The Santa Clara Unified School District is a
school district
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in
Silicon Valley
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, serving three cities in
Santa Clara County, California
Santa Clara County, officially the County of Santa Clara, is the sixth-most populous county in the U.S. state of California, with a population of 1,936,259, as of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. Santa Clara County and neighboring Sa ...
:
Santa Clara,
Sunnyvale
Sunnyvale () is a city located in the Santa Clara Valley in northwest Santa Clara County in the U.S. state of California.
Sunnyvale lies along the historic El Camino Real and Highway 101 and is bordered by portions of San Jose to the north ...
, and
San Jose. Santa Clara USD operates sixteen
elementary school
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s (K-5), three
middle school
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s (6-8, unless otherwise noted), four
high schools
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(9-12), one
Adult education
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program, and one K-12 school, teaching 14,451 students. The district is very diverse, with Hispanics, Caucasians, and Asians having an almost equal representation.
Schools
Note: Based on 2002-2003 school year data
In recent years, SCUSD has also added Gateway School, an intervention program for grades 9 & 10, and for students who either are not prepared for the comprehensive high school or have had tremendous academic difficulty in getting to 9th grade.
SCUSD also has a dual enrollment program at Mission College called Mission Middle College Program. This is an alternative educational program that is based upon the dual enrollment model of 50% community college enrollment and 50% high school enrollment. Students self-select and apply to the program and then are enrolled in their junior year. This program is almost invisible in the district as there is uneven levels of administrative support despite the program's college acceptance and attendance results.
Teacher housing
In 2002 the district opened Casa del Maestro ("House of the Teacher" in Spanish), housing for employees. A second phase opened in 2009.
Transportation
Santa Clara Unified School District consists of the following bus fleet; the amounts are unknown
*Gen 3
Blue Bird All American
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RE (to be phased out soon)
*Gen 4
Blue Bird All American
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RE (A3)
*Gen 2
Thomas Saf-T-Liner
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HDX
*Gen 2
Thomas Saf-T-Liner
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WestCoast-ER
*Gen 2
Blue Bird TC/2000
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RE (to be phased out)
*Gen 5
Blue Bird All American
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RE (D3)
*Gen 6
Blue Bird All American
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RE (T3) Diesel
*Gen 6
Blue Bird All American
The Blue Bird All American is a series of buses produced by American school bus manufacturer Blue Bird Corporation (originally Blue Bird Body Company) since 1948. Originally developed as a yellow school bus (its most common configuration), versi ...
RE (T3) Electric (more on the way)
Historical fleet
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Crown Supercoach
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*Gen 2
Blue Bird All American
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RE
References
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School districts in Santa Clara County, California
Education in Santa Clara, California
Education in Sunnyvale, California