Evergreen Valley High School

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Evergreen Valley High School
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Location
Evergreen Valley High School
3300 Quimby Road

San Jose
,
California

United States
Coordinates 37°19′27″N121°46′44″W / 37.3242°N 121.7788°W / 37.3242; -121.7788
Information
School type Public
Established2002
School district East Side Union High School District
Oversight Western Association of Schools and Colleges
PrincipalShelby Edwards
Staff167
Grades9-12
Enrollment2,749 [1]
ColorsTeal, black, white
   
Mascot Cougar
Nickname EVHS, EV
Rival Silver Creek High School
Athletics conference Blossom Valley Athletic League
Website evergreenvalleyhigh.esuhsd.org

Evergeen Valley High School is a comprehensive, 4-year high school located in the Evergreen area of San Jose, California, and is part of the East Side Union High School District. From 2007 to 2015, the school had a silver award on the U.S. News & World Report Best High Schools list. [2]

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History

The school initially compromised seven buildings on 52 acres of land overlooking the Santa Clara Valley, built at a total cost of $82.6 million. [3] It opened in 2002 as a "Small School", with an emphasis on technology and the idea that every student would have a laptop to take home for doing homework. [4] Within the high school, four mostly independent schools operated: Science & Technology, Global Economy, Human Performance, and Humanities. At opening, the school offered only two grade levels and the campus was still unfinished, so classes took place in portables on two nearby campuses: Silver Creek High School and Mount Pleasant High School. [5]

The campus officially opened for attendance in January 2003. [6] Enrollment quickly approached its limit of 1,800 and petitions for shrunken boundaries and expansion circulated rapidly. [7] On March 11, 2004, district trustees voted to construct a new building on campus to ease overcrowding. [8] In 2006, construction began for the new science building. [9] [10]

Principals existed for each of the four of schools, and were supervised by a primary principal. However, due to change in district leadership and issues with funding and philosophy, in February 2004, the small school system was done away with, and the high school adopted a more traditional format. [6] [11]

Academics

The school is ranked #1 in the East Side Union High School District and #10 in San Jose. [12] In 2018, SFGate ranked it #15 among San Francisco Bay Area high schools sending students to Harvard University, Princeton University, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. [13]

Biotech Academy

To relieve overcrowding, the school opened Biotech Academy on the campus of Evergreen Valley College in 2004, offering a "small school" environment similar to EVHS's original model. [14] [15] However, the academy was closed in 2006 due to budget cuts and declining interest. [6]

Athletics

The school offers several athletic programs, including cross country, football, tennis, volleyball, water polo, basketball, soccer, wrestling, badminton, baseball, softball, swimming, cheerleading, track and field, and golf.

Demographics

School YearAsianHispanicWhiteAfrican AmericanPacific IslanderNative American
2005–0657%24%14%4%—0.3%
2008–0960%24%10%4%1%0.3%
2013–1461%20%6%2%1%—
2014–1568%20%7%2%0.5%—
2024–2577%15%3%0.6%0.1%—

Controversy

2009 swastika incident

Overnight between March 14 and 15, 2009, a 20-foot swastika was etched on a lawn and several trees were cut down. [16]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "Search for Public Schools - Evergreen Valley High School". National Center for Education Statistics. The Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved December 3, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Evergreen Valley High". U.S. News & World Report. Archived from the original on October 23, 2008.
  3. ↑ Hinton, William Dean (April 14, 2004). "The East Side buys a state of the art high school--at $15 million over budget". Metro . Retrieved December 3, 2025.
  4. ↑ Suryaraman, Maya (December 4, 2002). "New S.J. school gives every student a laptop". San Jose Mercury News. pp. 1A. Archived from the original on February 21, 2005.
  5. ↑ "School Accountability Report Card for EVHS, 2003-2004" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2007. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
  6. 1 2 3 Boone, Ernie; et al. (March 1, 2007). "WASC Report on Evergreen Valley High School" (PDF). Western Association of Schools and Colleges. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 26, 2007. Retrieved August 11, 2007.
  7. ↑ Tessler, Joelle (January 23, 2004). "School boundary battle". San Jose Mercury News. p. 1C. Archived from the original on October 12, 2004.
  8. ↑ Tessler, Joelle (March 12, 2004). "Popular high school to expand". San Jose Mercury News. p. 3C. Archived from the original on October 12, 2004.
  9. ↑ "New Facilities, Modernizations & Infrastructure upgrades are progressing" (PDF). Superintendent's Newsletter. East Side Union High School District. March 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 13, 2006.
  10. ↑ "Evergreen Valley High School". Aedis Architects. Retrieved December 3, 2025.
  11. ↑ Rosen, Carol (June 16, 2006). "Evergreen Valley High School Principal Tim McDonough to retire". Evergreen Times. Times Media, Inc. Archived from the original on July 10, 2011.
  12. ↑ "Evergreen Valley High School". U.S. News. U.S. News & World Report . Retrieved December 3, 2025.
  13. ↑ "San Francisco Bay Area schools sending the most kids to Harvard, Princeton and MIT". SFGate.
  14. ↑ Baechle, Bea (December 31, 2004). "Looking back at 2004 from an Evergreen perspective". Evergreen Times. Archived from the original on February 18, 2005. Retrieved January 13, 2008.
  15. ↑ Sortor, Fiona (July 29, 2004). "New BioTech Academy aims to ease EVHS overcrowding". Evergreen Times. Archived from the original on February 26, 2005. Retrieved August 11, 2007.
  16. ↑ Rusk, Karina (March 20, 2009). "Feds probing swastika at SJ school". ABC7 News. Archived from the original on March 24, 2009. Retrieved June 13, 2009.
  17. ↑ "Matt Stonie, San Jose resident and college student, aims to dethrone Joey Chestnut". July 10, 2012.
  18. ↑ "Justin Suh - Men's Golf". USC Athletics. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
  19. ↑ Shah, Simmone. "Sneha Revanur: The 100 Most Influential People in AI 2023". TIME . Retrieved December 3, 2025.
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