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The Santa Clara School System

Located 45 miles from San Francisco, the city of Santa Clara, California, is Silicon Valley’s high-tech hub. Over 115,000 people live in Santa Clara, and almost 15,000 of them are students attending the schools within the Santa Clara Unified School District. The district’s facilities include more than 20 schools for K-12 students.

The student-to-teacher ratio of Santa Clara’s best high schools matches or slightly exceeds the California state average, yet this fact doesn’t necessarily correspond with rank or performance.

Santa Clara Student-to-Teacher Ratios

Cupertino High School has a 26 1 student-teacher ratio.

Adrian Wilcox High School has a 24 1 student-teacher ratio.

Santa Clara High School has a 24 1 student-teacher ratio.

Abraham Lincoln High School has a 23 1 student-teacher ratio.

Del Mar High School has a 23 1 student-teacher ratio.

California State Average has a 23 1 student-teacher ratio.

The majority of Santa Clara high schools students who enrolled in Advanced Placement courses earned a score of Qualified, Very Well Qualified, or Extremely Well Qualified on their AP exams. Here's how Santa Clara's schools rank in the state.

Santa Clara High School Rankings

High School	Santa Clara Ranking	State Ranking	AP Pass Rate
Cupertino High School	1	30	92%
Adrian Wilcox High School	2	140	76%
Abraham Lincoln High School	3	314	45%
Santa Clara High School	4	516	63%
Del Mar High School	5	583	42%

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This chart shows how the students of Santa Clara fared on the Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments (SBSA), the state exams given by the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress system.

Santa Clara Test Scores

Children enrolled in the third through eighth grades as well as 11th-grade students in Santa Clara take the SBSA, which covers a broad spectrum of English Language Arts and mathematics topics taught within the Common Core curriculum. The results of these exams are an indicator of a student’s academic knowledge and his or her level of preparedness for college, career, and beyond.

Students of all ages can benefit from the attention of a personal tutor. Whether your child is a kindergartner who needs to work on the ABCs or a college freshman who could use help adjusting to the faster pace and higher expectations of college, working alongside a tutor in Santa Clara is a smart choice. Current college students can also enjoy the perks of private tutoring. Santa Clara is surrounded by several nationally ranked higher education establishments, including Stanford University, which is frequently cited as one of the top ten universities in the world.

Santa Clara University Rankings

College	National Rank	Acceptance Rate
Stanford University	1	5%
University of California - Berkeley	42	17%
Santa Clara University	101	48%
University of San Francisco	209	71%
Mills College	347	84%
California State University Maritime Academy	420	68%
Saint Mary's College of California	566	80%
Dominican University of California	708	78%
Menlo College	UNAVAILABLE	41%
Holy Names University	UNAVAILABLE	48%

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"The student had two tests this week to prepare for - Biology and English. Since we studied for biology fairly extensively last week, and because he felt much better about his readiness for his bio test than his English test, we reviewed English with our time. His test was on Greek heroes. We spent most of our session committing to memory who each god was, and what their symbol and animal counterpart are. By the end he had it down, but there will be much more than just this information on his test. Therefore, I told him that he will need to review his notes concerning the hero stories, skim and study his book, and review what we had studied in our time (the gods) before taking his test. I feel like he will do great on his bio test, but may struggle with English."

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"SAT Math. The student completed the 3 math sections on practice test 1. We went over all of the problems she skipped or got wrong and figured out how to solve them. We also talked about a few general strategies for math, questions to skip, etc. She will do 3 more math sections in practice test 2 before out next meeting on Tuesday. "

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"She is currently working with fractions, but has a pretty good understanding of what is being taught in class. We went through her previous and current homework. Once she proved she understood it, we moved on. If she didn't understand a part of it we worked it out together and tried extra problems as practice."

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"We began with math right away. I had the student take notes on the basics and we discussed them along the way. We practiced numerous skills that we had gone over and he got every problem correct! We then used the computer to practice even more algebra. We ended our session by going over what we had discussed and decided that we will continue to work on mathematics as he feels that is the subject where he can improve the most. Great session! "

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"Today, we continued our review of finding derivatives as well discussed the requirements for a function to be continuous and differentiable. In order to do this, we spent most of the session working on multiple choice review questions that the student's teacher provided. While he remembers how to find a derivative, the questions asked were applications and extensions that he had not seen before. These questions will be very good preparation for the upcoming exam. I had him work on each question by himself until he got stuck, at which point I tried to point him the right direction without giving away the answer. By the end of the session, I felt like he had a strong grasp of most of the material and he only seemed to get tripped up by the challenging questions. We will continue our review next week. "

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"Due to Spring Break, the student had still not had her test on the urinary system. So, today we reviewed the material again, mostly utilizing the new notes the student's teacher gave her. We reviewed filtration, reabsorption, and concentration, the key functions of the kidney. We also talked about osmoregulation, a term she was not familiar with. We spent a good deal of time talking about dialysis, which the student. recalled well from our last session. She needed a bit of clearing up regarding the difference between the Glomerulus and the Bowman's Capsule. We also discussed how permeability changes between the descending and ascending parts of the Loop of Henle, as the student had not examined this in class. I explained how the objective of the nephron is to concentrate urine, so going down the Loop of Henle, the tubule is permeable only to water, while going up the Loop of Henle, the tubule is permeable only to ions (sodium, potassium, etc.). I think she will be in great shape for her test."

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"Very good lesson! The student was very active during the whole session. We worked on conversation, some grammar points and reading comprehension. Her pronunciation continues to improve as well as her overall understanding of the language. "

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"The student and I dedicated this session to reviewing math sections of the SAT. The student was able to work through a number of difficult problems and demonstrated her problem-solving skills. The student was able to apply several techniques that we had discussed in previous sessions such as solving for averages, straight lines, triangles and circles. We talked about some additional strategies and briefly reviewed some vocabulary. "

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"1 hour lesson, just a quick review of material, a pep talk and prep session. Feeling good for the SAT, feeling rested and healthy, and ready for the material. He should be immensely proud of the work he has put in, he has done fantastically."

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"We started with English today because that is his first final. We are reviewing all the material his teacher told him would be on the test - vocab, Antigone, Fahrenheit 451 and literary key terms. Today we got through vocab and Fahrenheit 451. He seems to have a great understanding of overall plot and themes as well as the metaphors of the novel - we reviewed the plot/summary and discussed dystopian societies. "

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The Santa Clara School System

Santa Clara Student-to-Teacher Ratios

Santa Clara High School Rankings

Santa Clara Test Scores

Santa Clara University Rankings

How Varsity Tutors Can Help

Recent Tutoring Session Reviews