Well-established and nicely maintained, Santa Clara is the third most populace city in Santa Clara County. Home to Santa Clara University, Mission Santa Clara, Mission College and the Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara has much to offer in the way of education and arts. The school district in Santa Clara includes many diverse neighborhoods and students generally score well on standardized testing. One of the top API scoring schools in the state is Millikin Elementary. Some of Santa Clara's schools are located in the renowned Cupertino School District. Parents are supportive of the arts in schools and work to maintain their programs. In Santa Clara, you will find many homes built in the Fifties and Sixties, as well as an "old quad" neighborhood near Santa Clara University where there is historic pre-World War II housing. You will notice that residents have lovingly maintained their homes with considerable renovation and remodeling. Recently one of the last large parcels of land between Hwy 101 and 880 was developed as a mix of single family and town homes called "Rivermark". Being relatively affordable and despite its drawback of being close to the San Jose Airport, this development sold out fairly quickly with townhomes selling in the $450,000 - $550,000 range and single family homes selling in the $700,000 range. For the most part homes in Santa Clara will rise in price as you move from the east San Jose border towards the W. San Jose border and Cupertino/Sunnyvale. With more than 31 parks and playgrounds, residents can enjoy tennis, baseball, basketball and many other recreational activities. Great America is a major amusement park and destination for families both within and outside of the area. In addition, there are many restaurants, youth centers and shopping centers. Known for turning out Olympic swimmers, the Santa Clara International Swim Center is another of Santa Clara's claims to fame.
Centrally located, freeways and parkways through and around the city making commuting to work a breeze. Cal Train travels to San Francisco and the light rail starts at Great America and goes to South San Jose. Santa Clara is also close to San Jose International Airport. |
