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The most racially diverse public high schools in Santa Clara County, California

Across Santa Clara County, California, 57 public high schools are ranked here, ranked by the diversity index, the chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups. Mountain View High leads the list at 73.2%, against a median of 53.2% 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 Diversity index

73.2%

Median Diversity index

53.2%

MOST DIVERSE · SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	Students	Diversity index	% White	% Black	% Hispanic	% Asian
1	Mountain View High	Mountain View, CA	2,187	73.2%	33.3%(729)	1.4%(31)	21.4%(469)	30.2%(661)
2	Branham High	San Jose, CA	1,820	73.0%	34.6%(629)	1.8%(32)	28.2%(513)	23.9%(435)
3	Los Altos High	Los Altos, CA	2,170	72.9%	29.0%(630)	0.6%(13)	28.0%(607)	30.4%(660)
4	Summit Public School: Tahoma	San Jose, CA	383	72.7%	22.7%(87)	3.1%(12)	39.2%(150)	20.6%(79)
5	Palo Alto High	Palo Alto, CA	1,891	72.1%	31.4%(594)	2.0%(37)	15.2%(287)	37.5%(709)
6	Westmont High	Campbell, CA	1,682	72.0%	28.9%(487)	1.8%(30)	36.9%(621)	22.3%(375)
7	Prospect High	Saratoga, CA	1,460	71.3%	18.8%(275)	3.9%(57)	39.2%(572)	30.0%(438)
8	Santa Teresa High	San Jose, CA	2,134	70.2%	18.6%(398)	2.9%(62)	40.4%(863)	30.5%(650)
9	Leigh High	San Jose, CA	1,884	70.1%	40.2%(758)	1.0%(19)	16.8%(317)	30.8%(581)
10	Santa Clara High	Santa Clara, CA	1,663	70.0%	18.6%(309)	2.6%(43)	38.4%(639)	33.5%(557)
11	Homestead High	Cupertino, CA	2,224	69.9%	23.6%(524)	0.8%(18)	20.6%(458)	43.8%(973)
12	Ann Sobrato High	Morgan Hill, CA	1,511	68.3%	25.0%(378)	1.3%(19)	45.6%(689)	19.7%(297)
13	Fremont High	Sunnyvale, CA	2,060	68.3%	15.8%(326)	1.3%(27)	43.6%(899)	31.1%(640)
14	Pioneer High	San Jose, CA	1,393	68.2%	35.1%(489)	2.2%(31)	41.0%(571)	14.1%(197)
15	Henry M. Gunn High	Palo Alto, CA	1,643	67.7%	27.4%(450)	1.2%(20)	13.1%(215)	46.6%(765)
16	Adrian Wilcox High	Santa Clara, CA	1,614	67.4%	15.0%(242)	1.6%(25)	39.5%(638)	37.8%(610)
17	University Preparatory Academy Charter	San Jose, CA	727	67.2%	5.5%(40)	18.6%(135)	17.7%(129)	50.3%(366)
18	Kathleen MacDonald High	San Jose, CA	683	66.7%	12.4%(85)	2.9%(20)	46.0%(314)	31.9%(218)
19	Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy	Gilroy, CA	304	66.3%	11.2%(34)	2.3%(7)	48.4%(147)	28.0%(85)
20	Leland High	San Jose, CA	1,471	64.7%	27.4%(403)	0.8%(11)	11.8%(174)	50.6%(744)
21	Los Gatos High	Los Gatos, CA	1,914	63.8%	53.5%(1,024)	0.3%(6)	12.1%(231)	17.3%(331)
