San Jose Standard

Milpitas High School had the highest enrollment among Santa Clara County schools, welcoming 3,026 students during the 2022-23 school year, according to the California Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 51.8% of them were boys, 48% were girls, and 0.2% identified themselves as non-binary or did not specify their gender.

Data also showed that the majority of students were Asian, making up 50.8% of Milpitas High School's total enrollment.

Among the 358 schools in Santa Clara County, Evergreen Valley High School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 2,767 students, while Independence High School welcomed 2,517 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.

Milpitas High School is part of Milpitas Unified School District, which roughly covers schools within Santa Clara County and has a main office in Milpitas.

In the previous school year, Milpitas High School also had the highest number of students among Santa Clara County schools.

In the last decade, enrollment in California elementary and secondary schools rose by at least 5%, while high school enrollment dropped 5%.

However, overall enrollment in California public schools is sliding, and predicted by the Public Policy Institute of California to drop another 8% by the 2031-32 school year.

School name	City	Total School Enrollment
Milpitas High School	Milpitas	3,026
Evergreen Valley High School	San Jose	2,767
Independence High School	San Jose	2,517
Silver Creek High School	San Jose	2,315
Homestead High School	Cupertino	2,311
Mountain View High School	Mountain View	2,220
Santa Teresa High School	San Jose	2,196
Fremont High School	Sunnyvale	2,171
Los Altos High School	Los Altos	2,141
Los Gatos High School	Los Gatos	2,067
Cupertino High School	Cupertino	1,997
Palo Alto High School	Palo Alto	1,992
Branham High School	San Jose	1,990
Piedmont Hills High School	San Jose	1,925
Adrian Wilcox High School	Santa Clara	1,859
Santa Clara High School	Santa Clara	1,849
Leigh High School	San Jose	1,812
Henry M. Gunn High School	Palo Alto	1,787
Monta Vista High School	Cupertino	1,751
Lynbrook High School	San Jose	1,741
Westmont High School	Campbell	1,741
Gilroy High School	Gilroy	1,739
Yerba Buena High School	San Jose	1,724
Andrew P. Hill High School	San Jose	1,715
Abraham Lincoln High School	Testville	1,693
Christopher High School	Gilroy	1,664
Willow Glen High School	San Jose	1,656
Leland High School	San Jose	1,593
Oak Grove High School	San Jose	1,522
Ann Sobrato High School	Morgan Hill	1,521
Pioneer High School	San Jose	1,514
Prospect High School	Saratoga	1,459
William C. Overfelt High School	San Jose	1,349
Del Mar High School	San Jose	1,293
Mt. Pleasant High School	San Jose	1,209
Saratoga High School	Saratoga	1,194
Willow Glen Middle School	San Jose	1,155
Live Oak High School	Morgan Hill	1,137
Cupertino Middle School	Sunnyvale	1,099
Joaquin Miller Middle School	San Jose	1,078
Raymond J. Fisher Middle School	Los Gatos	1,012
Union Middle School	San Jose	1,012
Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle School	Palo Alto	996
Herbert Hoover Middle School	San Jose	971
Sunnyvale Middle School	Sunnyvale	962
Easterbrook Discovery	San Jose	954
San Jose High School	San Jose	934
John F. Kennedy Middle School	Cupertino	930
Gunderson High School	San Jose	921
Bret Harte Middle School	San Jose	914
Santa Clara County Special Education	San Jose	912
James Lick High School	San Jose	887
Castillero Middle School	San Jose	881
Isaac Newton Graham Middle School	Mountain View	881
Price Charter Middle School	San Jose	870
Rolling Hills Middle School	Los Gatos	861
Chaboya Middle School	San Jose	853
Merritt Trace Elementary School	San Jose	831
Quimby Oak Middle School	San Jose	827
Dartmouth Middle School	San Jose	824
Louis E. Stocklmeir Elementary School	Sunnyvale	822
Juan Cabrillo Middle School	Santa Clara	817
Sam H. Lawson Middle School	Cupertino	816
Thomas Russell Middle School	Milpitas	795
John Muir Middle School	San Jose	787
Moreland Middle School	San Jose	783
Campbell School of Innovation	Campbell	781
Solorsano Middle School	Gilroy	780
