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Santa Clara County SAT Scores & Other Charts

SAT Scores by High School

SAT Scores by State

SAT Scores by County

Top SAT Math Scores

College Admissions by Public High School

College Admissions by County

UC Admissions by Public High School

Community College Data

This section includes SAT scores by high school and other charts that will give you a rounded picture of the quality of local schools and California education.

As with almost all school data, caution must be used with these numbers. Regarding the SAT, some schools (and states) encourage many students to take the SAT; other may not push the test. A school or state that is scoring low to middling but showing high on participation may be doing better than a school that scores high but has few test takers.

High schools are frequently judged on their success in advancing students to universities. We include this data by high school and also provide the numbers on students moving up to a University of California (UC). The UCs accept the top 13 percent of California seniors.

These charts are valid measures of the local schools but keep in mind that for a variety of reasons, some financial, many students who advance to a UC or a Cal State take their freshman and sophomore years at a community college.

The SAT scores by state include public and private schools. The other SAT charts in this chapter are for public schools only. For college advancement numbers for private schools, see Private Schools.


Santa Clara County Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) Scores 2007

School	Enroll	% Tested	Verbal	Math	Writing
Branham (San Jose)	346	49	514	514	505
Cupertino	385	62	563	624	559
Del Mar (San Jose)	245	31	498	528	481
Evergreen Valley (San Jose)	609	70	516	548	516
Fremont (Sunnyvale)	446	55	503	542	496
Gilroy	544	34	486	492	484
Gunderson (San Jose)	175	36	448	461	447
Gunn (Palo Alto)	407	88	628	665	618
Hill (San Jose)	494	40	439	484	442
Homestead (Cupertino)	518	58	570	628	577
Independence (San Jose)	895	39	467	516	462
Latino Coll. Prep. (San Jose)	73	26	319	344	350
Leigh (San Jose)	403	59	544	563	545
Leland (San Jose)	420	81	565	611	569
Lick (San Jose)	232	25	413	465	417
Lincoln (San Jose)	391	48	521	509	511
Live Oak (Morgan Hill)	324	48	526	543	509
Los Altos	437	74	569	592	568
Los Gatos	429	67	594	621	598
Lynbrook (San Jose)	444	90	592	662	598
Milpitas	675	60	496	534	494
Monta Vista (Cupertino)	626	92	600	673	607
Mountain View	441	83	580	605	579
Mt. Pleasant (San Jose)	463	38	451	479	451
Oak Grove (San Jose)	601	34	482	510	468
Overfelt (San Jose)	342	27	423	460	432
Palo Alto	408	82	620	644	611
Piedmont Hills (San Jose)	510	58	497	557	500
Pioneer (San Jose)	334	47	535	554	536
Prospect (Saratoga)	298	50	545	574	537
San Jose Acad. (San Jose)	188	40	447	468	461
Santa Clara	346	45	480	504	477
Santa Teresa (San Jose)	537	39	525	550	521
Saratoga	324	90	619	661	629
Silver Creek (San Jose)	547	42	476	534	479
Sobrato (Morgan Hill)	251	50	480	518	484
Westmont (Campbell)	373	43	528	564	534
Wilcox (Santa Clara)	409	54	491	522	484
Willow Glen (San Jose)	281	47	480	497	471
Yerba Buena (San Jose)	344	25	429	492	414

Source: California Dept. of Education, 2007 tests. SAT scores are greatly influenced by who and how many take the test. A school that has more marginal students taking the test will, by one line of reasoning, be doing a good job, but the scores are likely to be lower.
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National Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) Scores

