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Kathleen MacDonald High

San Jose · CA · Santa Clara Unified · Public

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Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Kathleen MacDonald High compares for families

What families should know about Kathleen MacDonald High.

  • LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Santa Clara County Community, Santa Clara County Court, Santa Clara County Special Education and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🏛️ Federal Title I context

Mixed-income school

Below Title I eligibility threshold (FRPL < 35%)

31.8%
FRPL rate — % of students who qualify for the federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program. This is the underlying federal income-eligibility signal Title I designations are computed from (ESEA Sec. 1113).
0% (no FRPL) 35% TA · 40% Schoolwide 100% (universal FRPL)

25-34% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Below the federal Title I threshold but a meaningful share of the population is income-eligible for free lunch.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +80.8%/year, projecting from 2024's 683 students:

2025
1,235
2027
4,035
2029
13,186

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Revenue upside

At $30,777 per student in district revenue, the 12,503 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $384,804,831/year in additional funding.

District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.

Nearby high schools — the local competition

The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
Santa Clara County Community
San Jose
Public 2.5 86
Santa Clara County Court
San Jose
Public 2.5 43
Santa Clara County Special Education
San Jose
Public 2.5 345 -23.0%
Opportunity Youth Academy
San Jose
Public · charter 2.5 283 -8.1%
Granada Islamic School
Santa Clara
Private 2.6 409 -9.7%
Mission Early College High
Santa Clara
Public 2.9 183 +25.3%
San Jose Conservation Corps Charter
San Jose
Public · charter 3.2 158 +20.6%
Calaveras Hills
Milpitas
Public 3.4 105 -9.5%

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