San Jose Unified School District San Jose Unified School District San José Unified School District is a TK-12 school district in Santa Clara County, California and covers a large portion of the city of San Jose, California. The district has more than 3,000 full-time employees serving approximately 30,000 students in 41 schools from downtown San José in the north to the Almaden Valley in the south. San José Unified's vision is "preparing today’s students to be the thinkers, leaders, and creators of tomorrow." The district's mission is to "elevate opportunities for all". San Jose City School District was founded in 1853 and renamed San Jose
Chinatowns in San Jose Chinatowns in San Jose The city of San Jose was home to five Chinatowns that existed until the 1930s: The city of San Jose is home to 63,434 Chinese Americans according to the 2010 U.S. Census, comprising 6.7% of the city's population. The initial Chinatowns in San Jose were frequently burned down by arson, with artifacts from May 1887 discovered during initial excavations in the construction of the Fairmont Hotel. Many of these artifacts were installed at the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, and are housed in the archives of Stanford University. Another Chinatown was excavated during an urban