Andrew Hill High School
San Jose, California, United States
Andrew Putnam Hill High School is a public secondary school, magnet school, and International Baccalaureate World School, located in the Edenvale neighbourhood of San Jose, California, United States. The school opened in 1956, and educates approximately 1,564 students as of 2026. It is one of eighteen schools of the East Side Union High School District (ESUHSD). It is named after Californian painter and preservationist Andrew P. Hill.
Demographics
As of 2012, Andrew Hill High's demographics is relatively close to that of neighbouring Yerba Buena High School's, and is roughly 66% Mexican American, 25% Asian American, 2.3% White, 1.4% African American and 1% other (Native American and Pacific Islander).
As of the 2023–2024 school year, Andrew Hill High School had an 83.8% graduation rate amongst its senior class. This number is up from the 2022-2023 graduation rate of 82.1%.
In 2007, 45% of the school's students qualified for the free lunch program, compared to the district average of 25%. In 2010, 55% of the school's students qualified for the federally subsidized lunches, the best measure of the percentage of low-income students at each school. Andrew Hill receives Title I low income funding under the No Child Left Behind Act.
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