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High · Alternative · Grades 10 to 12

Calero High, San Jose, CA

CEP schoolCalero High is a public high school in San Jose, part of East Side Union High. It enrolled 173 students in 2024-25, with 19.2 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
173
Teachers (FTE)
9.0
Students per teacher
19.2
Grades
10 to 12

This school's ratio is 3.0 lower than the district figure of 22.2. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school19.2
District22.2
California21.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
420 Calero Ave., San Jose, CA 95123
Phone
(408)347-7600
District
East Side Union High
County
Santa Clara County
Level
High
Type
Alternative
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
City: Large
NCES school ID
061182013019
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
110
Reduced-price lunch
6
Free or reduced-price lunch
11667.1% of enrollment.
Direct certification
62Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other high schools in East Side Union High

High schools elsewhere in San Jose

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.