Leland High School | |
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6677 Camden Ave , 95120 United States | |
Coordinates | 37°13′02″N 121°50′40″W / 37.217136°N 121.844326°W |
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Type | Public |
Established | 1967 |
School district | San Jose Unified School District |
Principal | Harveen Bal [2] [3] |
Faculty | 56.32 (on FTE basis) [1] |
Grades | 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Enrollment | 1,593 (2022-23) [1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 28.28 [1] |
Color(s) | Navy blue, Columbia blue, Gold [4] |
Mascot | Chargers |
Rival | Pioneer High School |
Information | (408) 535-6290 |
Website |
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Leland High School is a public high school located in the Almaden Valley in San Jose, California. Leland is one of the nine high schools in the San Jose Unified School District and is a STEM school.
Leland was founded in 1967. [5] It was named for Raymond B. Leland, who had served as principal of San Jose High School, and his son Gordon Leland, who had been a student at the school and had died in World War II. [6] [7]
Leland has won accolades for its speech and debate team, [8] and more recently its FIRST Robotics Competition Quixilver 604 [9] and its FIRST Tech Challenge Quixilver 8404 [10] robotics teams. [11]
In 2021, U.S. News & World Report ranked Leland as the number 1 high school in San Jose Unified School District and number 68 in the state of California, [12] and the education ranking and review website Niche ranked the school as the number 1 high school in the district and number 77 in the state. [13]
In 2014, Leland was ranked number 20 in the United States for high standardized test scores between 2012-2014. [14] Newsweek ranked Leland High School 54th in the nation. [15]
During the 2004–05 school year, Leland High School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education, [16] the highest award an American school can receive. [17]
San José Unified School District is proud to announce the appointment of Harveen Bal as the new Principal of Leland High School effective July 1, 2023.
When Pat Tillman was a freshman at Leland High School, he didn't make the varsity baseball team, despite being one of the best players his age in the South Bay.
Leland High School | |
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Address | |
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6677 Camden Ave , 95120 United States | |
Coordinates | 37°13′02″N 121°50′40″W / 37.217136°N 121.844326°W |
Information | |
Type | Public |
Established | 1967 |
School district | San Jose Unified School District |
Principal | Harveen Bal [2] [3] |
Faculty | 56.32 (on FTE basis) [1] |
Grades | 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Enrollment | 1,593 (2022-23) [1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 28.28 [1] |
Color(s) | Navy blue, Columbia blue, Gold [4] |
Mascot | Chargers |
Rival | Pioneer High School |
Information | (408) 535-6290 |
Website |
leland |
Leland High School is a public high school located in the Almaden Valley in San Jose, California. Leland is one of the nine high schools in the San Jose Unified School District and is a STEM school.
Leland was founded in 1967. [5] It was named for Raymond B. Leland, who had served as principal of San Jose High School, and his son Gordon Leland, who had been a student at the school and had died in World War II. [6] [7]
Leland has won accolades for its speech and debate team, [8] and more recently its FIRST Robotics Competition Quixilver 604 [9] and its FIRST Tech Challenge Quixilver 8404 [10] robotics teams. [11]
In 2021, U.S. News & World Report ranked Leland as the number 1 high school in San Jose Unified School District and number 68 in the state of California, [12] and the education ranking and review website Niche ranked the school as the number 1 high school in the district and number 77 in the state. [13]
In 2014, Leland was ranked number 20 in the United States for high standardized test scores between 2012-2014. [14] Newsweek ranked Leland High School 54th in the nation. [15]
During the 2004–05 school year, Leland High School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education, [16] the highest award an American school can receive. [17]
San José Unified School District is proud to announce the appointment of Harveen Bal as the new Principal of Leland High School effective July 1, 2023.
When Pat Tillman was a freshman at Leland High School, he didn't make the varsity baseball team, despite being one of the best players his age in the South Bay.