Warren E. Hyde Middle School	Cupertino	778
Las Animas Elementary School	Gilroy	769
Orchard Elementary School	San Jose	763
Tom Matsumoto Elementary School	San Jose	757
Frank S. Greene Jr. Middle School	Palo Alto	755
Brownell Middle School	Gilroy	747
South Valley Middle School	Gilroy	735
Herman (Leonard) Intermediate School	San Jose	729
Marian A. Peterson Middle School	Sunnyvale	729
Monroe Middle School	San Jose	729
Luigi Aprea Elementary School	Gilroy	716
Buchser Middle School	Santa Clara	715
John Sinnott Elementary School	Milpitas	714
Rod Kelley Elementary School	Gilroy	707
Booksin Elementary School	San Jose	699
Willow Glen Elementary School	San Jose	699
Ellis Elementary School	Sunnyvale	695
Redwood Middle School	Saratoga	685
San Martin Gwinn Environmental Science Academy	San Martin	679
Sierramont Middle School	San Jose	677
Carlton Elementary School	San Jose	672
Curtner Elementary School	Milpitas	669
Abraham Lincoln Elementary School	Cupertino	665
Rancho Milpitas Middle School	Milpitas	660
Oster Elementary School	San Jose	638
Bernal Intermediate School	San Jose	636
Shirakawa (George Sr.) Elementary School	San Jose	633
Hacienda Science/Environmental Magnet	San Jose	632
William Faria Elementary School	Cupertino	632
Jackson Academy of Music and Math (JAMM)	Morgan Hill	631
Muwekma Ohlone Middle School	San Jose	630
Piedmont Middle School	San Jose	625
James Franklin Smith Elementary School	San Jose	622
Morrill Middle School	San Jose	622
Nordstrom Elementary School	Morgan Hill	622
Nelson S. Dilworth Elementary School	San Jose	616
Parkview Elementary School	San Jose	609
Cumberland Elementary School	Sunnyvale	608
Marshall Pomeroy Elementary School	Milpitas	608
Cherry Chase Elementary School	Sunnyvale	604
Lewis H. Britton Middle School	Morgan Hill	604
Los Alamitos Elementary School	San Jose	602
Anthony Spangler Elementary School	Milpitas	596
Columbia Middle School	Sunnyvale	587
Don Callejon	Santa Clara	581
Pearl Zanker Elementary School	Milpitas	574
Evergreen Elementary School	San Jose	573
Alta Vista Elementary School	Los Gatos	564
Forest Hill Elementary School	San Jose	563
Carolyn A. Clark Elementary School	San Jose	562
Guadalupe Elementary School	San Jose	562
El Roble Elementary School	Gilroy	561
Murdock-Portal Elementary School	San Jose	559
George V. LeyVa Intermediate School	San Jose	558
Norwood Creek Elementary School	San Jose	558
Vinci Park Elementary School	San Jose	556
Sherman Oaks Elementary School	San Jose	552
Lietz Elementary School	San Jose	551
Martin Murphy Middle School	San Jose	550
Silver Oak Elementary School	San Jose	550
Williams Elementary School	San Jose	550
Cedar Grove Elementary School	San Jose	541
Rucker Elementary School	Gilroy	538
Crittenden Middle School	Mountain View	537
Stonegate Elementary School	San Jose	537
John J. Montgomery Elementary School	San Jose	534
Mabel Mattos Elementary School	Milpitas	534
Taylor (Bertha) Elementary School	San Jose	529
Noddin Elementary School	San Jose	528
Santa Teresa Elementary School	San Jose	527
Sakamoto Elementary School	San Jose	525
Davis (Caroline) Intermediate School	San Jose	522
Franklin Elementary School	San Jose	521
Laurelwood Elementary School	Santa Clara	521
Millikin Elementary School	Santa Clara	518
Garden Gate Elementary School	Cupertino	517
Ellen Fletcher Middle School	Palo Alto	515
Alexander Rose Elementary School	Milpitas	512
Windmill Springs Elementary School	San Jose	509
Oak Ridge Elementary School	San Jose	508
Graystone Elementary School	San Jose	505
Eliot Elementary School	Gilroy	504
Ponderosa Elementary School	Sunnyvale	501
Millbrook Elementary School	San Jose	500
Ardis G. Egan Junior High School	Los Altos	497
Cherrywood Elementary School	San Jose	497
Daves Avenue Elementary School	Los Gatos	494
Latimer	San Jose	492
William Sheppard Middle School	San Jose	492
Adelante Dual Language Academy	San Jose	491
Blossom Hill Elementary School	Los Gatos	490
Steindorf STEAM K-8 Magnet	San Jose	490
Simonds Elementary School	San Jose	488
Glen View Elementary School	Gilroy	487
El Toro Health Science Academy	Morgan Hill	485
Bagby Elementary School	San Jose	483
John Muir Elementary School	San Jose	483
