Evergreen Valley High

Set in San Jose, California, Evergreen Valley High is a roomy four-year high school, operated by East Side Union High. It teaches 2,703 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 223% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Evergreen Valley High is one of 16 schools operated by East Side Union High, a district that teaches 19,736 students overall.

On demographics, Evergreen Valley High records that the largest single group is Asian, at 77% of enrollment. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% White. By comparison, Santa Clara County as a whole is about 41% Asian, so the school skews noticeably more Asian than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Evergreen Valley High has 108 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 25.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. Roughly 22% of students at Evergreen Valley High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Santa Clara County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Evergreen Valley High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.2%, the actual is 75.5%, a residual of +9.3 points.

In the broader community, Santa Clara County reports that the typical household earns roughly $164,281 per year, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Evergreen Valley High is one of 412 public schools in Santa Clara County (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students).

Nearest neighbor: Quimby Oak Middle, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Evergreen Valley High. On composite proficiency, Evergreen Valley High comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 65.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Five-year trend. Evergreen Valley High's enrollment has ticked down 8% since 2018, when it stood at 2,932 (now 2,703).

Inside the community feed, members of the Evergreen Valley High community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.