Archbishop Mitty High School

Archbishop Mitty High School is a private Catholic high school located in San Jose, California, United States. The school is named for the late John Joseph Mitty, the fourth Archbishop of San Francisco. It is the first and only Diocesan Catholic high school in the Santa Clara Valley. Construction of the school began in 1963, and when completed, the campus occupied its present . In 2020, Cal-Hi Sports named Archbishop Mitty the School of the Century. History Initially, brothers and priests of the Society of Mary (Marianists) were given responsibility to conduct the school. The school opened in the fall of 1964 with 189 male students, and the first classes of Archbishop Mitty were held on the grounds of the adjacent Queen of Apostles Elementary School. The newly completed high school buildings were occupied in April 1965. Archbishop Mitty High School expanded its student body in 1969 and began sharing classes with Mother Butler Memorial High School (on the site of the current Harker School upper school campus) and St. Lawrence Girls High School. Consolidation of the three schools was completed by the fall of 1972. With the creation of the Diocese of San Jose in 1981, Archbishop Mitty became the only high school owned and administrated by the Diocese. In 1990, Bishop Pierre DuMaine appointed Mr. Tim Brosnan as the first lay principal to continue the fine tradition of Catholic secondary education at Archbishop Mitty. Under the new administration’s leadership, the school entered a period of tremendous academic and co-curricular growth. Supporting this dramatic growth was a massive expansion of the campus facilities, allowing all aspects of the campus community – academic, spiritual, and co-curricular – to grow to their full potential. In 2018, Bishop Patrick McGrath and Superintendent of Schools Kathy Almazol approved the transition of Archbishop Mitty High School back to a president-principal administrative model, and appointed Mr. Timothy Brosnan as the first lay president of Archbishop Mitty High School. Following Tim Brosnan’s retirement in late 2020, after 30 years of service, Bishop Oscar Cantú appointed Mrs. Latanya (Johnson '92) Hilton the next president of Archbishop Mitty High School upon the recommendation of the Presidential Search Committee.