Oldest schools in California

Here is a partial list of the oldest schools in California.

[edit] 1847

The first English school in California opened at Mission Santa Clara in 1847. Founded by Olive Mann Isbell who started with 25 pupils in a small adobe at the Mission Santa Clara for $2 a month. The school later moved that Spring to Monterey, CA ^[1].

College of Santa Clara that later become Santa Clara University in Santa Clara.
College of Notre Dame in Belmont. This was the first women's college in California. The university is now co-ed.
College of the Pacific now known as the University of the Pacific in Stockton. Original campus is now Bellarmine High School in San Jose. ^[2].
College of Santa Clara where a portion of the school that later became Santa Clara Preparatory, and then Bellarmine in San Jose, CA. This is the oldest private high school for boys in California. ^[3].
Notre Dame High School in San Jose. This all-girls high school was originally located in Santa Clara to complement the College of Santa Clara.

Spring Valley Science Magnet School in San Francisco. This is the oldest public school in California. Only one of the original 7 gold rush schools in San Francisco that are still in existence.

St. Clare School in Santa Clara, is the second oldest primary school in California still operating.

Minns' Evening Normal School was founded as a private school. It became First Normal School, a public institution by the California State Legislature on May 2, 1862. ^[4] and later known as [San Jose State University].

The Thacher School, California's oldest coed boarding school, is founded in Ojai (Ventura County) by Sherman Day Thacher.