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Enrollment
2,134
High
DISTRICT 1,234 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST SIDE UNION HIGH·NCES 061182001308
Santa Teresa High
6150 Snell Rd., San Jose, CA 95123 · (408) 347-6200 · Santa Clara County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL2,134 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 59% of California public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
22.5:1
95 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.0:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
595 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 507 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 542 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 546 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 539 | 25% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
74.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.3pp since 2014
Math
49.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 1 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 40.4% | 34.0% | 13.3% | 12.3% |
| Math | 27.1% | 22.4% | 20.4% | 30.1% |
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 | 74.3% | 49.5% |
| 2023-24 | 67.8% | 43.3% |
| 2022-23 | 74.1% | 45.4% |
| 2021-22 | 74.0% | 51.7% |
| 2020-21 | 78.1% | 63.7% |
| 2018-19 | 72.2% | 50.9% |
| 2017-18 | 72.8% | 44.7% |
| 2016-17 | 77.1% | 50.6% |
| 2015-16 | 76.0% | 54.0% |
| 2014-15 | 73.0% | 49.0% |
% 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
58.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Santa Teresa High
Santa Teresa High's state test result (58.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Teresa High this school | 2,134 | 27.9% | 58.7% |
| Fremont High Sunnyvale | 2,060 | 23.7% | 54.4% |
| Santa Clara High Santa Clara | 1,663 | 23.6% | 58.1% |
| Adrian Wilcox High Santa Clara | 1,614 | 26.0% | 54.2% |
| Torrance High Torrance | 1,879 | 36.4% | 65.6% |
| West High Torrance | 1,775 | 24.7% | 66.2% |
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 Santa Teresa High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #192 of 1,052 | #20 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #176 of 1,056 ▲ 41 | #20 of 43 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.3% | #176 of 1,056 ▲ 107 | #18 of 43 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.9pp | #330 of 1,044 | #28 of 42 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,134 | #218 of 2,093 | #8 of 76 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.5:1 | #931 of 1,352 | #42 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.2% | #110 of 1,351 | #8 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.9% | #1,419 of 1,575 | #50 of 67 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.9% | #666 of 802 | #34 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
2,134
-43 (-2%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 2,116
Student : Teacher
22.5:1
was 23.7:1
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 | 2,134 | 94.9 | 22.5:1 | 28% (595) |
| 2023-24 | 2,181 | 97.8 | 22.3:1 | 22% (484) |
| 2022-23 | 2,196 | 97.4 | 22.6:1 | 14% (315) |
| 2020-21 | 2,177 | 92 | 23.7:1 | 21% (458) |
| 2017-18 | 2,220 | 92.8 | 23.9:1 | 23% (521) |
| 2015-16 | 2,227 | 92 | 24.2:1 | 21% (466) |
| 2010-11 | 2,223 | N/A | N/A | 15% (338) |
| 2000-01 | 2,228 | 102 | 21.8:1 | 7% (151) |
| 1990-91 | 2,116 | 86 | 24.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Santa Teresa High.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (2,220 to 2,134); teachers up 2% (92.8 to 94.9).
About Santa Teresa High
Santa Teresa High is a large high school in San Jose, California, administered by East Side Union High. The school had 2,134 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (high schools in California) has about 838 students.
A total of 16 schools make up East Side Union High, with 19,736 students enrolled.
Santa Teresa High's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 40%. The school is also 30% Asian, 19% White, 7% multiracial, and 3% Black. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 25%. Santa Teresa High has a diversity index of 70%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Santa Teresa High operates with 94.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 22.5:1. That ratio is over the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California. Santa Teresa High reports 28% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 37% average for public schools in Santa Clara County is 9 points higher.
allk12 grades Santa Teresa High a B. The grade compares the school only with California public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
In California, Santa Teresa High is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 58.7% actual against a predicted 63.2%.
In the county around the school, Santa Clara County, median household income is about $164,281, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Santa Teresa High is among the 412 public schools in Santa Clara County.
The school nearest to Santa Teresa High is Phoenix High, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 5 closest schools with test data, this one included, Santa Teresa High ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
Enrollment at Santa Teresa High was 2,177 in 2020-21 and 2,134 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 23.7:1 to 22.5:1.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
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Other Santa Teresa High schools
One other US public school is named Santa Teresa High. Santa Teresa High is the largest of the 2.
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Nearby schools
- Phoenix High0.1 mi · 70
- Calero High0.4 mi · 173
- Oak Ridge Elementary0.5 mi · 495
- Herman (Leonard) Intermediate0.6 mi · 723
- Sakamoto Elementary0.7 mi · 571
- Indigo0.9 mi · 267
Frequently asked questions
About Santa Teresa HighWhat is the total enrollment at Santa Teresa High?
Santa Teresa High enrolls approximately 2,134 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Santa Teresa High serve?
Santa Teresa High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Santa Teresa High?
Approximately 22.5:1 students per teacher at Santa Teresa High.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Santa Teresa High?
At Santa Teresa High, the student body is approximately 19% White, 40% Hispanic, 3% Black, 30% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Santa Teresa High public or private?
Santa Teresa High is a public K-12 school, overseen by East Side Union High.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.