Mission San Jose High School

Mission San Jose High School, is a public, co-educational, four-year secondary school founded in 1964. It is located in the Mission San Jose district of Fremont, California, United States. It consistently ranks as one of the top high schools in the country and is known for its strong academics, sending 95.1% of its graduates to post-secondary schools. Mission San Jose High School is the largest high school in Fremont.AcademicsIn April 2016, U.S. News & World Report ranked Mission San Jose High as the 76th best high school in the United States. The school is ranked 6th within California, with an Advanced Placement participation rate of 89%.Mission San Jose has a strong AP program, demonstrated by both the high percentage of students participating in AP testing and students' high pass rates on multiple exams. Over 70% of juniors and over 60% of seniors took at least one AP exam, with 97% receiving a passing score of 3 or above. Mission San Jose students also showed a mastery of a wide range of subjects, with 100% of test-takers scoring a 3 or higher on the World History, Japanese language, and Chinese language AP exams, and over 95% of test-takers scoring a 3 or higher on the Chemistry, Physics B, and US History AP exams. Among large public high schools, Mission has the highest passing rate for both AP Statistics and AP French.Mission San Jose students also perform well in other state and national tests. The school had an API (Academic Performance Index) of 952 in 2010. A ranking by Newsweek placed Mission San Jose 10th in the United States for math and science, and 1st when excluding private schools. The school claims many other achievements and honors, among them the high number of students earning National Merit Scholarships. The school was named a National Blue Ribbon School in 1987, 1996, and 2008. 87% of the students are on the honor roll, with a GPA of 3.0 or higher, and students' SAT scores are in the top 95% of the nation. In 2014, Mission San Jose had 107 National Merit semifinalists.