Leland High School (San Jose, California)


Leland High School is a public high school located in the Almaden Valley in San Jose, California, in the San Jose Unified School District.

History

Leland was founded in 1967. It was named for Raymond B. Leland, who had served as principal of San Jose High School, and his son Gordon Leland, who had been a student at the school and had died in World War II.

Awards and recognition

Leland has won accolades for its speech and debate team, and more recently its FIRST Robotics Competition Quixilver 604 and its FIRST Tech Challenge Quixilver 8404 robotics teams.
During the 2004–05 school year, Leland High School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education, the highest award an American school can receive.
In 2014, Leland was ranked number 20 in the United States for high standardized test scores between 2012-2014. Newsweek ranked Leland High School 54th in the nation.

Notable alumni and staff