="9" | 1849 | 92.81 | 19.92 | |||
| Scott Lane Elementary School | data-sort-value="1" | 396 | 19 | 20.84 | ||
| Sutter Elementary School | data-sort-value="1" | 305 | 15.1 | 20.2 | ||
| Washington Open Elementary School | 309 | 16 | 19.31 | |||
| Westwood Elementary School | data-sort-value="1" | 382 | 18.1 | 21.1 | ||
| data-sort-value="9" | 1859 | 92.45 | 20.11 | |||
| data-sort-value="9" | 163 | 16.32 | 9.99 | |||
See main article: Kathleen MacDonald High School. MacDonald High School opened in 2022 and is the newest school in the Santa Clara Unified School District.[18]
See 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.[19] It was established in 2017 as a college immersion program to replace the former Mission Middle College Program.
See main article: New Valley Continuation High School. New Valley High School is a small alternative continuation high school.[20]
See 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.[21]
See main article: Adrian C. Wilcox High School. Wilcox High School opened in 1961 and has been a California Distinguished School since 2005.[22] [23] It is named after Adrian Clyde Wilcox, a longtime Santa Clara Union High School board member.
See main article: Wilson High School (California). Wilson High School is an alternative school established in 1982[24]
In 2002 the district opened Casa del Maestro ("House of the Teacher" in Spanish), housing for employees. A second phase opened in 2009.[25]
Santa Clara Unified School District consists of the following bus fleet; the amounts are unknown