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Almaden is known for having great schools. In fact, when I hold open house in Almaden I get quite a few homebuyers who previously were looking in Cupertino, but are now attracted to Almaden for the schools as well as the value.
Most of Almaden (area 13) is in the San Jose Unified School District. The western portion of Almaden (north of Via Campagna, east of Guadalupe Creek, and west of Monteverde Drive, north of Redmond and west of Vilmar Ave. and Crump Ct.) is in the Campbell Union High School Districts (free zone 2**). A tiny portion of Almaden (south of Via Campagna) is in the Los Gatos Joint Union District.
Click>here for a link to the San Jose Unified School District boundary maps.
Click>here for a link to the Union School District boundary map.
Click>here for a link to the Campbell Union High District.
Click>here for a link to the Los Gatos Elementary School District locator map.
Here is a list of API school scores for last year (2008):
San Jose Unified
Graystone Elementary – 941
Los Alamitos Elementary – 895
Simonds Elementary – 931
Williams Elementary – 951
Bret Harte Middle – 915
Castillero Middle – 810
Leland High – 849
Pioneer High – 809
Union Elementary
Guadalupe Elementary – 921
Dartmouth Middle – 854
Campbell Union High
Leigh High School – 805
Branham High School – 775
Los Gatos Elementary
Blossom Hill Elementary – 942
Raymond J. Fisher Middle School – 905
Saratoga-Los Gatos High School District
Los Gatos High School - 846
**Note: Homes in “Free Zone 2″ according to the boundary map have their “home district” as Branham, but students are offered the one-time choice to go to either Leigh or Branham. (One-time means if a 9th grader chooses to go to Branham, they then give up their option to transfer to Leigh. However, if they start at Leigh, they can try to transfer back to the home district but are not guaranteed a spot… It also means “one-time per child” so siblings may attend different high schools. The choice needs to be submitted in Jan-March of the spring before the school year. Also, the one-time choice is available to 10th-12th graders if they have just moved into the district… not sure if they move mid-year what happens.