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Fremont Union High School District
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Santa Clara County, California
District details
Superintendent: Graham Clark
# of school board members: 5
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Fremont Union High School District is a school district in California.

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Superintendent

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Graham Clark is the superintendent of Fremont Union High School District. Clark was appointed in May 2022. His previous career experience includes working within the district for over 25 years.[1]

Past superintendents

  • Polly Bove was the superintendent of the Fremont Union High School District from 2007 until 2022.[2][3] Bove's previous career experience includes working as a guidance counselor, district coordinator of student services, and executive director of educational services.[4]

School board

The Fremont Union High School District board of trustees consists of five members elected to four-year terms.[5]

In 2024, the Fremont Union High School District Board of Education began to transition from at-large elections to by-district elections. Two district seats were up for election in 2024, while the three remaining remaining will be up for election in 2026.

Elections

See also: Fremont Union High School District, California, elections

Elections for the Fremont Union High School District board of trustees are held in November of even-numbered years. Elections are staggered so that two or three seats are up for election at a time.

Two seats on the board were up for general election on November 5, 2024.

Ballotpedia covered school board elections in 367 school districts in 29 states in 2024. Those school districts had a total student enrollment of 12,203,404 students. Click here to read an analysis of those elections.


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Public participation in board meetings

The Fremont Union High School District board of trustees maintains the following policy on public testimony during board meetings:[6]


District map

School district map

Budget

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[7]

Revenue, 2020-2021
SOURCE AMOUNT AMOUNT PER STUDENT PERCENT
Federal: $8,669,000 $800 3%
Local: $227,768,000 $21,020 85%
State: $30,859,000 $2,848 12%
Total: $267,296,000 $24,667
Expenditures, 2020-2021
TYPE AMOUNT AMOUNT PER STUDENT PERCENT
Total Expenditures: $293,661,000 $27,100
Total Current Expenditures: $179,226,000 $16,539
Instructional Expenditures: $108,756,000 $10,036 37%
Student and Staff Support: $26,768,000 $2,470 9%
Administration: $26,227,000 $2,420 9%
Operations, Food Service, Other: $17,475,000 $1,612 6%
Total Capital Outlay: $88,355,000 $8,153
Construction: $88,243,000 $8,143
Total Non El-Sec Education & Other: $4,061,000 $374
Interest on Debt: $21,999,000 $2,030


Teacher salaries

The following salary information was pulled from the district's teacher salary schedule. A salary schedule is a list of expected compensations based on variables such as position, years employed, and education level. It may not reflect actual teacher salaries in the district.

Year Minimum Maximum
2024-2025[8] $105,395 $177,052
2022-2023[9] $96,517 $153,909
2020[10] $79,092 $133,842

Academic performance

Each year, state and local education agencies use tests and other standards to assess student proficiency. Although the data below was published by the U.S. Department of Education, proficiency measurements are established by the states. As a result, proficiency levels are not comparable between different states and year-over-year proficiency levels within a district may not be comparable because states may change their proficiency measurements.[11]

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2020-2021 87 90-94 PS 40-49 >=90 80-89
2018-2019 78 90 21-39 25 PS 70-74 78
2017-2018 75 90 <=20 25 PS 70-74 69
2016-2017 77 91 21-39 24 PS 80-84 73
2015-2016 78 90 40-59 21 PS 80-84 78
2014-2015 81 93 40-49 25-29 PS 75-79 77
2013-2014 89 96 60-69 58 PS 90-94 91
2012-2013 86 95 40-59 51 PS 85-89 88
2011-2012 85 96 50-59 47 PS 60-79 87
2010-2011 85 95 40-59 44 >=50 60-79 88

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2020-2021 91 90-94 PS 70-79 >=90 >=90
2018-2019 81 89 60-79 44 PS 85-89 85
2017-2018 80 89 21-39 42 PS 75-79 83
2016-2017 84 93 40-59 44 PS 90-94 85
2015-2016 82 90 40-59 44 PS 85-89 85
2014-2015 86 92 70-79 50-54 PS 90-94 88
2013-2014 84 91 60-69 49 PS 85-89 89
2012-2013 84 90 40-59 55 PS 90-94 88
2011-2012 81 91 60-69 41 PS 60-79 85
2010-2011 85 91 40-59 49 >=50 60-79 90

