Santa Clara, California is an average size city with 115,820 people. The city has only 2 nursing homes, which is fewer than we expected in a city of this size. With a city grade of B, this city's nursing homes proved to be solid options. This is as good or better than the city grade of most of the cities in the nation. You can continue reading to learn more about how this city's nursing homes fared in our category grades.
In addition to having quality nursing homes on the whole, this city really excelled in our nursing category where we gave it a grade of A-. Few cities performed better in this area. With a nursing score this high we'd expect many of the nursing homes in Santa Clara to have a high functioning nursing staff. We also wanted to point out that we gave the city an A- for our short-term care rating. In the last two categories, the city earned a B for its inspections grade and a C in long-term care.