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 High School | |
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Address | |
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 [3][4] |
Faculty | 77.11 (on FTE basis)[1] |
Grades | 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Enrollment | 1,923 (2017-18)[2] |
Student to teacher ratio | 24.94[1] |
Color(s) | Navy blue, Columbia blue, Gold[5] |
Mascot | Chargers |
Rival | Pioneer |
Information | (408) 535-6290 |
Website | leland |
Leland was founded in 1967.[6] 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.[7][8]
Leland has won accolades for its speech and debate team,[9] and more recently its FIRST Robotics Competition Quixilver 604[10] and its FIRST Tech Challenge Quixilver 8404[11] robotics teams.[12]
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,[13] 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.[14]
In 2014, Leland was ranked number 20 in the United States for high standardized test scores between 2012-2014.[15] Newsweek ranked Leland High School 54th in the nation.[16]
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,[17] the highest award an American school can receive.[18]
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.