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Leigh High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
5210 Leigh Ave.
San Jose, CA 95124
Phone
(408) 626-3405
District
Campbell Union High
County
SANTA CLARA COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1816
Classroom Teachers
75

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to California

10

(10 is best)

Better than 90.9% of all CA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Leigh High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

80 60 40 20 0
71%
42%
76%
55%
65%
28%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

30 25 20 15 10 5 0
24
22
22
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 433 23.8%
Grade 10 490 27.0%
Grade 11 466 25.7%
Grade 12 427 23.5%
Total 1816 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 46.2% 31.9% 22.0%
Black 1.4% 2.6% 5.2%
Hispanic 19.1% 40.2% 58.8%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 33.1% 24.7% 13.1%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.3% 0.6% 0.9%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 18.8% 39.0% 61.5%
Free lunch eligible 11.7% 28.7% 53.9%
Reduced lunch eligible 7.1% 10.3% 7.7%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 231,374 38,965,193
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 7,641.9 247
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.0% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.3% 19.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD 33.9% 35.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.2% 24.8%
65 OR OLDER 14.6% 15.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 86,514 13,434,847
Single Parent Households With Children 6.4% 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 93.0% 84.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 57.8% 36.5%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 49.3% 30.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 16.4% 17.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 9.4% 11.8%
$50,000 - $74,999 9.3% 13.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 6.8% 11.1%
$15,000 - $29,999 4.4% 8.0%
$15,000 or less 4.5% 7.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,032 $86,408,000 38.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,278 $11,004,000 4.9%
Staff $384 $3,305,000 1.5%
General Administration $105 $907,000 0.4%
School Administration $957 $8,246,000 3.6%
Operation $1,234 $10,625,000 4.7%
Transportation $402 $3,460,000 1.5%
Other $807 $6,949,000 3.1%
Total Support $5,166 $44,496,000 19.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $11,101 $95,610,000 42.2%
Total Expenditures $26,299 $226,514,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,792 $57,171,955,000 48.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,305 $7,621,589,000 6.4%
Staff $1,038 $6,060,606,000 5.1%
General Administration $268 $1,564,258,000 1.3%
School Administration $1,087 $6,348,022,000 5.4%
Operation $1,559 $9,102,997,000 7.7%
Transportation $331 $1,933,983,000 1.6%
Other $886 $5,174,697,000 4.4%
Total Support $6,475 $37,806,152,000 31.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,051 $23,650,179,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $20,319 $118,628,286,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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