Anderson (Alex) Elementary School	San Jose	478
Lynhaven Elementary School	San Jose	478
Hayes Elementary School	San Jose	477
Schallenberger Elementary School	San Jose	477
William Burnett Elementary School	Milpitas	475
L. P. Collins Elementary School	Cupertino	473
Louise Van Meter Elementary School	Los Gatos	471
C. B. Eaton Elementary School	Cupertino	470
Del Roble Elementary School	San Jose	470
Ledesma (Rita) Elementary School	San Jose	463
Ohlone Elementary School	Palo Alto	463
Fammatre Elementary School	San Jose	456
Stevenson Elementary School	Mountain View	456
George C. Payne Elementary School	San Jose	455
Gussie M. Baker Elementary School	San Jose	453
Bishop Elementary School	Sunnyvale	452
Castlemont Elementary School	Campbell	452
Country Lane Elementary School	San Jose	452
Walter L. Bachrodt Elementary School	San Jose	451
Linda Vista Elementary School	San Jose	450
O. S. Hubbard Elementary School	San Jose	449
Baldwin (Julia) Elementary School	San Jose	447
Escondido Elementary School	Stanford	447
Majestic Way Elementary School	San Jose	445
Covington Elementary School	Los Altos	441
Holly Oak Elementary School	San Jose	441
River Glen	San Jose	439
Marshall Lane Elementary School	Saratoga	437
Jeanne R. Meadows Elementary School	San Jose	432
Northwood Elementary School	San Jose	432
Capri Elementary School	Campbell	430
Central Park Elementary School	Santa Clara	430
Ida Jew Academies	San Jose	427
Los Paseos Elementary School	San Jose	426
P. A. Walsh STEAM Academy	Morgan Hill	423
Aptitud Community Academy at Goss	San Jose	422
August Boeger Middle School	San Jose	422
Luther Burbank Elementary School	San Jose	422
Chester W. Nimitz Elementary School	Sunnyvale	419
Ruskin Elementary School	San Jose	419
Georgina P. Blach Junior High School	Los Altos	416
Christopher Elementary School	San Jose	415
Captain Jason M. Dahl Elementary School	San Jose	414
Millard McCollam Elementary School	San Jose	411
Vargas Elementary School	Sunnyvale	411
Lakewood Elementary School	Sunnyvale	407
Blue Hills Elementary School	Saratoga	406
Fairmeadow Elementary School	Palo Alto	403
Christa McAuliffe Elementary School	Saratoga	402
Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School	Santa Clara	401
Katherine R. Smith Elementary School	San Jose	398
Brooktree Elementary School	San Jose	397
Scott Lane Elementary School	Santa Clara	396
Allen at Steinbeck	San Jose	394
Joseph Weller Elementary School	Milpitas	393
Joseph George Middle School	San Jose	390
Gardner Elementary School	San Jose	389
Stevens Creek Elementary School	Cupertino	389
Barrett Elementary School	Morgan Hill	387
Herbert Hoover Elementary School	Palo Alto	386
San Miguel Elementary School	Sunnyvale	385
Santa Rita Elementary School	Los Altos	385
Montclaire Elementary School	Los Altos	382
Palo Verde Elementary School	Palo Alto	382
Westwood Elementary School	Santa Clara	382
Noble Elementary School	San Jose	381
Ocala Middle School	San Jose	381
Amy Imai Elementary School	Mountain View	380
Manuel De Vargas Elementary School	San Jose	380
Dolores Huerta Middle School	San Jose	377
Grant Elementary School	San Jose	375
Blackford Elementary School	San Jose	374
Edith Landels Elementary School	Mountain View	374
G. W. Hellyer Elementary School	San Jose	374
Sylvandale Middle School	San Jose	371
West Valley Elementary School	Sunnyvale	371
D. J. Sedgwick Elementary School	Cupertino	367
Edenvale Elementary School	San Jose	367
Renaissance Academy	San Jose	366
Paradise Valley Engineering Academy	Morgan Hill	365
Russo/McEntee Academy	San Jose	365
Rosemary	Campbell	364
Theuerkauf Elementary School	Mountain View	363
Santee Elementary School	San Jose	359
Lucille M. Nixon Elementary School	Stanford	358
Robert Sanders Elementary School	San Jose	355
San Antonio Elementary School	San Jose	355
Almond Elementary School	Los Altos	353
Braly Elementary School	Sunnyvale	352
Renaissance at Mathson	San Jose	351
Farnham Charter	San Jose	348
Reed Elementary School	San Jose	348
Gabriela Mistral Elementary School	Mountain View	347
Washington Elementary School	San Jose	347
Duveneck Elementary School	Palo Alto	346
