Mission San Jose High School (MSJHS or MSJ) is a four-year co-educational

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founded in 1964. It is located in the Mission San Jose district of Fremont,

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, United States. It is one of five comprehensive high schools in the Fremont Unified School District. Mission San Jose High School is the third largest high school in Fremont.

Academics

In 2022, ''U.S. News & World Report'' ranked Mission San Jose High as the 94th best high school in the United States. The school was ranked 8th in California, with an Advanced Placement participation rate of 89%. MSJH 1

The school was named a National Blue Ribbon School in 1987, 1996, and 2008.

Students

Demographics

As of the 2021-2022 school year, 91.1% of the students were Asian American, 4.3% were European American, 2.5% were Hispanic and 0.3% were African American. According to California School Dashboard, in 2017 MSJHS had 3.8% socioeconomically disadvantaged students and 3.1% English Learners out of its total population of 2003.

Extracurricular activities

Academic competitions

Quiz bowl-style tournaments

In 2008, Mission San Jose's National Ocean Science Bowl Team placed first at the regional competition, advancing to the National Competition and placing second behind

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. In 2015, Mission San Jose's Ocean Science Bowl team finished fourth in nationals; they attended nationals again in 2017.

Speech and Debate

In 2004–2005, Mission San Jose's Lincoln-Douglas Debate team (also known as OHSODEF) was ranked first in the country. The team won the National Tournament of Champions in 2003 and closed out (having two debaters meet in the final round of) the 2004 Fall Classic tournament at the Greenhill School.

Local (Bay Area) competitions

At the Bay Area Science and Innovation Consortium WonderCup Challenge, MSJ has won in four years; three of those wins were in a row (2004–2006).

Go tournaments

Mission San Jose's Go team took first place at the California High School Go Championships three years in a row (2005–2007). In 2008, the MSJ Go club won first place in the Open Division to become the national champions. In 2010, Mission won first place in Division A at the newly formed Bay Area High School Go Tournament.

Chess tournaments

In 2005, the team tied for first place at the CalNorthYouthChess regionals. In 2000, the team took first at the State Scholastic Championship.

Athletics

Mission San Jose High School belongs to the Mission Valley Athletic League (MVAL), which comprises the five high schools in Fremont as well as

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(2004, 2009, and 2021 NCS champions) and

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(League champions for over 26 consecutive years). In 2009, the boys' team won the NorCal Championships. The following fall, the girls' team had an 84-0 league individual record, first place in the MVAL team tournament, first and third place in the MVAL singles tournament, and a doubles sweep in the MVAL doubles tournament. In the 2011 season, the girls' golf team placed second at NCS Championships and first at NorCal Championships. In the 2012 season, the team placed first at NCS Championships and third at Norcal Championships. In the 1978 football season, the football team was the first in MVAL history to win the North Coast Section 4A Varsity Football Championship, going undefeated 12–0.

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Champion Gary Plummer. The team was disbanded following the 2015 season. Mission's Winter Guard team won Champion status in the 2006 Novice Division competition against fifteen other guard units at Del Oro. The team also placed first at the 2011 NCBA Winterguard Championship at Del Oro in 2011, for the Intermediate Division. Most recently, the winter guard team placed third at the 2022 NCBA Winterguard Championship at Stockton in April of 2022 for the Scholastic Regional A Division. The

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Notable alumni

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(Class of 1987), soccer player and

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* Gary Plummer (Class of 1978), former NFL linebacker *

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References

External links

Mission San Jose High School website
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