Demographics
San Jose, California, is a city of over one million people. On the East Side of San Jose, there are approximately 100,000 people, with a majority Hispanic/Latino population followed by Asians, including Filipinos. William C. Overfelt High School is one of eleven high schools in the East Side Union High School District (ESUHSD), a high school only district serving approximately 24,500 students in the East Side of San Jose. There are seven elementary partner districts that feed directly to ESUHSD.
The East Side is its own unique, vibrant, and strong community, and is a different world from the rest of San Jose. Over 80% of students at Overfelt qualify for federal free or reduced lunch, and over 50% of students’ parents are not high school graduates. This is in stark contrast to even some of the other high schools in our school district, such as one school located just 3 miles away with an enrollment of approximately 2500 students but only 17% of students being socioeconomically disadvantaged.
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