Fairwood Elementary School	Sunnyvale	345
Laneview Elementary School	San Jose	343
Argonaut Elementary School	Saratoga	342
Leroy Anderson Elementary School	San Jose	341
Cadwallader Elementary School	San Jose	340
Benjamin Bubb Elementary School	Mountain View	339
Jose Antonio Vargas Elementary School	Mountain View	339
Ernesto Galarza Elementary School	San Jose	338
Opportunity Youth Academy	San Jose	337
Springer Elementary School	Mountain View	335
Loyola Elementary School	Los Altos	334
Oak Avenue Elementary School	Los Altos	332
Addison Elementary School	Palo Alto	331
Stipe (Samuel) Elementary School	San Jose	330
Adelante Dual Language Academy II	San Jose	319
C. W. Haman Elementary School	Santa Clara	319
Abram Agnew Elementary School	San Jose	317
El Carmelo Elementary School	Palo Alto	317
Lairon College Preparatory Academy	San Jose	315
Washington Open Elementary School	Santa Clara	309
Robert F. Kennedy Elementary School	San Jose	308
Ben Painter Elementary School	San Jose	307
Selma Olinder Elementary School	San Jose	305
Sutter Elementary School	Santa Clara	305
A. J. Dorsa Elementary School	San Jose	304
Foothill Elementary School	Saratoga	302
Lyndale Elementary School	San Jose	301
Summerdale Elementary School	San Jose	301
George Mayne Elementary School	Alviso	300
Hammer Montessori at Galarza Elementary School	San Jose	300
Horace Mann Elementary School	San Jose	300
Pomeroy Elementary School	Santa Clara	300
Saratoga Elementary School	Saratoga	296
Almaden Elementary School	San Jose	295
Anne Darling Elementary School	San Jose	295
Frost (Earl) Elementary School	San Jose	295
Walter Hays Elementary School	Palo Alto	294
Bridges Academy	San Jose	287
Briarwood Elementary School	Santa Clara	287
Lowell Elementary School	San Jose	285
Robert Randall Elementary School	Milpitas	284
Terrell Elementary School	San Jose	282
Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy	Gilroy	279
Donald J. Meyer Elementary School	San Jose	275
Thomas P. Ryan Elementary School	San Jose	275
Canoas Elementary School	San Jose	274
Montague Elementary School	Santa Clara	272
Kathryn Hughes Elementary School	Santa Clara	270
Indigo	San Jose	269
Sartorette Charter	San Jose	269
Horace Cureton Elementary School	San Jose	267
Sylvia Cassell Elementary School	San Jose	267
Learning in an Urban Comm with High Achievement (L.U.C.H.A.)	San Jose	261
O. B. Whaley Elementary School	San Jose	260
Gardner Bullis Elementary School	Los Altos Hills	259
Ramblewood Elementary School	San Jose	259
Juana Briones Elementary School	Palo Alto	258
Mariano Castro Elementary School	Mountain View	248
Foothill High School	San Jose	247
Monta Loma Elementary School	Mountain View	245
Toyon Elementary School	San Jose	240
Bracher Elementary School	Santa Clara	236
McKinley Elementary School	San Jose	236
Bowers Elementary School	Santa Clara	232
Empire Gardens Elementary School	San Jose	232
Mt. Pleasant Elementary School	San Jose	230
Village	Campbell	222
Liberty (Alternative)	San Jose	217
Barron Park Elementary School	Palo Alto	211
Kathleen MacDonald High School	San Jose	209
Valle Vista Elementary School	San Jose	201
College Connection Academy	San Jose	199
Mt. Madonna High School	Gilroy	192
Los Arboles Literacy and Technology Academy	San Jose	188
Rachel Carson Elementary School	San Jose	180
Boynton High School	San Jose	179
Calero High School	San Jose	179
New Valley Continuation High School	Santa Clara	169
Central High (Continuation)	Morgan Hill	165
Wilson Alternative	Santa Clara	163
Mission Early College High	Santa Clara	159
Broadway High School	San Jose	158
Lexington Elementary School	Los Gatos	155
Apollo High School	San Jose	151
Pegasus High School	San Jose	132
Calaveras Hills	Milpitas	84
Santa Clara County Community	San Jose	83
Phoenix High School	San Jose	80
Lakeside Elementary School	Los Gatos	73
Alta Vista High School	Mountain View	69
Santa Clara County Court	San Jose	41
Greendell	Palo Alto	34
Milpitas Middle College High	Milpitas	31
Cesar Chavez Elementary School	San Jose	27
Middle College High	San Jose	15
Packard Children's Hospital/Stanford	Palo Alto	10
Santa Clara Community Day	Santa Clara	10
Community Day	Sunnyvale	7