# East Side Union High

East Side Union High is a high district in Santa Clara County, California. Reading proficiency is 59.9%, -1.9 points from 2023 to 2025. Math proficiency is 35.7%, +1.1 points from 2023 to 2025.

## Key Stats

| Metric | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Canonical URL | https://caschooltrends.com/districts/east-side-union-high |
| County | Santa Clara |
| District type | High |
| Schools | 22 |
| Students | 23,085 |
| Student / teacher ratio | 22:1 |
| Average spending per student | $19,010 |
| Low-Income Students | 10,955 (54.8%) |
| English Learners | 4,034 (20.2%) |

## Reading Proficiency History

| Year | Proficient % | Tested Students |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2023 | 61.9% | 4,736 |
| 2024 | 60.3% | 4,535 |
| 2025 | 59.9% | 4,570 |

## Math Proficiency History

| Year | Proficient % | Tested Students |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2023 | 34.6% | 4,731 |
| 2024 | 36.0% | 4,535 |
| 2025 | 35.7% | 4,590 |

## Reading Performance by Income Group

| Year | Low-Income | Non-Low-Income |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2023 | 49.5% | 72.3% |
| 2024 | 49.9% | 70.5% |
| 2025 | 51.0% | 72.7% |

## Math Performance by Income Group

| Year | Low-Income | Non-Low-Income |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2023 | 20.7% | 46.2% |
| 2024 | 23.5% | 48.2% |
| 2025 | 24.8% | 51.2% |

## Reading Performance by English Learner Status

| Year | English Learners | English Native |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2023 | 12.1% | 65.2% |
| 2024 | 9.6% | 61.0% |
| 2025 | 10.9% | 62.4% |

## Math Performance by English Learner Status

| Year | English Learners | English Native |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2023 | 4.6% | 32.2% |
| 2024 | 4.2% | 33.4% |
| 2025 | 4.8% | 34.8% |

## Board Members

| Name | Role | Email | First Year | Term Expires |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bryan Do | Board Trustee | N/A | 2024 | 2028 |
| J. Manuel Herrera | Board Clerk | N/A | 2022 | 2026 |
| Lorena Chavez | Board Vice President | N/A | 2022 | 2026 |
| Pattie Cortese | Board Trustee | cortesep@esuhsd.org | 2024 | 2028 |
| Van T. Le | Board President | lev@esuhsd.org | 2022 | 2026 |

## Schools

| Rank | School | City | Reading | Math | Combined | Reading 2-Year | Math 2-Year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Evergreen Valley High | San Jose | 81.2% | 68.7% | 74.9% | -6.5 | -0.6 |
| 2 | KIPP San Jose Collegiate | San Jose | 83.1% | 64.1% | 73.6% | +15.1 | +11.6 |
| 3 | Piedmont Hills High | San Jose | 75.3% | 56.1% | 65.7% | -4.2 | +1.0 |
| 4 | Santa Teresa High | San Jose | 74.3% | 49.5% | 61.9% | +0.3 | +4.1 |
| 5 | Silver Creek High | San Jose | 66.9% | 45.1% | 56.0% | +5.3 | +5.9 |
| 6 | Independence High | San Jose | 62.5% | 31.0% | 46.7% | -6.1 | -3.9 |
| 7 | Yerba Buena High | San Jose | 55.0% | 29.6% | 42.3% | +3.8 | +1.0 |
| 8 | Summit Public School: Rainier | San Jose | 45.5% | 33.8% | 39.6% | -22.0 | -13.9 |
| 9 | Oak Grove High | San Jose | 49.4% | 22.9% | 36.1% | -12.4 | -0.5 |
| 10 | Andrew P. Hill High | San Jose | 47.8% | 17.1% | 32.4% | +0.9 | +2.6 |
| 11 | Mt. Pleasant High | San Jose | 50.9% | 13.1% | 32.0% | -5.4 | -1.2 |
| 12 | Luis Valdez Leadership Academy | San Jose | 39.2% | 21.3% | 30.2% | -1.9 | +5.6 |
| 13 | William C. Overfelt High | San Jose | 46.8% | 13.4% | 30.1% | +3.9 | +4.1 |
| 14 | ACE Charter High | San Jose | 41.8% | 18.2% | 30.0% | +22.8 | +15.7 |
| 15 | Latino College Preparatory Academy | San Jose | 40.8% | 11.2% | 26.0% | +8.8 | +9.3 |
| 16 | James Lick High | San Jose | 38.5% | 7.8% | 23.2% | +9.6 | -5.5 |
| 17 | Apollo High | San Jose | 27.7% | 1.5% | 14.6% | -9.0 | -3.5 |
| 18 | Alpha Cindy Avitia High | San Jose | 18.9% | 4.4% | 11.6% | -11.6 | -14.8 |
| 19 | Escuela Popular Accelerated Family Learning | San Jose | 10.6% | 9.4% | 10.0% | -9.4 | -1.4 |
| 20 | Pegasus High | San Jose | 16.1% | 2.9% | 9.5% | -26.4 | +2.9 |
| 21 | B. Roberto Cruz Leadership Academy | San Jose | 14.6% | 2.0% | 8.3% | -11.9 | -0.9 |
| 22 | Calero High | San Jose | 14.3% | 1.4% | 7.9% | -3.7 | +0.1 |