Yerba Buena High
Magnet · Grades 9–12 · 1,612 students
Luis Valdez Leadership Academy
1855 Lucretia Ave., San Jose, CA 95122
Grades
9–12
High
Students
225
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
17 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Luis Valdez Leadership Academy District
Santa Clara County
Schola Grade C · Average
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 1,321 California high schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other California high schools; the line marks the middle. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About Luis Valdez Leadership Academy
Luis Valdez Leadership Academy is a charter high school in San Jose, California, serving grades 9–12. It is part of Luis Valdez Leadership Academy District. The school is located in a large city in Santa Clara County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 225 students were enrolled, with about 17 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is smaller than the typical California high school (18.5 students per teacher). As a charter school, it is publicly funded and tuition-free, but operates independently of the local district under a charter from Luis Valdez Leadership Academy District. Its Schola Grade is C (average), compared with 1,321 California high schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 9–12
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Charter School · What this means
- Level
- High
- Grades offered
- 9–12
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 225 students
- Students per teacher
- 17 to 1
- AP courses offered
- 8
- Charter school
- Yes
- Charter authorizer
- Luis Valdez Leadership Academy District
- Magnet school
- No
- Virtual learning
- Offers virtual courses
- Locale
- City — Large
- School district
- Luis Valdez Leadership Academy District
- County
- Santa Clara County
- NCES school ID
- 060203813815
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School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.