Mission San Jose High School

Mission San Jose High School
Location
41717 Palm Ave.

Fremont, California
94539

United States
Coordinates37°32′41″N 121°56′02″W / 37.5447°N 121.9338°W / 37.5447; -121.9338
Information
TypePublic high school
Opened1964[1]
School districtFremont Unified School District
CEEB code050970
PrincipalAmy Perez
Teaching staff74.48 ((on an FTE basis))[2]
Grades9–12[2]
Enrollment1,822 (2023–24)[2]
Student to teacher ratio24.46[2]
Campus typeSuburban
ColorsGreen, black, and white
     
NicknameWarriors
USNWR ranking80th (2020)[3]
NewspaperThe Smoke Signal
YearbookThe Summit
Feeder schoolsHopkins Junior High School
Websitefremontunified.org/msjhs/

Mission San Jose High School (MSJHS or MSJ) is a four-year co-educational public high school founded in 1964. It is located in the Mission San Jose district of Fremont, California, United States. It is one of five comprehensive high schools in the Fremont Unified School District. Mission San Jose High School is the third largest high school in Fremont. It was named after Mission San José de Guadalupe, the 1797 Spanish church founded nearby.

History

School structure

In 2025, U.S. News & World Report ranked Mission San Jose High as the 107th best high school in the United States. The school was ranked 12th in California, with an Advanced Placement participation rate of 88%. [4]

The school was named a National Blue Ribbon School in 1987, 1996, and 2008.

Demographics

As of the 2023–24 school year, 89.8% of the students were Asian American, 4.5% were European American, 3.2% were Hispanic and 0.3% were African American.[3] According to California School Dashboard, in 2017 MSJHS had 3.8% socioeconomically disadvantaged students and 3.1% English Learners out of its total population of 2003.[5]

Extracurricular activities

Academic competitions

Quiz bowl-style tournaments

In 2008, Mission San Jose's National Ocean Science Bowl Team placed first at the regional competition, advancing to the National Competition and placing second behind Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School.[6][7][8]

Speech and debate

In 2004–2005, Mission San Jose's Lincoln-Douglas Debate team (also known as OHSODEF) was ranked first in the country.[9] The team won the National Tournament of Champions in 2003 and closed out (having two debaters meet in the final round of) the 2004 Fall Classic tournament at the Greenhill School.[10] In 2018, the team won the National Speech and Debate Association national championship in Public Forum Debate.[11]

Local (Bay Area) competitions

At the Bay Area Science and Innovation Consortium WonderCup Challenge, MSJ has won in four years; three of those wins were in a row (2004–2006).[12]

Go tournaments

Mission San Jose's Go team took first place at the California High School Go Championships three years in a row (2005–2007). In 2008, the MSJ Go club won first place in the Open Division to become the national champions. In 2010, Mission won first place in Division A at the newly formed Bay Area High School Go Tournament.[13]

Chess tournaments

In 2005, the team tied for first place at the CalNorthYouthChess regionals. In 2000, the team took first at the State Scholastic Championship.[14]

Athletics

Mission San Jose High School is a member of the Mission Valley Athletic League (MVAL), which includes high schools in Fremont as well as Newark Memorial High School in Newark, James Logan High School in Union City, and Moreau Catholic High School in Hayward. The league competes within the North Coast Section of the California Interscholastic Federation.

During the 1978 football season, the Mission San Jose football team won the North Coast Section 4A Varsity Football Championship and completed an undefeated 12–0 season, becoming the first team in MVAL history to win an NCS football title.[15] The football program was discontinued following the 2015 season.

Mission San Jose High School’s winter guard program has a first-place finish in the Intermediate Division at the 2011 Northern California Band Association Winter Guard Championships.

The school’s colors are green and white, and its teams are known as the Warriors. The school previously used imagery associated with Mission Peak and a feathered arrow logo; these designs were phased out in the late 1990s due to concerns regarding the use of Native American imagery in school mascots. Currently, the school designates the "Mission Man" as a mascot.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ "Mission San Jose High School school profile". May 13, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d "Mission San Jose High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 8, 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Mission San Jose High School in Fremont, CA". US News Best High Schools. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  4. ^ "How Does Mission San Jose High School Rank Among America's Best High Schools?". www.usnews.com. Archived from the original on December 12, 2024. Retrieved November 16, 2025.
  5. ^ "California Department of Education - LCFF-LCAP". www.caschooldashboard.org.
  6. ^ "Welcome - Estuary & Ocean Science Center". rtc.sfsu.edu.
  7. ^ "2017 NOSB Finals". National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB). July 6, 2016. Retrieved May 28, 2017.
  8. ^ "2015 NOSB Finals". National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB). July 17, 2014. Archived from the original on June 16, 2017. Retrieved May 28, 2017.
  9. ^ "National Debate Rankings » Blog Archive » 2004-2005 Final Squad NDR". July 23, 2011. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011.
  10. ^ "hsdebate.com: LD_Greenhill.html". August 22, 2007. Archived from the original on August 22, 2007.
  11. ^ "San Jose Area Students Win National Speech & Debate Championships". July 6, 2018.
  12. ^ "WonderCup Info". Archived from the original on July 28, 2007. Retrieved April 22, 2007.
  13. ^ "American Go Honor Society". www.aghs.cc.
  14. ^ "Calchess.org". Archived from the original on April 27, 2006.
  15. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 18, 2008. Retrieved June 18, 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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