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FACTS ABOUT SANTA CLARA COUNTY
PUBLIC SCHOOLS

County Statistics

Population (CA Dept. of Finance Estimate 01/2007)

1,820,176

Land

1,315 square miles

State Statistics

Population (CA Dept. of Finance Estimate 01/2007)

37,771,000

Counties

58

School Districts

1,052

Schools

9,674

Public school students

6,286,943


District

Total Enroll.

# of schools

County Office Of Education

2,982

 

Alum Rock Union Elementary

13,562

28

Berryessa Union Elementary

8,265

14

Cambrian Elementary

3,053

6

Campbell Union Elementary

7,333

13

Campbell Union High

7,779

8

Cupertino Union

16,971

25

East Side Union High

26,008

25

Evergreen Elementary

13,333

18

Franklin-Mckinley Elementary

9,781

17

Fremont Union High

10,228

7

Gilroy Unified

10,116

17

Lakeside Joint School District

89

1

Loma Prieta Joint Union Elemen

450

2

Los Altos Elementary

4,161

9

Los Gatos Union Elementary

2,587

5

Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union

3,155

3

Luther Burbank

524

1

Milpitas Unified

9,682

15

Montebello Elementary

35

1

Moreland Elementary

3,873

6

Morgan Hill Unified

9,402

16

Mountain View Whisman

4,298

8

Mountain View-Los Altos Union

3,617

4

Mt. Pleasant Elementary

2,970

5

Oak Grove Elementary

11,899

20

Orchard Elementary

803

1

Palo Alto Unified

10,931

20

San Jose Unified

30,912

53

Santa Clara Unified

14,151

25

Saratoga Union Elementary

2,348

4

Sunnyvale

6,003

11

Union Elementary

4,421

8

SANTA CLARA TOTAL

255,722

396

Enrollment by Ethnic Group

 

#

%

African American

8,329

3.3%

American Indian/Alaska Native

1,193

0.5%

Asian

63,394

24.8%

Filipino

12,705

5.0%

Hispanic/Latino

92,258

36.1%

Pacific Islander

1,854

0.7%

White (not Hispanic)

66,878

26.2%

Multiple or No Response

9,111

3.6%

Total

255,722

100%

Santa Clara County Teachers

Number of teachers

12,601

Average SCC teacher's salary

$68,745

Average CA teacher's salary

$63,640

Student-to-Teacher Ratio/Class Size

SCC student-to-teacher ratio

20:01

California ratio

21:01

SCC average class size

27

California average class size

27

Santa Clara County K-12 Public School Enrollment 1997- 2007

1997 - 1998

252,207

1998 - 1999

253,367

1999 - 2000

254,782

2000 - 2001

254,004

2001 - 2002

248,777

2002 - 2003

250,435

2003 - 2004

251,198

2004 - 2005

253,065

2005 - 2006

254,622

2006 - 2007

256,722

School Districts

Elementary

21

Unified

6

High School

5

Community College

4

Total

36

Public School Sites *

Elementary

241

Middle

58

High School

50

K - 12

1

Total

350

* Excludes: Continuation (n=19), Community Day (n=11), Alternative (n=8), Special Ed (n=1), Juvenile Hall (n=1), and County Community (n=1) Schools; Includes Charters (n=19).

 

Date last updated: January 28, 2008

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