Kathleen MacDonald High

Kathleen MacDonald High, a modestly sized 9-12 campus in San Jose, California, overseen by Santa Clara Unified, enrolls 683 students, covering grades 9 through 12.

Kathleen MacDonald High is one of 30 schools operated by Santa Clara Unified, a district that instructs 14,411 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Kathleen MacDonald High lists that 46% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 32% Asian, 12% White, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Santa Clara County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.9:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 32% of students at Kathleen MacDonald High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Kathleen MacDonald High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.9%.

In the broader community, census data for Santa Clara County shows median household earnings sit near $164,281, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Santa Clara County runs 412 public schools (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students), of which Kathleen MacDonald High is one.

The closest other public school is Dolores Huerta Middle, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Kathleen MacDonald High. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Kathleen MacDonald High ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 53.3%.

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

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Kathleen MacDonald High typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.