Leland High

Leland High is a senior high of heavily attended scale in San Jose, California, part of San Jose Unified, works with 1,471 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Leland High sits 76% above that benchmark.

Across the 41 schools in San Jose Unified (24,322 students total), Leland High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Leland High reports that the largest single group is Asian at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 27% White, 12% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. By comparison, Santa Clara County as a whole is about 41% Asian, so the school skews visibly more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Leland High logs 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 25.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Leland High higher than the state norm the norm. About 11% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Santa Clara County's rate of about 37%.

After controlling for student poverty, Leland High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 72.8%, the actual is 77.8%, a residual of +5.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Santa Clara County indicate the typical household earns roughly $164,281 per year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 Leland High is one.

The closest other public school is Bret Harte Middle, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Leland High at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 72.9%.

Leland High operates from a metropolitan location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Leland High has contracted 24%, going from 1,923 students in 2018 to 1,471 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 40% to 27%.

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