Editing Cupertino, California (section)

==Education==
[[File:P3040007McClellanRanch_crwb.jpg|thumb|left|[[McClellan Ranch Preserve]]]]
[[Santa Clara County Library]] operates the Cupertino Library, which is located adjacent to city hall.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.santaclaracountylib.org/cupertino/|title=Welcome to the Cupertino Library|website=Santa Clara County Library|access-date=March 27, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323193008/http://www.santaclaracountylib.org/cupertino/|archive-date=March 23, 2010}}</ref> The library, which was redesigned and rebuilt in 2004,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sccl.org/locations/hours-and-locations/cupertino/about/library-history|title=Cupertino Library Timeline|website=Santa Clara County Library|access-date=May 28, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130705005717/http://www.sccl.org/locations/hours-and-locations/cupertino/about/library-history|archive-date=July 5, 2013}}</ref> is the busiest branch in the Santa Clara County Library system, with about 3 million items circulated annually.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_14941161?nclick_check=1|title=Community known for being 'hooked on books' gets a new librarian|date=April 22, 2010|access-date=June 3, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117183051/http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_14941161?nclick_check=1|archive-date=January 17, 2012|url-status=live|author-last1=Wilson|author-first1=Matthew|website=The Mercury News}}</ref>

The [[San Francisco Japanese School]], a [[Hoshuko|weekend educational program for Japanese citizen children living abroad]], holds classes at J.F. Kennedy Middle School in Cupertino,<ref name=About>"[http://www.sfjs.org/about About San Francisco Japanese School], {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512070221/http://www.sfjs.org/about |date=May 12, 2015 }}." [[San Francisco Japanese School]]. Retrieved on February 23, 2014.</ref> as well as [[The Harker School|Harker]], a private school.

===Primary and secondary===
{{Main|Cupertino Union School District|Fremont Union High School District}}
[[File:Homestead Quad Cupertino.jpeg|thumb|right|[[Homestead High School (Cupertino, California)|Homestead High School]]]]
Cupertino is known for its high-achieving primary and secondary school students. For example, [[Murdock-Portal Elementary School|Murdock-Portal Elementary]] and [[Faria Elementary School]] are tied for highest score for elementary public school in the state of [[California]], per California 2013 API test scores. As of 2013, John F. Kennedy Middle School is the best public middle school in the state, and Lawson Middle School is the third best in the state. Furthermore, Monta Vista High School is ranked number 23 out of all the public high schools in the nation.

Primary (K-8) public schools are organized into the [[Cupertino Union School District]], while the [[Fremont Union High School District]] is responsible for high school students (except for a tiny portion of the northeast corner of the city which belongs to the [[Santa Clara Unified School District]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st06_ca/schooldistrict_maps/c06085_santa_clara/DC20SD_C06085.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Santa Clara County, CA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=September 5, 2024|page=1 (PDF p. 2/5)}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st06_ca/schooldistrict_maps/c06085_santa_clara/DC20SD_C06085_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> [[Cupertino High School]] and its feeder school, [[Hyde Middle School]], are located in the [[Rancho Rinconada]] section of Cupertino, while [[Monta Vista High School]] and its feeder, [[Kennedy Middle School (Cupertino, CA)|Kennedy Middle School]], are in the [[Monta Vista, Cupertino, California|Monta Vista]] neighborhood in the western half of Cupertino. [[Lawson Middle School]] feeds mostly Cupertino and Monta Vista High. In addition, [[Homestead High School (Cupertino, California)|Homestead High School]] is located in the northwestern portion of Cupertino, along the city border with neighboring [[Sunnyvale, California|Sunnyvale]].

===Colleges and universities===
Cupertino is home to [[De Anza College]], one of the two [[community college]]s in the [[Foothill–De Anza Community College District]]. The [[University of San Francisco]] has satellite campuses in Cupertino.<ref>{{Cite press release|date=2019-08-28 |title=University of San Francisco’s South Bay Programs Announce New Location at De Anza College |url=https://www.usfca.edu/news/university-san-franciscos-south-bay-programs-announce-new-location-de-anza-college |access-date=2025-03-28 |website=University of San Francisco |language=en}}</ref>