West Ranch High School

Coordinates: 34°24′13″N 118°35′47″W / 34.4037°N 118.5964°W

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West Ranch High School

Address

26255 Valencia Boulevard ^[1] Stevenson Ranch , California 91381 United States
Information
Type	Public
Motto	"Relationships, Rigor, and Relevance."
Established	2004
Principal	Robert Fisher
Grades	9–12
Number of students	2,016 (2021-22)^[2]
Color(s)
Athletics conference	CIF Southern Section Foothill League
Nickname	Wildcats
Newspaper	The Paw Print
Yearbook	"The Pride"
Website	WRHS

West Ranch High School is a public high school in the William S. Hart Union High School District located in Stevenson Ranch, California.^[3]^[4] The school mascot is the Wildcat, and navy blue and gold are the school's official colors. The Paw Print is the school's official newspaper.

During its first year of operation (2004-2005 school year), the school was located on the campus of Rancho Pico Junior High School, housing only 9th grade students and faculty. Since the high school did not have a mascot at the time, the class of 2008 chose the wildcat to represent the school and because the movie High School Musical, which had come out 2 years prior to West Ranch’s first graduating class. It has since moved to its own campus, housing students 9th through 12th grade. The class of 2008 was the first graduating class in the history of the high school.

West Ranch High School has been the filming site for several television shows and movies, including The Unit and the movie Stay Cool.^[5]

The school houses Team 691, a FIRST Robotics Competition team.

Student demographics

As of the 2021-22 academic year, 2,209 students were enrolled at West Ranch High School. 40.7% of students were non-Hispanic white, 26.1% were Asian American, 22.6% were Hispanic, and 3.9% were African American.^[2] As of 2020-21, 344 students (15.5%) were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.^[6]

Notable alumni

Jake Bird (2014), baseball pitcher for the Colorado Rockies
Walker Eget (2021), college football quarterback for the San Jose State Spartans^[7]

References

^ Google map link
^ ^a ^b "Enrollment by Ethnicity - William S. Hart Union High (CA Dept of Education)". Retrieved May 17, 2022.
^ "Map of Stevenson Ranch Census-Designated Place". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
^ "Home". West Ranch High School. Retrieved 2020-12-23. 26255 West Valencia Blvd. Stevenson Ranch, CA 91381 - Compare to the maps.
^ Signal Staff (1 August 2008). "Feature film shot near West Ranch High". Santa Clarita Valley Signal. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
^ "West Ranch High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 2022-05-17.
^ Fattal, Tarek (18 November 2019). "Daily News Boys Athlete the Week: Walker Eget, West Ranch". Los Angeles Daily News. Retrieved 18 November 2024.

External links

Official website

34°24′13″N 118°35′47″W / 34.4037°N 118.5964°W / 34.4037; -118.5964

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Neighborhoods	Agua Dulce Canyon Country Sand Canyon Castaic Newhall Saugus Stevenson Ranch Valencia unincorporated residential villages Val Verde
Public schools	Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School District Castaic Union School District Newhall School District Saugus Union School District Sulphur Springs School District William S. Hart Union High School District Academy of the Canyons Canyon HS Castaic HS Golden Valley HS Hart HS Saugus HS Valencia HS West Ranch HS Foothill League
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