State	*Tested (%)	Verbal	Math	Writing
Alabama	9	563	556	554
Alaska	48	519	517	491
Arizona	32	519	525	502
Arkansas	5	578	566	565
California	49	499	516	498
Colorado	24	560	565	549
Connecticut	84	510	512	511
Delaware	72	497	496	486
Dist. of Columbia	78	478	462	471
Florida	65	497	496	479
Georgia	69	494	495	483
Hawaii	61	484	506	473
Idaho	19	541	539	519
Illinois	8	594	611	588
Indiana	62	497	507	483
Iowa	4	608	613	586
Kansas	8	583	590	569
Kentucky	10	567	565	553
Louisiana	7	569	567	563
Maine	100	466	465	457
Maryland	70	500	502	496
Massachusetts	85	513	522	511
Michigan	9	568	579	553
Minnesota	9	596	603	577
Mississippi	4	568	549	560
Missouri	6	594	594	587
Montana	28	538	543	522
Nebraska	6	579	585	562
Nevada	41	500	506	480
New Hampshire	83	521	521	512
New Jersey	82	495	510	494
New Mexico	12	555	546	540
New York	89	491	505	482
North Carolina	71	495	509	482
North Dakota	4	584	596	562
Ohio	27	536	542	522
Oklahoma	6	578	571	559
Oregon	54	522	526	502
Pennsylvania	75	493	499	482
Rhode Island	68	496	498	492
South Carolina	62	488	496	475
South Dakota	3	589	602	567
Tennessee	13	574	569	568
Texas	52	492	507	482
Utah	6	558	556	544
Vermont	67	516	518	508
Virginia	73	511	511	498
Washington	53	526	531	510
West Virginia	20	516	507	505
Wisconsin	6	587	598	575
Wyoming	8	565	571	544
Nationwide	48	502	515	494

Source: California Dept. of Education, 2007 tests. *Percentage of class taking the test.
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SAT Scores by County – 2007

County	Enroll	% Tested	Verbal	Math	Writing
Alameda	15,794	49	502	532	502
Alpine	3	67	NA	NA	NA
Amador	537	19	520	519	516
Butte	2,712	25	506	524	493
Calaveras	562	27	513	515	508
Colusa	323	30	451	467	454
Contra Costa	12,502	44	522	540	521
Del Norte	458	22	469	497	463
El Dorado	2,438	35	529	552	530
Fresno	12,255	31	459	478	456
Glenn	429	21	475	490	470
Humboldt	1,700	25	537	537	524
Imperial	2,529	29	450	458	441
Inyo	264	41	516	516	492
Kern	12,087	24	469	486	463
Kings	1,748	24	456	466	446
Lake	754	23	497	500	488
Lassen	476	25	499	502	474
Los Angeles	106,820	41	472	492	474
Madera	2,013	18	480	493	472
Marin	2,254	62	556	560	555
Mariposa	215	25	520	515	505
Mendocino	1,092	31	520	526	511
Merced	3,945	25	455	475	461
Modoc	210	23	484	494	471
Mono	175	25	524	502	531
Monterey	4,695	32	462	470	460
Napa	1,611	30	519	538	515
Nevada	2,083	17	538	550	528
Orange	35,546	44	520	549	521
Placer	4,984	38	520	540	516
Plumas	233	31	500	488	484
Riverside	27,730	30	470	481	467
Sacramento	16,886	34	487	505	483
San Benito	770	32	488	501	479
San Bernardino	28,660	30	467	479	465
San Diego	38,359	38	501	517	497
San Francisco	3,874	71	476	528	474
San Joaquin	9,734	25	467	487	464
San Luis Obispo	3,130	32	535	539	526
San Mateo	6,613	48	515	545	516
Santa Barbara	4,828	34	517	532	510
Santa Clara	18,971	48	534	572	533
Santa Cruz	3,206	36	521	530	516
Shasta	2,493	20	529	539	519
Sierra	56	54	482	494	480
Siskiyou	507	26	491	512	492
Solano	4,931	37	485	501	479
Sonoma	5,586	33	532	541	532
Stanislaus	7,654	20	498	507	494
Sutter	1,500	23	488	518	483
Tehama	860	15	501	523	491
Trinity	171	30	482	508	464
Tulare	6,194	22	467	482	465
Tuolumne	636	27	530	506	519
Ventura	11,013	35	523	540	523
Yolo	2,268	43	536	549	531
Yuba	1,121	18	455	482	444
Statewide:	441,198	37	493	513	491

Source: California Dept. of Education, 2007 School year.
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Top SAT Math Scores-2006
Public high schools in California scoring over 600 in math

