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The largest public high schools in Santa Clara County, California

This ranking covers the largest public high schools in Santa Clara County, California, drawn from 76 qualifying public high schools. Milpitas High leads the list at 2,926, against a median of 868 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 Students

2,926

Median Students

868

LARGEST · SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students
1	Milpitas High	Milpitas, CA	Milpitas Unified	High	2,926
2	Evergreen Valley High	San Jose, CA	East Side Union High	High	2,703
3	Independence High	San Jose, CA	East Side Union High	High	2,289
4	Homestead High	Cupertino, CA	Fremont Union High	High	2,224
5	Mountain View High	Mountain View, CA	Mountain View-Los Altos Union High	High	2,187
6	Los Altos High	Los Altos, CA	Mountain View-Los Altos Union High	High	2,170
7	Silver Creek High	San Jose, CA	East Side Union High	High	2,139
8	Santa Teresa High	San Jose, CA	East Side Union High	High	2,134
9	Fremont High	Sunnyvale, CA	Fremont Union High	High	2,060
10	Piedmont Hills High	San Jose, CA	East Side Union High	High	1,918
11	Los Gatos High	Los Gatos, CA	Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High	High	1,914
12	Palo Alto High	Palo Alto, CA	Palo Alto Unified	High	1,891
13	Leigh High	San Jose, CA	Campbell Union High	High	1,884
14	Branham High	San Jose, CA	Campbell Union High	High	1,820
15	Cupertino High	Cupertino, CA	Fremont Union High	High	1,800
16	Lynbrook High	San Jose, CA	Fremont Union High	High	1,702
17	Westmont High	Campbell, CA	Campbell Union High	High	1,682
18	Santa Clara High	Santa Clara, CA	Santa Clara Unified	High	1,663
19	Henry M. Gunn High	Palo Alto, CA	Palo Alto Unified	High	1,643
20	Monta Vista High	Cupertino, CA	Fremont Union High	High	1,630
21	Christopher High	Gilroy, CA	Gilroy Unified	High	1,630
22	Gilroy High	Gilroy, CA	Gilroy Unified	High	1,618
23	Adrian Wilcox High	Santa Clara, CA	Santa Clara Unified	High	1,614
24	Yerba Buena High	San Jose, CA	East Side Union High	High	1,612
25	Abraham Lincoln High	San Jose, CA	San Jose Unified	High	1,590
26	Andrew P. Hill High	San Jose, CA	East Side Union High	High	1,564
27	Willow Glen High	San Jose, CA	San Jose Unified	High	1,543
28	Ann Sobrato High	Morgan Hill, CA	Morgan Hill Unified	High	1,511
29	Leland High	San Jose, CA	San Jose Unified	High	1,471
30	Prospect High	Saratoga, CA	Campbell Union High	High	1,460
31	Pioneer High	San Jose, CA	San Jose Unified	High	1,393
32	Oak Grove High	San Jose, CA	East Side Union High	High	1,374
33	William C. Overfelt High	San Jose, CA	East Side Union High	High	1,363
34	Del Mar High	San Jose, CA	Campbell Union High	High	1,350
35	Saratoga High	Saratoga, CA	Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High	High	1,161
36	Live Oak High	Morgan Hill, CA	Morgan Hill Unified	High	1,101
37	Mt. Pleasant High	San Jose, CA	East Side Union High	High	998
38	San Jose High	San Jose, CA	San Jose Unified	High	874
39	James Lick High	San Jose, CA	East Side Union High	High	862
40	Gunderson High	San Jose, CA	San Jose Unified	High	744
41	University Preparatory Academy Charter	San Jose, CA	University Preparatory Academy Charter District	High	727
42	Kathleen MacDonald High	San Jose, CA	Santa Clara Unified	High	683
43	Escuela Popular/Center for Training and Careers Family Lrng	San Jose, CA	Escuela Popular/CTR for TRN and CARs FAM Lrng DIST	High	658
44	Downtown College Preparatory	San Jose, CA	Downtown College Preparatory District	High	520
45	KIPP San Jose Collegiate	San Jose, CA	KIPP San Jose Collegiate District	High	512
46	Latino College Preparatory Academy	San Jose, CA	Latino College Preparatory Academy District	High	421
47	Alpha Cindy Avitia High	San Jose, CA	Alpha Cindy Avitia High District	High	405
48	Summit Public School: Tahoma	San Jose, CA	Summit Public School: Tahoma District	High	383
49	ACE Charter High	San Jose, CA	ACE Charter High District	High	313
50	Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy	Gilroy, CA	Gilroy Unified	High	304

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