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Almaden Country School is a nonsectarian, independent school in South San Jose that offers preschool, elementary and middle school programs for students from 4 years of age through to 8th grade. Our school is centrally located on Trinidad Drive in San Jose in Santa Clara County at the southern end of San Francisco Bay.


Location and Facilities:

 

Almaden Country School is nestled in a beautiful green valley in South San Jose, situated in a quiet residential neighborhood adjacent to Graystone Park.

The valley is bordered by the Santa Cruz mountains with Mount Umunhum (Ohlone, meaning “resting place of the hummingbird”) to the west. Mount Umunhum is recognized by locals by the tall concrete building that sits on its summit. Our single-story campus includes nine landscaped acres of classroom buildings, play spaces and athletic fields.


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Directions:

- From South Bay:
US-101 N
CA-85 N toward Cupertino/Mountain View
Almaden Expwy exit
Left at Almaden Expwy
Left on Trinidad

- From Peninsula:
US-101 S or I-280 South
CA-85 S toward Santa Cruz/Cupertino
Almaden Expwy exit
Left on Plaza Way
Right onto Almaden Expwy (approx. 3 miles)
Left on Trinidad

- From East Bay:
I-680 S toward San Jose
Continue on I-280 N
CA-87 S
Almaden Expwy exit
Left on Trinidad

School / Office Address: 6835 Trinidad Drive, 95120
San Jose
California
USA
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