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The public high schools with the highest share of Black students in Santa Clara County, California

68 public high schools in Santa Clara County, California appear in this ranking of the public high schools with the highest share of Black students, ranked by the share of students who are Black or African American, from federal NCES enrollment data. University Preparatory Academy Charter leads the list at 18.6%, against a median of 1.5% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Santa Clara County, California

Top % Black

18.6%

Median % Black

1.5%

MOST BLACK · SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Students	Black students	% Black
1	University Preparatory Academy Charter	San Jose, CA	University Preparatory Academy Charter District	727	135	18.6%
2	Mission Early College High	Santa Clara, CA	Santa Clara Unified	183	22	12.0%
3	Calaveras Hills	Milpitas, CA	Milpitas Unified	105	7	6.7%
4	Santa Clara County Community	San Jose, CA	Santa Clara County Office of Education	107	6	5.6%
5	Gunderson High	San Jose, CA	San Jose Unified	744	34	4.6%
6	Prospect High	Saratoga, CA	Campbell Union High	1,460	57	3.9%
7	Opportunity Youth Academy	San Jose, CA	Santa Clara County Office of Education	283	11	3.9%
8	Del Mar High	San Jose, CA	Campbell Union High	1,350	51	3.8%
9	Oak Grove High	San Jose, CA	East Side Union High	1,374	51	3.7%
10	Boynton High	San Jose, CA	Campbell Union High	163	6	3.7%
11	Abraham Lincoln High	San Jose, CA	San Jose Unified	1,590	58	3.6%
12	Apollo High	San Jose, CA	East Side Union High	141	5	3.5%
13	Broadway High	San Jose, CA	San Jose Unified	176	6	3.4%
14	Summit Public School: Tahoma	San Jose, CA	Summit Public School: Tahoma District	383	12	3.1%
15	Kathleen MacDonald High	San Jose, CA	Santa Clara Unified	683	20	2.9%
16	Santa Teresa High	San Jose, CA	East Side Union High	2,134	62	2.9%
17	Santa Clara High	Santa Clara, CA	Santa Clara Unified	1,663	43	2.6%
18	San Jose Conservation Corps Charter	San Jose, CA	San Jose Conservation Corps Charter District	158	4	2.5%
19	Willow Glen High	San Jose, CA	San Jose Unified	1,543	38	2.5%
20	Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy	Gilroy, CA	Gilroy Unified	304	7	2.3%
21	Pioneer High	San Jose, CA	San Jose Unified	1,393	31	2.2%
22	Liberty Alternative	San Jose, CA	San Jose Unified	274	6	2.2%
23	Mt. Madonna High	Gilroy, CA	Gilroy Unified	150	3	2.0%
24	Andrew P. Hill High	San Jose, CA	East Side Union High	1,564	31	2.0%
25	Palo Alto High	Palo Alto, CA	Palo Alto Unified	1,891	37	2.0%
26	Westmont High	Campbell, CA	Campbell Union High	1,682	30	1.8%
27	Branham High	San Jose, CA	Campbell Union High	1,820	32	1.8%
28	Independence High	San Jose, CA	East Side Union High	2,289	40	1.8%
29	Christopher High	Gilroy, CA	Gilroy Unified	1,630	27	1.7%
30	Pegasus High	San Jose, CA	East Side Union High	128	2	1.6%
31	Adrian Wilcox High	Santa Clara, CA	Santa Clara Unified	1,614	25	1.6%
32	B. Roberto Cruz Leadership Academy	San Jose, CA	B. Roberto Cruz Leadership Academy District	261	4	1.5%
33	James Lick High	San Jose, CA	East Side Union High	862	13	1.5%
34	Mt. Pleasant High	San Jose, CA	East Side Union High	998	15	1.5%
35	Foothill High	San Jose, CA	East Side Union High	268	4	1.5%
36	Milpitas High	Milpitas, CA	Milpitas Unified	2,926	42	1.4%
37	Mountain View High	Mountain View, CA	Mountain View-Los Altos Union High	2,187	31	1.4%
38	New Valley Continuation High	Santa Clara, CA	Santa Clara Unified	151	2	1.3%
39	Fremont High	Sunnyvale, CA	Fremont Union High	2,060	27	1.3%
40	Yerba Buena High	San Jose, CA	East Side Union High	1,612	21	1.3%
41	Ann Sobrato High	Morgan Hill, CA	Morgan Hill Unified	1,511	19	1.3%
42	Henry M. Gunn High	Palo Alto, CA	Palo Alto Unified	1,643	20	1.2%
43	William C. Overfelt High	San Jose, CA	East Side Union High	1,363	16	1.2%
44	Calero High	San Jose, CA	East Side Union High	173	2	1.2%
45	Downtown College Preparatory	San Jose, CA	Downtown College Preparatory District	520	6	1.1%
46	Piedmont Hills High	San Jose, CA	East Side Union High	1,918	22	1.1%
47	Silver Creek High	San Jose, CA	East Side Union High	2,139	22	1.0%
48	Leigh High	San Jose, CA	Campbell Union High	1,884	19	1.0%
49	San Jose High	San Jose, CA	San Jose Unified	874	8	0.9%
50	Homestead High	Cupertino, CA	Fremont Union High	2,224	18	0.8%

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