Calaveras Hills

Calaveras Hills is a 9-12 campus of one-room-style scale in Milpitas, California, run under Milpitas Unified, enrolling 105 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Calaveras Hills sits 87% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Milpitas Unified, which oversees 15 schools and 10,076 students, Calaveras Hills is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Calaveras Hills logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 56% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 22% Asian, 10% multiracial, 7% Black, 3% White. By comparison, Santa Clara County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Calaveras Hills reports 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Calaveras Hills tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 74% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Santa Clara County's rate of about 37%.

In the broader community, Santa Clara County reports that median household income runs about $164,281, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Santa Clara County runs 412 public schools (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students), of which Calaveras Hills is one.

William Burnett Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 106 students in 2018 compared to 105 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 12% to 3% across the same window.

On allk12, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.