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Enrollment
744
High
DISTRICT 1,008 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN JOSE UNIFIED·NCES 063459005716
Gunderson High
620 Gaundabert Ln., San Jose, CA 95136 · (408) 535-6340 · Santa Clara County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL744 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.4:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
406 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 65%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
49.1%
CA avg 47.1% . +1.1pp since 2014
Math
16.8%
CA avg 35.6% . -0.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
33.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
744
-364 (-33%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 20.0:1
% White
11%
was 14%
% Hispanic
68%
was 63%
% Black
5%
was 6%
% Asian
10%
was 13%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Gunderson High
Gunderson High is one of the middle-of-the-pack four-year high schools in San Jose, California, operated by San Jose Unified, with 744 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12.
Gunderson High is one of 41 schools operated by San Jose Unified, a district that serves 24,322 students overall.
Demographically, Gunderson High lists that 68% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder comes out to 11% White, 10% Asian, 6% multiracial, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the resource side, The school lists 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Santa Clara County (around 37%), the school's rate is north of typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Gunderson High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.0%, the actual is 33.0%, a residual of -14.0 points.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Santa Clara County put median household earnings sit near $164,281, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Santa Clara County runs 412 public schools (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students), of which Gunderson High is one.
Nearest neighbor: Liberty Alternative, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Gunderson High at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 33.4%.
Gunderson High operates from a downtown location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Gunderson High has declined 33%, going from 1,108 students in 2018 to 744 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 63% to 68% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 20.0:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.
On this page, the feed for Gunderson High typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Santa Clara County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,902,047
Census ACS
Median income
$164,281
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
412
230,059 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in San Jose Unified
- Abraham Lincoln HighHigh · 1,590 students
- Willow Glen HighHigh · 1,543 students
- Leland HighHigh · 1,471 students
- Pioneer HighHigh · 1,393 students
- Willow Glen MiddleMiddle · 1,180 students
- Herbert Hoover MiddleMiddle · 910 students
Other schools in San Jose
- Evergreen Valley HighHigh · 2,703 students
- Independence HighHigh · 2,289 students
- Silver Creek HighHigh · 2,139 students
- Santa Teresa HighHigh · 2,134 students
- Piedmont Hills HighHigh · 1,918 students
- Leigh HighHigh · 1,884 students
Nearby schools
- Liberty Alternative0.6 mi · 274
- Rachel Carson Elementary0.8 mi · 199
- Allen at Steinbeck0.8 mi · 406
- Parkview Elementary1.0 mi · 549
- Del Roble Elementary1.0 mi · 420
- Terrell Elementary1.1 mi · 255
Frequently asked questions
About Gunderson HighHow many students attend Gunderson High?
Gunderson High enrolls approximately 744 students in grades 09-12.
Is Gunderson High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Gunderson High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Gunderson High have?
Gunderson High employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Gunderson High?
Student demographics at Gunderson High are roughly 11% White, 68% Hispanic, 5% Black, 10% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Gunderson High in?
Gunderson High is part of San Jose Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.