New Valley Continuation High

New Valley Continuation High operates as an one-room-style 9-12 campus in Santa Clara, California, overseen by Santa Clara Unified. Current enrollment sits at 151 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 82% below the state mean of about 838.

Within Santa Clara Unified, which oversees 30 schools and 14,411 students, New Valley Continuation High is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, New Valley Continuation High records that 82% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 9% White, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, New Valley Continuation High has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting New Valley Continuation High tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Across the wider county, Santa Clara County reports that median household income runs about $164,281, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Santa Clara County's 412 public schools (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students), New Valley Continuation High is one campus in the mix.

Briarwood Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an urban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 21%: 125 students in 2018 compared to 151 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 65% to 82% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 today.

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