Leigh High

Leigh High, a high-enrollment high school in San Jose, California, operated by Campbell Union High, enrolls 1,884 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 125% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Campbell Union High comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 8,359 students; Leigh High is among them.

In terms of who attends, Leigh High lists that 40% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 31% Asian, 17% Hispanic, 11% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 30% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 77 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.4:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 18% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Santa Clara County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Leigh High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 68.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 70.8%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Santa Clara County) records that median household income runs about $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. Leigh High is one of 412 public schools in Santa Clara County (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students).

Nearest neighbor: Noddin Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Leigh High. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Leigh High ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 68.5%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 7%: 1,755 students in 2018 compared to 1,884 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 52% to 40% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 23.4:1 in 2018 to 24.4:1 today.

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