San Jose, California

=== Primary and secondary education ===
Until the opening of [[Abraham Lincoln High School (San Jose, California)|Lincoln High School]] in 1943, San Jose students only attended [[San Jose High Academy|San Jose High School]]. San Jose has 127 elementary, 47 middle, and 44 public high schools. Public education in the city is provided by four high school districts, fourteen [[elementary education|elementary]] districts, and four [[unified school district]]s (which provide both elementary and high schools). In addition to the main [[San Jose Unified School District]] (SJUSD) and other Districts within San Jose such as the [[Alum Rock Unified School District]] and the [[East Side Union High School District]], other nearby unified school districts of nearby cities are [[Milpitas Unified School District]], [[Morgan Hill Unified School District]], and [[Santa Clara Unified School District]].{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}}

The public schools in San Jose declared bankruptcy in 1983; at that time, it was the largest US school district to declare bankruptcy.<ref>{{cite news |title=San Jose Schools Can Cut Pay, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Rules |date=August 30, 1983 |agency=[[United Press International]] |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |page=B8}}</ref> Observers identified the reasons as a drop of 5,000 students in the preceding years, the difficulties imposed on school finances by ''[[Serrano v. Priest]]'' in 1968, the reduction of tax monies because of [[1978 California Proposition 13]], and the local teacher's union contract requiring a raise in pay.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.edweek.org/education/judge-upholds-san-jose-bankruptcy-but-schools-to-open-on-time/1983/09 |date=September 1983 |title=Judge Upholds San Jose Bankruptcy, But Schools To Open on Time |last=Hardy |first=Charles |magazine=[[Education Week]] |access-date=September 10, 2021 |archive-date=September 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210911020806/https://www.edweek.org/education/judge-upholds-san-jose-bankruptcy-but-schools-to-open-on-time/1983/09 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Private schools in San Jose, CA|Private schools in San Jose]] are primarily run by religious groups.{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}} The [[Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose in California|Catholic Diocese of San Jose]] has the second-largest student population in Santa Clara County, behind only SJUSD;{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}} the diocese and its parishes operate several schools in the city, including five high schools.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dsj.org/dsj/schools_results.asp?show=all |title=Schools |publisher=[[Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose in California]] |access-date=June 18, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927173701/http://www.dsj.org/dsj/schools_results.asp?show=all |archive-date = September 27, 2007}}</ref> Other private religious schools are [[Baptist]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.christianschoolsanjose.org/ |title=Liberty Baptist School- Christian School, San Jose, CA |publisher=Christianschoolsanjose.org |access-date=January 19, 2014 |archive-date=April 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423094459/https://www.libertybaptistschool.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Non-denominational Christianity|non-denominational Protestant]], and [[Wisconsin Synod|Wisconsin Synod Lutheran]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Aspire. Learn. Succeed. |url=https://school.apostles-lutheran.net/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806225530/https://school.apostles-lutheran.net/ |archive-date=August 6, 2020 |access-date=23 April 2020}}</ref> Secular private schools include [[Cambrian Academy]] and [[Harker School]].