22	Willow Glen High	San Jose, CA	1,543	60.5%	29.8%(460)	2.5%(38)	54.6%(842)	6.1%(94)
23	Independence High	San Jose, CA	2,289	57.3%	3.1%(70)	1.8%(40)	39.5%(903)	51.9%(1,187)
24	Piedmont Hills High	San Jose, CA	1,918	55.8%	4.8%(93)	1.1%(22)	28.4%(544)	59.6%(1,144)
25	Saratoga High	Saratoga, CA	1,161	55.0%	16.3%(189)	0.3%(3)	5.3%(62)	63.0%(732)
26	Yerba Buena High	San Jose, CA	1,612	54.3%	2.0%(32)	1.3%(21)	49.6%(800)	45.8%(738)
27	Christopher High	Gilroy, CA	1,630	53.5%	17.5%(285)	1.7%(27)	64.8%(1,057)	8.5%(138)
28	Oak Grove High	San Jose, CA	1,374	53.2%	4.5%(62)	3.7%(51)	63.5%(873)	24.2%(333)
29	Silver Creek High	San Jose, CA	2,139	53.2%	3.4%(73)	1.0%(22)	31.4%(671)	60.5%(1,294)
30	Gunderson High	San Jose, CA	744	51.2%	10.6%(79)	4.6%(34)	67.9%(505)	10.3%(77)
31	Milpitas High	Milpitas, CA	2,926	49.4%	3.6%(105)	1.4%(42)	19.0%(555)	68.0%(1,989)
32	Andrew P. Hill High	San Jose, CA	1,564	49.4%	2.4%(37)	2.0%(31)	64.6%(1,011)	29.4%(459)
33	Live Oak High	Morgan Hill, CA	1,101	47.7%	21.0%(231)	0.5%(6)	68.8%(757)	4.0%(44)
34	Del Mar High	San Jose, CA	1,350	46.5%	12.5%(169)	3.8%(51)	71.0%(959)	9.0%(121)
35	Cupertino High	Cupertino, CA	1,800	46.3%	9.3%(168)	0.4%(7)	10.9%(196)	71.4%(1,285)
36	KIPP San Jose Collegiate	San Jose, CA	512	45.1%	0.6%(3)	0.6%(3)	67.4%(345)	30.9%(158)
37	Liberty Alternative	San Jose, CA	274	42.7%	11.7%(32)	2.2%(6)	74.1%(203)	6.6%(18)
38	Abraham Lincoln High	San Jose, CA	1,590	41.0%	11.4%(181)	3.6%(58)	75.5%(1,200)	5.3%(85)
39	Mt. Pleasant High	San Jose, CA	998	40.9%	2.9%(29)	1.5%(15)	74.7%(745)	17.9%(179)
40	Evergreen Valley High	San Jose, CA	2,703	37.6%	2.7%(74)	0.8%(21)	15.8%(427)	77.3%(2,090)
41	Monta Vista High	Cupertino, CA	1,630	36.7%	7.2%(118)	0.1%(1)	4.6%(75)	78.7%(1,282)
42	Gilroy High	Gilroy, CA	1,618	35.3%	9.8%(159)	0.5%(8)	79.4%(1,284)	5.8%(93)
43	KIPP Navigate College Prep	San Jose, CA	297	35.2%	0.3%(1)	0.3%(1)	78.5%(233)	17.9%(53)
44	Lynbrook High	San Jose, CA	1,702	31.7%	5.5%(93)	0.3%(5)	3.6%(61)	82.0%(1,395)
45	James Lick High	San Jose, CA	862	28.5%	2.8%(24)	1.5%(13)	83.8%(722)	10.3%(89)
46	William C. Overfelt High	San Jose, CA	1,363	26.9%	0.5%(7)	1.2%(16)	84.6%(1,153)	12.3%(167)
47	San Jose High	San Jose, CA	874	26.3%	3.2%(28)	0.9%(8)	85.3%(746)	8.1%(71)
48	Opportunity Youth Academy	San Jose, CA	283	25.2%	6.7%(19)	3.9%(11)	85.5%(242)	1.8%(5)
49	Foothill High	San Jose, CA	268	16.2%	1.5%(4)	1.5%(4)	91.0%(244)	4.1%(11)
50	Downtown College Prep - Alum Rock	San Jose, CA	202	13.9%	0.0%(0)	0.5%(1)	92.6%(187)	6.4%(13)

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