at 2315 Canoas Garden Ave, San Jose , 95125 United States
UPA, or University Preparatory Academy, is a charter school located in San Jose, California, emphasizing hands-on learning for all ethnicities; its charter was approved by the Santa Clara Board of Trustees. UPA opened in the fall of 2007 as a middle and high school, offering grades 7–12th. Currently about 550 students attend UPA, and the school has a student/teacher ratio of 20:1, above average for Californian schools.UPA courses frequently make use of technology, and computers and internet access are readily made available to all students for educational purposes.UPA is located at the Cathedral of Faith church at 2315 Canoas Garden Ave.In 2016, UPA was ranked the 55th best high school in the nation and the 4th best in California by U.S. News & World Report.BackgroundUPA was founded as University Preparatory Academy in 2007. 2016 marked UPA's fifth graduating senior class. Graduation standards are more rigorous than at other high schools, requiring more AP units than is mandated by California laws.UPA's campus is located near downtown San Jose in the Willow Glen area. It shares its campus with the Cathedral of Faith and a small preschool, and features its own outdoors amphitheatre. It is easily accessible via the Curtner Road station of the VTA light rail, and is within walking distance of two shopping centers.
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University Preparatory Academy is San Jose based place and this enity listed in High School category. Located at 2315 Canoas Garden Ave CA 95125. Contact phone number of University Preparatory Academy: (408) 723-1839
A college preparatory Catholic high school for young women in Silicon Valley