High School	County	City	Math
Whitney	Los Angeles	Cerritos	693
Monta Vista	Santa Clara	Cupertino	675
Mission San Jose	Alameda	Fremont	667
Troy	Orange	Fullerton	665
Lynbrook	Santa Clara	San Jose	664
Saratoga	Santa Clara	Saratoga	659
University	Orange	Irvine	656
Gunn	Santa Clara	Palo Alto	652
Palo Alto	Santa Clara	Cupertino	646
San Marino	Los Angeles	San Marino	643
Lowell	San Francisco	San Francisco	630
Palos Verdes Peninsula	Los Angeles	Rolling Hills Estates	628
Pacific Collegiate	Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz	627
Cupertino	Santa Clara	Cupertino	624
Arcadia	Los Angeles	Arcadia	623
Oxford	Orange	Cypress	620
Piedmont	Alameda	Piedmont	617
Miramonte	Contra Costa	Orinda	617
La Cañada	Los Angeles	La Cañada	616
Northwood	Orange	Irvine	616
Homestead	Santa Clara	Cupertino	616
Campolindo	Contra Costa	Moraga	615
Albany	Alameda	Albany	612
Davis	Yolo	Davis	611
Beverly Hills	Los Angeles	Beverly Hills	611
Torrey Pines	San Diego	San Diego	611
Leland	Santa Clara	San Jose	611
Acalanes	Contra Costa	Lafayette	609
Cal. Acad. of Math & Sci.	Los Angeles	Carson	608
Diamond Bar	Los Angeles	Diamond Bar	607
Woodbridge	Orange	Irvine	604
Los Altos	Santa Clara	Los Altos	602
Sunny Hills	Orange	Fullerton	600

Source: Calif. Dept. of Education, 2006 tests.

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College Admissions of Public School Graduates

High School	UC	CSU	CC
Branham (San Jose)	19	65	15
Cupertino	78	28	26
Del Mar (San Jose)	17	21	13
Downtown College Prep. (San Jose)	8	16	NA
Evergreen Valley (San Jose)	120	109	8
Fremont (Sunnyvale)	51	60	36
Gilroy	30	51	205
Gunderson (San Jose)	19	15	9
Gunn (Palo Alto)	107	19	27
Hill (San Jose)	34	46	13
Homestead (Cupertino)	105	59	29
Independence (San Jose)	94	132	39
Leigh (San Jose)	42	74	24
Leland (San Jose)	87	90	17
Lick (San Jose)	6	22	8
Lincoln (San Jose)	17	57	30
Live Oak (Morgan Hill)	22	52	97
Los Altos	76	49	44
Los Gatos	60	70	24
Lynbrook (San Jose)	156	46	17
MACSA Academia (San Jose)	3	4	NA
Milpitas	84	113	45
Monta Vista (Cupertino)	209	51	24
Mt. Pleasant (San Jose)	25	49	19
Mtn. View	80	70	31
Oak Grove (San Jose)	44	64	22
Overfelt (San Jose)	4	31	14
Palo Alto	73	33	39
Piedmont Hills (San Jose)	74	74	20
Pioneer (San Jose)	19	67	20
Prospect (Saratoga)	26	34	21
San Jose	28	18	36
San Jose Acad.	13	13	11
Santa Clara	28	50	35
Santa Teresa (San Jose)	43	58	29
Saratoga	117	30	14
Silver Creek (San Jose)	45	65	15
Sobrato (Morgan Hill)	20	NA	50
Westmont (Campbell)	23	45	22
Wilcox (Santa Clara)	41	59	31
Willow Glen (San Jose)	31	44	8
Yerba Buena (San Jose)	17	23	13

Source: California Department of Education. The chart lists the local public high schools and shows how many students they advanced in the year 2007 to California public universities. The state does not track graduates enrolling in private or out-of-state colleges. Continuation schools not included in list. Key: UC (University of California system); CSU (Cal State system); CC (Community Colleges).
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High School Graduates College Choice by County

County	UC	CSU	CC
Alameda	1,770	1,736	4,212
Alpine	NA	NA	NA
Amador	14	18	106
Butte	79	295	567
Calaveras	21	40	94
Colusa	4	28	47
Contra Costa	1,141	1,271	942
Del Norte	9	32	46
El Dorado	125	268	687
Fresno	391	1,483	222
Glenn	6	51	78
Humboldt	57	155	387
Imperial	99	116	544
Inyo	4	16	35
Kern	260	968	2,608
Kings	25	102	117
Lake	18	57	144
Lassen	5	22	67
Los Angeles	7,123	10,507	29,188
Madera	29	131	74
Marin	293	257	323
Mariposa	6	10	60
Mendocino	43	95	312
Merced	117	324	1,196
Modoc	2	9	11
Mono	6	15	21
Monterey	221	389	699
Napa	80	98	240
Nevada	42	91	53
Orange	2,691	3,542	11,611
Placer	269	516	262
Plumas	7	10	60
Riverside	1,154	1,881	4,821
Sacramento	912	1,524	4,758
San Benito	26	97	199
San Bernardino	1,147	2,343	4,632
San Diego	1,833	3,886	8,022
San Francisco	947	627	1,263
San Joaquin	280	629	2,123
San Luis Obispo	145	323	1,038
San Mateo	690	647	1,661
Santa Barbara	266	318	1,557
Santa Clara	2,229	2,044	3,387
Santa Cruz	183	292	516
Shasta	65	102	23
Sierra	1	5	5
Siskiyou	12	39	154
Solano	268	443	1,224
Sonoma	287	468	1,963
Stanislaus	213	672	1,167
Sutter	33	96	236
Tehama	14	43	51
Trinity	4	6	12
Tulare	149	438	1,575
Tuolumne	23	37	138
Ventura	574	797	4,048
Yolo	224	182	465
Yuba	24	76	125

