Piedmont Hills High School - San Jose, California/CA

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Piedmont Hills High School

1377 Piedmont Rd., San Jose, CA, 95132-2497 -

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Definition of Terms

Piedmont Hills High School

School Level

High school

School Type

Magnet School

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Santa Clara County, CA

Students & Faculty

Total Students

2183 students

% Male / % Female

52% / 48%

Total Classroom Teachers

91 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 551 students

Grade 10 - 572 students

Grade 11 - 533 students

Grade 12 - 527 students

This School

(CA) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:24

1:23

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(CA) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	3%
% Asian	59%	8%
% Hispanic	21%	39%
% Black	4%	9%
% White	15%	36%
% Unknown	1 %	5%

Additional Student Information

This School

(CA) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

12%

30%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

(CA) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

East Side Union High School District

This School's Agency

(CA) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	23	7
Number of Students Managed	25,817 students	3,960 students
District Total Revenue	$245,186,000	$37,604,000
District Expenditure	$279,038,000	$39,520,000
District Revenue / Student	$9,497	$9,496
District Expenditure / Student	$10,808	$9,980
District Graduation Rates	n/a	n/a

The big Seven-Oh finds Ron McBride doing what he loves best ...still coaching football, after all those years (Standard-Examiner)
posted on October 15, 2009 at 05:26:29 am
OGDEN -- Before Jim Plunkett won the Heisman Trophy at Stanford and then a pair of Super Bowl championships with the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders, he had a young high school coach who tried his best to help the teenager get better. read more
Police Blotter (San Jose Mercury News)
posted on July 1, 2009 at 11:12:38 pm
SAN JOSE3600 Block of Copperfield Drive, 12:17 a.m. Wednesday Police say a woman was approached by someone armed with a handgun, demanding her purse.
Eight Scouts from one Milpitas troop are awarded Eagle rank (The Milpitas Post)
posted on June 26, 2009 at 04:27:47 pm
On Saturday afternoon in Milpitas, dads and a group of very proud families received an early Father's Day gift: Eight sons from San Jose and Milpitas received the Boy Scouts' highest badge of honor, the Eagle Scout.
SJSU graduation a big, festive, sunny party - despite the cloudy future (San Jose Mercury News)
posted on May 24, 2009 at 02:37:59 am
On a morning that began chilly and gray but quickly turned warm and bright, a festive and sometimes tearful mood prevailed despite the recognition that the nearly 8,000 graduates are heading for the proverbial 'real world' in the worst economy since the Great Depression.
Bay Area News In Brief (San Jose Mercury News)
posted on May 4, 2009 at 04:54:43 am
San JoseTeen reports attempted kidnapping near schoolA 14-year-old girl was the victim of what police are calling an attempted kidnapping near Piedmont Hills High School in San Jose on Friday afternoon.

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Piedmont Hills High School is a comprehensive public four-year high school located in the Berryessa neighborhood of San Jose, California, USA. It is part of the East Side Union High School District and is the second highest performing school in the district, based on California's Academic Performance Index. The school's mascot is the Pirate known as Petey the Pirate .
The school began operation in 1965, under founding principal Gerald R. Bocciardi.
It is currently a California Distinguished School and has received various awards in several aspects of its curriculum. Together with Independence High School and Yerba Buena High School, Piedmont Hills is one of a few schools in the district to have its own music program.
Piedmont Hills High School is located at the intersection of Piedmont Road and Ruskin Avenue (Piedmont and Sierra Road being the major cross-streets).
Beginning in 2008, lockers will be removed due to issues related vandalism, theft, and safety.
Sports
Football
Boys and Girls Basketball
Badminton
Swimming
Water Polo
Boys and Girls Soccer
Track and Field
Boys and Girls Tennis
Cross-Country
Wrestling
Baseball
Softball
Girls Volleyball
Golf
Notable alumni
Ato Boldon, Olympic Track Medalist & World Champion
Jerry Yang, co-founder of Yahoo!
Bryan Garza, guitarist and lead vocalist for indie band Scissors for Lefty
Anna Maria Perez de Tagle, American actress best known for her work on Hannah Montana and Camp Rock
See also
Santa Clara County high schools
External links
Official website
East Side Union High School District
PHHS Badminton Website

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