Woodside High School (Woodside, California)
| Woodside High School | |
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| Location | |
| 199 Churchill Ave Woodside, California,  United States |
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| Coordinates | 37°26′40″N 122°13′55″W / 37.44444°N 122.23194°WCoordinates: 37°26′40″N 122°13′55″W / 37.44444°N 122.23194°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Motto | Home of the Wildcats |
| Established | 1958 |
| School district | Sequoia Union High |
| Principal | David Reilly |
| Staff | 101 (2006–07) |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Number of students | 1929 (2007–08)[1] |
| Color(s) | Orange, Black, White |
| Mascot | Wildcat |
| Website | woodsidehs.org |
Woodside High School is an American public high school located in Woodside on the border with Redwood City, California. It is part of the Sequoia Union High School District. It has scored a perfect ten in California's similar-school rankings in 2009 and 2010.
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[edit] History
Serving students from the surrounding communities of Portola Valley, Woodside, East Palo Alto and Redwood City. It was once noted for having the largest student parking lot of any High School.[citation needed] It has a large Performing Arts Center, which was built by Fall of 2004. Woodside High School has been a California Distinguished School since 1994. Woodside High School has the highest graduation rate of all the schools in the SUHSD with 95.7% graduation rate as compared to the district rate of 87.8%.
95% of Woodside High School students pass the California High School Exit Exam on their first attempt their sophomore year.
Sequoia Union High API Scores
- Carlmont High 753
- Menlo Atherton 762
- Sequoia High 699
- Summit Prep 841
- Woodside High 743
[edit] Robotics
Woodside is the home to FIRST Robotics Team #100, the Wildcats. The team is noted to have won the 1995 National FIRST competition, and to have won regionals in 1999, 2007, 2008, 2009 and recently in 2010.
[edit] Sports
Mascot: Wildcat. School Colors: orange, black and white. The school's football team is noted for winning the California Interscholastic Federation's Central Coast Section title in 2005. Julian Edelman, a wide receiver for the New England Patriots, attended Woodside High School and graduated in 2005.
[edit] Demographics
The API scores for Woodside's diverse community are 832 for White/Non-Hispanic; 674 for Hispanic; 658 for socio-economically disadvantaged; 641 for English Learners; 572 for students with disabilities. Overall, Woodside High School's API is 740.
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