Source: California Dept. of Education, 2006. Number of public and private high-school students moving up as freshmen to a UC or a California State University.
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UCs Chosen by Public School Graduates

School	Berk	Dav	Irv	LA	Mer	Riv	SD	SB	SC	Total
Branham	0	4	2	3	2	1	2	0	4	18
Cupertino	15	23	12	8	2	0	13	2	6	81
Del Mar	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	11
Dtwn. Col. Prep.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2
Evergreen Vlly.	14	27	17	6	1	7	13	3	9	97
Fremont	9	13	3	3	1	1	13	2	8	53
Gilroy	2	8	3	2	0	0	1	2	5	23
Gunderson	3	2	0	2	0	0	7	0	1	15
Gunn	10	45	14	14	2	1	25	10	24	145
Hill	5	10	1	4	1	0	3	1	2	27
Homestead	8	18	8	14	0	2	18	4	5	77
Independence	12	35	6	3	2	3	18	1	9	89
Leigh	7	7	3	2	0	0	7	10	8	44
Leland	16	23	14	20	0	4	20	12	4	113
Lick	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
Lincoln	2	5	0	1	0	1	3	2	4	18
Live Oak	4	14	7	7	1	1	5	3	6	48
Los Altos	3	19	4	8	1	2	12	3	5	57
Los Gatos	10	17	2	6	0	1	6	9	10	61
Lynbrook	26	34	33	31	2	3	44	7	11	191
MACSA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4
Milpitas	10	33	18	6	0	8	10	2	13	100
Monta Vista	23	41	40	28	1	12	36	13	10	204
Mt. Pleasant	5	6	0	3	1	0	4	1	0	20
Mtn. View	9	15	3	8	0	1	9	16	19	80
Oak Grove	10	9	1	4	0	4	6	4	5	43
Overfelt	2	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12
Palo Alto	13	14	4	10	0	3	22	8	10	84
Piedmont Hills	8	20	11	7	3	7	14	3	6	79
Pioneer	1	7	4	0	1	2	3	2	3	23
Prospect	3	7	1	0	0	1	7	2	3	24
San Jose	5	6	1	1	1	0	10	2	2	28
Santa Clara	2	8	2	1	1	3	5	3	14	39
Santa Teresa	2	17	2	4	1	5	0	2	7	40
Saratoga	18	23	11	21	2	1	17	2	6	101
Silver Creek	7	17	7	4	4	0	8	1	8	56
Westmont	4	8	7	1	0	1	7	0	3	31
Wilcox	4	21	7	1	1	2	10	2	4	52
Willow Glen	2	1	0	3	3	1	1	1	3	15
Yerba Buena	4	9	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	17

Source: California Dept. of Education. The chart shows the University of California choices by local public high school graduates of 2006. The state does not track graduates enrolling in out-of-state colleges. Continuation schools not included in list. Key: Berk (Berkeley), Irv (Irvine), Mer (Merced), Riv (Riverside), SD (San Diego), SB (Santa Barbara), SC (Santa Cruz).
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Tracking Santa Clara Students to UCs and CSUs

Student Sector	Graduates	To UC	To CSU
Public High Schools	15,290	2,229	2,044
Community Colleges	NA	998	2,104

UC, CSU Transfer by Community College
Community College	To UC	To CSU
De Anza College	514	804
Evergreen Valley College	39	234
Foothill College	243	280
Gavilan College	20	108
Mission College	39	159
San Jose City College	22	190
West Valley College	121	329

Source: California Postsecondary Education Commission.
Note: Enrolling students counted in 2006 by UCs and Cal States.
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