Santa Clara County Special Education

Santa Clara County Special Education is a combined-grade school of moderately sized scale in San Jose, California, run under Santa Clara County Office of Education, educateing 771 students in grades K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 602 students per school, that is 28% larger than typical.

Within Santa Clara County Office of Education, which oversees 4 schools and 1,205 students, Santa Clara County Special Education is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Santa Clara County Special Education shows that 44% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 35% Asian, 14% White, 4% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

In terms of school funding signals, Santa Clara County Special Education shows 108 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 7.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.6:1 average. An estimated 48% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Santa Clara County (around 37%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the broader community, Santa Clara County reports that median household earnings sit near $164,281, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 Santa Clara County Special Education is one.

Nearest neighbor: Santa Clara County Court, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Santa Clara County Special Education operates from a city-core location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 37%: 1,232 students in 2018 compared to 771 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.