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What's the biggest difference between Milpitas High and what you expected?
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Enrollment
2,926
High
DISTRICT 1,029 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILPITAS UNIFIED·NCES 062450003666
Milpitas High
1285 Escuela Pkwy., Milpitas, CA 95035 · (408) 635-2800 · Santa Clara County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,926 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 88% of California public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public high schools
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
136 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
1,286 students
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 772 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 721 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 739 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 694 | 24% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
77.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.6pp since 2014
Math
57.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 47.0% | 30.6% | 13.1% | 9.4% |
| Math | 33.0% | 24.1% | 19.4% | 23.5% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.6% | 57.1% |
| 2023-24 | 73.0% | 55.3% |
| 2022-23 | 78.3% | 57.8% |
| 2021-22 | 77.7% | 61.1% |
| 2020-21 | 75.5% | 67.6% |
| 2018-19 | 79.0% | 62.8% |
| 2017-18 | 75.4% | 57.8% |
| 2016-17 | 80.4% | 56.1% |
| 2015-16 | 81.0% | 55.0% |
| 2014-15 | 75.0% | 52.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
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
65.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 →
Schools most like Milpitas High
Milpitas High's state test result (65.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milpitas High this school | 2,926 | 44.0% | 65.7% |
| Mark Keppel High Alhambra | 2,201 | 40.9% | 65.3% |
| Silver Creek High San Jose | 2,139 | 44.6% | 57.5% |
| Temple City High Temple City | 1,779 | 35.9% | 68.3% |
| Oxford Academy Cypress | 1,315 | 50.0% | 95.4% |
| Lowell High San Francisco | 2,571 | 42.5% | 77.3% |
Matched among California high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Milpitas High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.7% | #114 of 1,052 | #16 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.1% | #106 of 1,056 ▲ 7 | #16 of 43 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.6% | #128 of 1,056 ▲ 54 | #13 of 43 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.1pp | #247 of 1,044 | #24 of 42 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,926 | #34 of 2,093 | #1 of 76 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.4:1 | #752 of 1,352 | #33 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.4% | #690 of 1,351 | #31 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.0% | #1,239 of 1,575 | #37 of 67 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.9% | #467 of 802 | #25 of 39 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
2,926
-272 (-9%) vs 2020
+41% since 1990-91, when it was 2,071
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
was 24.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 2,926 | 136.4 | 21.4:1 | 44% (1,286) |
| 2023-24 | 3,029 | 133 | 22.8:1 | 46% (1,384) |
| 2022-23 | 3,026 | 132.6 | 22.8:1 | 28% (845) |
| 2020-21 | 3,198 | 133 | 24.1:1 | 30% (946) |
| 2017-18 | 3,249 | 132.7 | 24.5:1 | 33% (1,056) |
| 2015-16 | 3,134 | 122 | 25.7:1 | 32% (989) |
| 2010-11 | 3,002 | N/A | N/A | 27% (825) |
| 2000-01 | 2,805 | 116 | 24.2:1 | 25% (701) |
| 1990-91 | 2,071 | 85 | 24.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Milpitas High.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (3,249 to 2,926); teachers up 3% (132.7 to 136.4).
About Milpitas High
Milpitas High is a public high school in Milpitas, California. The school had 2,926 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for high schools in California is about 838, so this school runs 249% bigger than that.
Milpitas High is one of the 15 schools that make up Milpitas Unified (10,076 students in total).
Roughly 68% of students at Milpitas High are Asian. Other reported shares: 19% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 4% White. Santa Clara County's residents are about 41% Asian, 27 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 49% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.4:1 at Milpitas High, with 136.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 3.3 above the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 44%.
allk12 grades Milpitas High an A. The grade compares the school only with California public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Milpitas High would be expected to post about 53.8%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 65.7%.
Santa Clara County census figures show that the median household income is $164,281, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 412 public schools in Santa Clara County, enrolling about 230,059 students in all.
The shortest distance from Milpitas High to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to Milpitas Middle College High. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Milpitas High comes in 4th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Small, means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment is down 9% from 2020-21, when Milpitas High had 3,198 students, to 2024-25, when it had 2,926. Its ratio of students to teachers was 24.1:1 in 2020-21, and 21.4:1 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Milpitas Unified
- Thomas Russell MiddleMiddle · 761 students
- Mabel Mattos ElementaryElementary · 746 students
- Rancho Milpitas MiddleMiddle · 693 students
- John Sinnott ElementaryElementary · 686 students
- Curtner ElementaryElementary · 663 students
- Anthony Spangler ElementaryElementary · 610 students
Other schools in Milpitas
- Thomas Russell MiddleMiddle · 761 students
- Mabel Mattos ElementaryElementary · 746 students
- Rancho Milpitas MiddleMiddle · 693 students
- John Sinnott ElementaryElementary · 686 students
- Curtner ElementaryElementary · 663 students
- Anthony Spangler ElementaryElementary · 610 students
Nearby schools
- Milpitas Middle College High0.2 mi · 55
- Marshall Pomeroy Elementary0.2 mi · 597
- Thomas Russell Middle0.3 mi · 761
- Joseph Weller Elementary0.6 mi · 412
- Curtner Elementary1.0 mi · 663
- William Burnett Elementary1.2 mi · 456
Frequently asked questions
About Milpitas HighHow many students attend Milpitas High?
Milpitas High enrolls approximately 2,926 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Milpitas High serve?
Milpitas High serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Milpitas High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Milpitas High is approximately 21.4:1 (136 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Milpitas High?
At Milpitas High, the student body is approximately 4% White, 19% Hispanic, 1% Black, 68% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Milpitas High public or private?
Milpitas High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Milpitas Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.