The following table shows the graduation rate of district students each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2019-2020 94 98 60-79 80 PS >=95 95
2018-2019 96 98 >=80 87 PS >=95 96
2017-2018 95 98 >=80 82 PS >=95 96
2016-2017 95 98 >=80 83 PS >=95 95
2015-2016 96 >=99 >=90 89 PS >=95 96
2014-2015 96 >=99 >=80 85 PS >=95 97
2013-2014 96 >=99 >=90 84 PS >=90 96
2012-2013 94 97 >=80 78 >=50 >=90 96
2011-2012 94 98 80-89 80 PS >=50 94
2010-2011 92 97 >=90 69 >=50 PS 94


Students

Year Enrollment Year-to-year change (%)
2022-2023 10,019 -2.8
2021-2022 10,296 -5.2
2020-2021 10,836 -2.2
2019-2020 11,071 0.4
2018-2019 11,022 -1.1
2017-2018 11,140 2.4
2016-2017 10,869 1.2
2015-2016 10,736 -0.5
2014-2015 10,792 0.8
2013-2014 10,710 0.4
2012-2013 10,664 1.2
2011-2012 10,535 1.3
2010-2011 10,403 1.1
2009-2010 10,285 -0.5
2008-2009 10,339 0.1
2007-2008 10,333 1.0
2006-2007 10,228 3.3
2005-2006 9,890 2.6
2004-2005 9,631 3.2
2003-2004 9,320 2.0
2002-2003 9,138 1.3
2001-2002 9,023 -0.4
2000-2001 9,062 0.6
1999-2000 9,005 0.0
Racial Demographics, 2022-2023
RACE Fremont Union High School District (%) California K-12 STUDENTS (%)
American Indian/Alaska Native 0.4 0.0
Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander 58.4 0.0
Black 0.8 0.0
Hispanic 17.6 0.0
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.3 0.0
Two or More Races 8.9 0.0
White 13.7 0.0

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.


Staff

As of the 2022-2023 school year, Fremont Union High School District had 433.17 full-time classroom teachers. The student-teacher ratio was 23.13.

Teachers, 2022-2023 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF TEACHERS
Prekindergarten: 0.00
Kindergarten: 0.00
Elementary: 0.00
Secondary: 433.17
Total: 433.17

Fremont Union High School District employed 7.40 district administrators and 34.68 school administrators as of the 2022-2023 school year.

Administrators, 2022-2023 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATORS
District Administrators: 7.40
District Administrative Support: 37.75
School Administrators: 34.68
School Administrative Support: 67.27
Other staff, 2022-2023 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF OTHER STAFF
Instructional Aides: 124.87
Instruc. Coordinators & Supervisors: 8.33
Total Guidance Counselors: 23.50
Elementary Guidance Counselors: 0.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors: 23.50
Librarians/Media Specialists: 4.50
Library/Media Support: 0.00
Student Support Services: 22.20
Other Support Services: 107.38


Schools

The Fremont Union High School District operates six schools. They are listed below in alphabetical order.
List of schools
SCHOOL NAMENUMBER OF STUDENTSGRADES
Community Day79-12
Cupertino High1,9979-12
Fremont High2,1719-12
Homestead High2,3119-12
Lynbrook High1,7419-12
Monta Vista High1,7519-12

Noteworthy events

2021: Recall effort does not go to a vote

See also: Bill Wilson recall, Fremont Union High School District, California (2021)

An effort to recall William "Bill" Wilson from his position on the Fremont Union High School District board of trustees in California did not go to a vote in 2021. Recall supporters did not submit signatures by the deadline.[12] Recall supporters would have had to submit 11,730 signatures from residents of the school district by September 27, 2021, to get the recall on the ballot.[13]

