| Jefferson Union High School District | |
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| Address | |
123 Edgemont Drive, Building A Daly City ,San Mateo County,California,94015 | |
| Coordinates | 37°40′05″N122°28′43″W / 37.668096°N 122.478551°W /37.668096; -122.478551 (District office) |
| District information | |
| Motto | Excellence Through Equity |
| Grades | 9–12, Adult ED |
| Established | 1922 (1922) |
| Superintendent | Toni Presta |
| Deputy superintendent(s) |
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| School board | Sherrett Walker, Andrew Lie, Rosie Tejada, Martinien Cho |
| Chair of the board | Jerome Gallegos |
| Governing agency | San Mateo County Office of Education |
| Schools | Jefferson, Westmoor, Thornton, Oceana, Terra Nova, and Adult ED |
| NCES District ID | 0618930[1] |
| District ID | 41-68924 |
| Students and staff | |
| Enrollment | 3,715 (2024-2025) |
| Athletic conference | Peninsula Athletic League |
| Other information | |
| Website | www |
TheJefferson Union High School District (JUHSD) is ahigh school district in northernSan Mateo County, California, which serves the cities ofDaly City,Brisbane andPacifica, the town ofColma, the CDP ofBroadmoor and a section ofSan Bruno.[2] Its district office is located at the new location of 123 Edgemont Drive, Bldg. A, Daly City. It serves as a secondary education district for students coming from theJefferson Elementary School District,Bayshore Elementary School District,Brisbane School District, and thePacifica School District.
The Jefferson Union High School District was formed by voters in a March 1922 election, and the first Jefferson High School opened on August 21, 1922, at an old school house onAlemán at the corner of Hill and Market. Voters approved a bond of $180,000 in November 1922 for a new high school building, which was dedicated on May 23, 1925. That building was later demolished in the early 1960s after the opening of the current Jefferson High School building in 1963.[3]
It consists of four comprehensive high schools, and onecontinuation school:
| Name | Established | Enrollment[a] | Mascot | City | Notes | Image | |
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| Jefferson | 1922 | 1,107 | Grizzlies | Daly City | Current building built in 1963, refurbished 2005 |  | |
| Oceana | 1962 | 597 | Sharks | Pacifica | Main building designed byMario Ciampi; nontraditional school with emphasis on liberal arts education |  | |
| Terra Nova | 1961 | 982 | Tigers | Pacifica |  | ||
| Thornton | 1975 | 136 | Saints | Daly City | Continuation high school | ||
| Westmoor | 1958 | 1,598 | Rams | Daly City | Campus designed byMario Ciampi andLawrence Halprin | .jpg) | |
| Summary | 4,862 | ||||||
The now closed Serramonte High School was open from 1970 to 1981, returning in a limited form for the two academic years of 1993–1995.[5] At the time, it was proposed to relocate Oceana to the Serramonte campus to save money to restore a state-mandated $750,000 reserve fund for the district.[6] The former campus, now renamedSerramonte Del Rey, serves as the district office.
In 2018, district voters passed a bond that allowed the district to build housing for teaching staff. Around 2020, construction began.[7] The facility has 122 apartments.[8]
According to theCalifornia Department of Education, the total enrollment for Jefferson Union High School District is 4,862 in the 2016–17 academic year.[4]