Hi , I want to ask the parents of kids going to Milpitas high school or passed out of MHS…. What do they think of this school? Are they satisfied with the overall academic and general scenario? How do you compare this school with American high school or Irvington high school of FUSD? I have stayed in Fremont for 5 years but don’t have much idea about Milpitasusd. Just want honest review from real life parents and residents. I always get mixed reviews online. No overaggressive or hate messages pls. TC-400K
A lot of low income, mobile home families can enroll.. can be a bit of risk.
I think Bay Area public schools are all about the kid and her ability to stick with the high performing crowd.
True for all. Honestly this nitpicking is funny. Just pick a high school that is convenient, preferably walking distance. None of them are bad and you can't really predict where your kid will perform better. These nitpicky people should remember what kind of high school THEY went to, and how they ended up successful regardless.
I’m a somewhat recent graduate of MHS (lived 95% of my life here), as are some of my family members. If your priority is for your kids to be exposed to higher achieving students and be higher achieving students themselves, I would honestly avoid Milpitas. Don’t get me wrong, there are students from MHS who go on to elite universities or good UC schools, and then on to great careers (like myself and my friends who mostly ended up in tech). However, I would say this is only true for a small slice of the student population. Unfortunately a large portion of the student population comes from less than great backgrounds (in past decades Milpitas hasn’t been known as a place for high earners to live, though I know things are different now) and may be a negative influence on your kids. Furthermore, an ongoing, decades long problem at MHS is overcrowding. One high school serves the entire city. Class sizes grow and grow over the years and your kids will receive less individual attention. I’m not saying your kids won’t be successful at MHS, and nowhere is perfect, but I think they would be better off elsewhere. Feel free to ask additional questions but this is what immediately comes to mind. Now that I’m much better off I wouldn’t send my kids there if I had the choice.
Also, because of the overcrowding, school counselors are minimally helpful. There also also a lot of fights requiring security intervention and misbehaving students who disrupt classes (at least the non advanced classes).
Wouldn’t it be easier to stand out and get better grades then? And better chance at college? Can always supplement with extracurricular or online classes if you want more rigor.
I have heard many things… but want to know the facts from current residents of Milpitas , even if their kids are younger.
There are close to 300-400 students per grade in MHS. It is impossible to get same opinion from all. If you want to compare American High, Washington High then you have to be specific like teachers, sports, arts, etc.
More like 750 per grade since student population is 3000+
I went to Lynbrook, and I played sports + volunteered with some Milpitas kids. They were all intelligent, hardworking, and more down to earth than some of my classmates.
Lynbrook is now synonymous with entitled kids since the housing prices in recent years have gone through the roof.
Nah we were all pretty entitled back then (10 years ago) too.
Avoid MHS, stick to Fremont ones
Milpitas Area used to have gangs years ago. Would avoid. Any Fremont school is better except Kennedy. If u want your kid to go to UC target AHS as they only care about GPA which is easily earned their compared to IHS or MSJ. Go to MSJ/IHS if you are targeting prestigious OOS schools like Purdue or Umich cause those schools care about high school rep which MSJ/IHS has better. However your kid’s mental health may take a toll. Note: I am a recent grad of MSJ
Come to mountain house. This school be a California top rated school in 5 years.
I have heard it’s a bad school district. Depends on the demographics.