📍 1855 Lucretia Ave., San Jose, Santa Clara County, 95122
Yerba Buena High is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in San Jose, Santa Clara County. The school has 1,724 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Lyra Hua. It is part of the East Side Union High school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 74.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 23.2:1.
Yerba Buena High enrolls 1,724 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 74.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 23.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 50% Hispanic or Latino, 46% Asian and 1.6% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 855 | 50% |
| Asian | 786 | 46% |
| Black or African American | 27 | 1.6% |
| White | 26 | 1.5% |
| Two or more races | 25 | 1.5% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 4 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
761 of the school's 1,724 students (44%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Yerba Buena High is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Yerba Buena High is one of 16 schools in East Side Union High, based in San Jose, California. The district serves 20,001 students district-wide and employs 947 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,724 students, Yerba Buena High is larger than the district average of about 1,250 students per school.