| Mt. Pleasant High School | |
| Streetaddress: | 1750 South White Road |
| City: | San Jose |
| State: | California |
| Zipcode: | 95127 |
| Country: | USA |
| Type: | Public |
| District: | East Side Union High School District |
| Principal: | Martha Guerrero |
| Grades: | 9-12 |
| Students: | 1,209 (2022–2023)[1] |
| Mascot: | Cardinal |
| Ratio: | 20.95 |
| Teaching Staff: | 57.71 (FTE) |
| Colors: | Red and black [2] |
| Conference: | CIF Central Coast Section Blossom Valley Athletic League |
| Opened: | 1964[3] |
| Homepage: | mtpleasant.esuhsd.org/ |
Mt. Pleasant High School is a public high school located in the Alum Rock district of San Jose, California. It is a part of the East Side Union High School District
After selling his high-tech businesses, Steve Poizner worked at the school as a volunteer teacher, writing about it in Mount Pleasant: My Journey from Creating a Billion-Dollar Company to Teaching at a Struggling Public High School, a book released in April 2010. Poizner invoked hyperbole while describing the school, including exaggerating crime and graduation rates at the school and in the neighborhood.[4] Ira Glass and This American Life exposed the differences between Poizner's account and the true story of the school, with Glass calling the story "obviously and provably untrue."[5] [6] Mt. Pleasant's high school principal, Teresa Marquez, cancelled Poizner's visit to the school, then Marquez and students protested the book at a book signing.[7] [8] The book reached the fifth position of the New York Times bestseller list, but that was possibly through altering of the sales data by ResultSource, a book marketing company.[9] [10] Ironically, the book title misspells the name of the school, as it is officially "Mt. Pleasant High School" and not "Mount Pleasant High School."