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Santa Clara County
Santa Clara County has 31 school districts, 55 charter schools and 1 county office of education. In 2022 the Kitchen Infrastructure and Training (KIT) Fund sent $23 million to agencies in the county, and in 2025 another $7.2 million.
Every agency's KIT money
The California Department of Education (CDE) gave the 2022 round by formula to agencies that sponsor the federal school meal programs. The 2025 round was a competitive grant. Hands-on food education in school gardens is an allowed use of the 2026 money.
$23 million
2022 allocations
$7.2 million
2025 grants
| Agency | Type | 2022 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alum Rock Union Elementary | School district | $619,528 | $262,433 | |
| Berryessa Union Elementary | School district | $382,046 | None listed | Priority |
| Cambrian | School district | $492,403 | $92,147 | |
| Campbell Union | School district | $382,413 | $248,056 | |
| Campbell Union High | School district | $1,012,222 | $320,014 | |
| Cupertino Union | School district | $1,568,257 | $483,820 | |
| East Side Union High | School district | $1,945,552 | $942,753 | |
| Evergreen Elementary | School district | $399,660 | $299,349 | |
| Franklin-McKinley Elementary | School district | $956,152 | None listed | Priority |
| Fremont Union High | School district | $1,193,849 | $279,994 | |
| Gilroy Unified | School district | $1,774,413 | $345,211 | |
| Lakeside Joint | School district | None listed | None listed | |
| Loma Prieta Joint Union Elementary | School district | None listed | None listed | |
| Los Altos Elementary | School district | $100,000 | $75,505 | |
| Los Gatos Union Elementary | School district | $378,823 | $147,075 | |
| Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High | School district | None listed | $112,117 | |
| Luther Burbank | School district | $216,170 | $15,576 | |
| Milpitas Unified | School district | $1,130,655 | $397,956 | |
| Moreland | School district | $312,123 | $139,863 | |
| Morgan Hill Unified | School district | $865,015 | $279,524 | |
| Mount Pleasant Elementary | School district | $197,163 | $43,194 | |
| Mountain View Whisman | School district | $841,770 | None listed | Priority |
| Mountain View-Los Altos Union High | School district | $245,962 | $108,952 | |
| Oak Grove Elementary | School district | $1,121,282 | None listed | Priority |
| Orchard Elementary | School district | $138,806 | $24,179 | |
| Palo Alto Unified | School district | $869,478 | $462,874 | |
| San Jose Unified | School district | $961,364 | $1,064,328 | |
| Santa Clara Unified | School district | $1,728,044 | $559,663 | |
| Saratoga Union Elementary | School district | $257,281 | $70,395 | |
| Sunnyvale | School district | $687,894 | $218,743 | |
| Union Elementary | School district | $696,984 | $179,076 | |
| ACE Charter High | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| ACE Empower Academy | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| ACE Esperanza Middle | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| ACE Inspire Academy | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Alpha Cindy Avitia High | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Alpha: Blanca Alvarado | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Alpha: Cornerstone Academy Preparatory | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Alpha: Jose Hernandez | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| B. Roberto Cruz Leadership Academy | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Blackford Elementary | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Bullis Charter | Charter school | $100,000 | None listed | Priority |
| Campbell School of Innovation | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Capri Elementary | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Castlemont Elementary | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Charter School of Morgan Hill | Charter school | $104,073 | None listed | Priority |
| Discovery Charter | Charter school | $100,000 | $41,841 | |
| Discovery Charter II | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Escuela Popular Accelerated Family Learning | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Fammatre Elementary | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Farnham Charter | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Forest Hill Elementary | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Gilroy Prep (a Navigator School) | Charter school | $133,999 | None listed | Priority |
| Ida Jew Academies | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| KIPP Heartwood Academy | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| KIPP Heritage Academy | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| KIPP Navigate College Prep | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Kipp Prize Preparatory Academy | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| KIPP San Jose Collegiate | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Latino College Preparatory Academy | Charter school | $119,132 | None listed | Priority |
| Luis Valdez Leadership Academy | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Lynhaven Elementary | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Marshall Lane Elementary | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Monroe Middle | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Opportunity Youth Academy | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Price Charter Middle | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Rocketship Academy Brilliant Minds | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Rocketship Alma Academy | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Rocketship Discovery Prep | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Rocketship Fuerza Community Prep | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Rocketship Los Suenos Academy | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Rocketship Mateo Sheedy Elementary | Charter school | $536,000 | None listed | Priority |
| Rocketship Mosaic Elementary | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Rocketship Rising Stars | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Rocketship Si Se Puede Academy | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Rocketship Spark Academy | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Rolling Hills Middle | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| San Jose Conservation Corps Charter | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Sherman Oaks Elementary | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Summit Public School: Tahoma | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Sunrise Middle | Charter school | $114,835 | None listed | Priority |
| University Preparatory Academy Charter | Charter school | $100,000 | None listed | Priority |
| Village | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Voices College-Bound Language Academy | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Voices College-Bound Language Academy at Morgan Hill | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Voices College-Bound Language Academy at Mt. Pleasant | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Santa Clara County Office of Education | County office of education | None listed | None listed |
2022 amounts as of March 29, 2024; 2025 amounts as of March 11, 2026.
Priority: on CDE's 2022 allocations and not on its 2025 grant list. The 2026 law (Education Code 49507) gives these agencies first priority in 2026.
A charter school that reorganized since a round may be listed under an older charter number.
Also in CDE's KIT files, but matching no school district, county office or charter school in CDE's directory today: agencies that serve school meals, or schools and districts that closed or changed numbers.
- Downtown College Preparatory: $139,754 in 2022
- Escuela Popular/Center for Training and Careers, Family Learning: $119,017 in 2022
- Escuela Popular: $13,455 in 2025
Gardens in Santa Clara County
Of the 31 school districts here, Ten Strands found public evidence of a school garden in 19 and of garden-based education in 9.
From Ten Strands' statewide district dataset, as of September 29, 2026. Ten Strands looks for public evidence, so a missing item may mean the district has not said so publicly.
School garden data
The statewide findings, the method and the validation form.
Fix your district's data
Tell Ten Strands what your district has, so the next analysis counts it.
Ten Strands' district dataset
The Data Initiative for Environmental and Climate Action in California's TK-12 Schools: some ninety indicators for every district, free to download.
Coalition members near Santa Clara County
Member organizations in the Bay Area region, then the ones that work statewide. Not sure which one fits? Write to us at hello@caschoolgardens.org and we'll introduce you.
In the Bay Area region
Show all 17 in the Bay Area region
Statewide
Does your organization work with schools here? Add it to the coalition.