San Jose, California

Education

Colleges and universities

San Jose is home to several colleges and universities. The largest and most well known is San José State University, the original campus of the California State University system. Located in downtown San Jose since 1870, the university's 30,000 students in bachelor's and master's degree programs are primarily commuters from many areas in the South Bay. National Hispanic University, with an enrollment of 600, offers associate and bachelor's degrees and teaching credentials to its students, focusing on Hispanic students. Silicon Valley College offers bachelor's and associate degrees useful for workers in high technology industries. Lincoln Law School of San Jose offers law degrees, catering to working professionals. The San Jose campus of Golden Gate University offers business bachelor and MBA degrees. San Jose's community colleges, San Jose City College and Evergreen Valley College, offer associate degrees, general education units to transfer to CSU and UC schools, and adult and continuing education programs.

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College - Universities - San José State University - California State University - National Hispanic University - Silicon Valley College - Lincoln Law School of San Jose - Golden Gate University - MBA - Community college - San Jose City College

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The University of California, Santa Cruz operates Lick Observatory atop Mount Hamilton. In addition, San Jose residents attend several other area universities, including Santa Clara University, De Anza College in Cupertino, Stanford University in Palo Alto, and the University of California, Berkeley.

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University of California, Santa Cruz - Lick Observatory - Mount Hamilton - Santa Clara University - De Anza College - Cupertino - Stanford University - Palo Alto - University of California, Berkeley

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Primary and secondary education

Most San Jose students go to schools in the San Jose Unified School District. Prior to 1954, California law required cities and school districts to have the same boundaries. When San Jose began expanding, rural school districts became one of the major opponents, as their territory and tax base was taken by the city. The city's legislators pushed a bill through the California Legislature, removing that requirement, and ending much of the opposition. The result is a patchwork of local school districts in the areas annexed after 1954.1 Public education in the city is provided by four high school districts, fourteen elementary districts, and four unified school districts (which provide both elementary and high schools).

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San Jose Unified School District - 1954 - School district - California Legislature - 1 - High school - Elementary - Unified school district

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In addition to the main San Jose Unified School District, the unified school districts are Milpitas Unified School District, Morgan Hill Unified School District, and Santa Clara Unified School District.

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Milpitas Unified School District - Morgan Hill Unified School District - Santa Clara Unified School District

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The following districts use the "feeder" system:

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• Campbell Union High School District receives students from:
• Cambrian
• Campbell Union
• Luther Burbank
• Moreland
• Union School District.
• East Side Union High School District receives students from:
• Alum Rock Union
• Berryessa Union
• Evergreen Elementary
• Franklin-McKinley
• Mount Pleasant Elementary
• Oak Grove
• Orchard Elementary
• Fremont Union High School District receives students from:
• Cupertino Union School District.
• Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High School District receives students from
• Los Gatos Union School District.

Private schools in San Jose are primarily run by religious groups. Many Roman Catholic churches operate schools, including four high schools:

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• Archbishop Mitty High School
• Bellarmine College Preparatory
• Notre Dame High School
• Presentation High School http://www.dsj.org/educate/schools_results.asp

There are two Baptist high schools, Liberty Baptist School and White Road Baptist Academy. http://www.city-data.com/city/San-Jose-California.html Valley Christian High School is a protestant high school in the North Valley neighborhood. There is also the nonsectarian K-12 Harker School.

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Baptist - Liberty Baptist School - Protestant - Harker School

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San Jose library system

The San Jose City Library system is unique, with the main branch, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, combining the collections of the city's system with the San Jose State library when it opened in 2003. The library is the largest (built all at once) west of the Mississippi River, with a 1.5 million item collection. Additionally, the city has 20 neighborhood branches, including the Biblioteca Latinoamericana, specializing in Spanish language works. The East San Jose Carnegie Branch Library, a Carnegie library opened in 1908, is the last Carnegie library in Santa Clara County still operating as a public library, and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The Calabazas Branch has four primary language-specific collections: Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Russian, in addition to its English texts. http://sjlibrary.org/index.htm

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Library - Martin Luther King, Jr. Library - 2003 - Mississippi River - Biblioteca Latinoamericana - Spanish language - East San Jose Carnegie Branch Library - Carnegie library - 1908 - National Register of Historic Places - Chinese - Japanese - Korean - Russian

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