Hopkins Junior High School is a secondary school in Fremont, California, serving the seventh and eighth grades. It is one of five junior high schools in the city belonging to the Fremont Unified School District. Graduates from four local elementary schools,John Gomes Elementary, Mission San Jose Elementary, Joshua Chadbourne Elementary, and Mission Valley Elementary attend Hopkins Junior High. Students leaving Hopkins move on to the Mission San Jose High School. Students may also move on to Irvington High School, if they choose. The school had the highest API score for public junior high schools in California for the year of 2005, and the second highest in 2006. In 2007, Hopkins had the highest API in the State of California. The school has received five Blue Ribbon School Awards.
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