Colegio San José is a private Catholic pre-school, primary and secondary school, located in Arequipa, Peru.

As of 2013[update], Colegio San José was one of 22 (out of 2,439 schools in Peru), that received an "excellent" rating.

It remained in operation until 1767, when Charles III of Spain expelled all Jesuits from Peru.

The name "Colegio San José" actually resulted from the confusion that followed when a school in Ecuador sent an oil painting to Arequipa as a gift and the packaging referred to the city San José, where a similar package had headed.

[4][5] In August 1998 the San Jose Voluntary Group was born, first serving at the Intensive Care Unit of Social Security, now Essalud.