Recall supporters said the district was too slow to reopen schools to in-person instruction after the number of COVID-19 cases began to ebb in the county.[14]

2016: Court rules test scores not required in teacher evaluations

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Contra Costa County Superior Court Judge Barry Goode ruled in September 2016 that the Fremont Union High School District, along with 12 other school districts, could not be required to use student test scores in teacher evaluations. Goode's ruling went against a lawsuit filed by the group Students Matter, which sought to mandate the use of student standardized test scores in teacher evaluations. Students Matter argued that the districts' teacher contracts violated California's 1971 Stull Act, which requires school districts to evaluate teachers in a manner related to student performance. Goode concluded that all of the school districts in question were meeting their legal obligations.[15]

“The Legislature endorses many uses of those tests, including evaluating pupils, entire schools and local educational agencies,” Goode wrote in his opinion. “But it does not say the results should be used to evaluate individual teachers.”[15]

Marcellus McRae, who represented the plaintiffs, said he was surprised by the ruling. “If you really think about it, this is such a basic concept that the goal of teaching is for students to learn,” McRae said. “It is, to me, axiomatic that teacher evaluations have to be based at least in part over whether students have learned.”[15]

Students Matter won a similar case in 2012. That lawsuit had been filed against the Los Angeles Unified School District, and the school district was ultimately required to include test scores in its teacher evaluations. In the 2016 case, however, Goode ruled that school districts were allowed to decide how to use test results. “There are serious questions about whether, and the extent to which, a pupil’s standardized test score is ‘reasonably related’ and ‘applicable’ to the performance of a given teacher,” Goode said.[15]

The California Federation of Teachers supported Goode's ruling. “Every day teachers across California use a variety of benchmarks, including in-class quizzes, tests, projects, and personal observation to fine-tune their approaches with their students,” said California Federation of Teachers President Joshua Pechthalt. “There is no single method for assessing progress that is ideal or that should be used to the exclusion of all others.”[15]

Contact information

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Fremont Union High School District
589 W. Fremont Ave.
Sunnyvale, CA 94087
Phone: 408-522-2200


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Footnotes

  1. ↑ FREMONT UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT, "DISTRICT LEADERSHIP," accessed November 01, 2023
  2. ↑ The Mercury News, "Bove to step down as high school district superintendent," January 14, 2022
  3. ↑ LinkedIn, "Bove Polly: Superintendent at Fremont Union High School Dist.," accessed November 24, 2014
  4. ↑ Fremont Union High School District, "District Leadership," accessed October 8, 2019
  5. ↑ Fremont Union High School District, "Board of Trustees," accessed July 13, 2021
  6. ↑ Fremont Union High School District, "Board Policy Manual: Bylaw 9323: Meeting Conduct," accessed January 10, 2024
  7. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed June 17, 2024
  8. ↑ Fremont Union High School District, "TEACHERS / FEA - SALARY SCHEDULE - JULY 1, 2024," accessed April 15, 2025
  9. ↑ Fremont Union High School District, "FEA X3 ‐ SALARY SCHEDULE ‐ JULY 1, 2022," accessed July 13, 2021
  10. ↑ Fremont Union High School District, "TEACHERS / FEA - SALARY SCHEDULE - JULY 1, 2020," accessed July 13, 2021
  11. ↑ U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC: EDFacts, "State Assessments in Reading/Language Arts and Mathematics- School Year 2018-19 EDFacts Data Documentation," accessed February 25, 2021
  12. ↑ Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Bren Lehr, Elections Division Coordinator, Candidate Services Division Manager, County of Santa Clara Registrar of Voters," October 4, 2021
  13. ↑ Abbey Smith, “Email communication with the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters," June 29, 2021
  14. ↑ Daily Post, "Parents in four South Bay school districts want to recall school board members over school closings," May 8, 2021
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 Los Angeles Times, "Court refuses to mandate use of test scores in teacher evaluations," September 22, 2016
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