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{{Infobox school
| name = Capuchino High School
| image = Capuchino Campus in April 2007.jpg
| caption = Administration building in 2007
| imagesize = 
| logo = Capuchino High School logo.png
| streetaddress = 1501 Magnolia Avenue
| region = [[San Francisco Peninsula]]
| city = [[San Bruno, California|San Bruno]]
| state = [[California]]
| county = [[San Mateo County]]
| zipcode = 94066
| country = United States
| coordinates = {{Coord|37.6096|-122.4069 |format=dms |type:edu_region:US-CA |display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = San Francisco Bay Area#California#USA
| district = [[San Mateo Union High School District]]
| superintendent = 
| principal = Jose A. Gomez
| staff = 61.55 {{FTE}}<ref name=NCES/>
| ratio = 17.73<ref name=NCES/>
| avg_class_size = 36
| SAT = 
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| schooltype = [[Public school (government funded)|Public]]
| grades = 9-12
| rival =
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| team_name = The [[Mustang (horse)|Mustang]]s
| colors = [[Green]] and [[Gold (color)|gold]] {{Color box|green}}{{Color box|gold|border=darkgray}}
| established = 1950
| enrollment = 1,091 (2022–2023)<ref name=NCES>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=0634980&ID=063498005921|title=Capuchino High|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=September 12, 2024}}</ref>
| grade9 = 
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| feeders = Parkside Intermediate
| homepage = https://www.smuhsd.org/capuchinohigh
}}

'''Capuchino High School''' is a [[Public school (government funded)|public]] [[high school]] in [[San Bruno, California|San Bruno]], [[California]], United States. It is one of seven high schools in the [[San Mateo Union High School District]], a division of the [[San Mateo County, California|San Mateo County]] Office of Education.

==History==
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The physical campus, which is just over {{convert|34|acre|m2}} in size, was formerly the Spanish [[Rancho del Capuchino]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Horgan |first=John |date=17 September 2014 |title=John Horgan: Fremont's gene pool must be incredibly strong |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/2014/09/17/john-horgan-fremonts-gene-pool-must-be-incredibly-strong/ | work=Mercury News |location=Santa Clara, California |access-date=23 March 2017 }}</ref> The school opened in September 1950.  There was initially only one two-story building on the campus; by 1953 most of the campus was completed.  A 1,000-seat auditorium was built in 1959, supplementing the school's little theatre. In the 1961–62 academic year, just prior to the completion of [[Crestmoor High School]], student enrollment exceeded 1,800 and almost every available space was utilized for classrooms.<ref>''San Bruno Herald'', September 1961</ref>{{Verify source|date=January 2011}}

In 1963, [[KPIX]] (Channel 5) filmed scenes, including a pep rally, at the school for its weekly ''High School Salute'' program.  Host [[Dick Stewart (TV host)|Dick Stewart]]  also interviewed students and faculty in the KPIX studios during the telecast.

In 1976, student Paula Baxter went missing after leaving the high school following a play rehearsal. Her body, which had been stabbed and sexually assaulted, was found two days later behind a church in Millbrae.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lee |first=Henry K. |date=22 January 2015 |title=Suspect charged in 1976 'Gypsy Hill' slayings on Peninsula |url=https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Suspect-charged-in-two-Peninsula-Gypsy-Hill-6032380.php#photo-7420882 |work=SFGate |location=San Francisco |access-date=5 May 2018 }}<br/>{{cite news |last=Northrop |first=Jane |date=29 March 2017 |title=Murder suspect faces charges in cold case |url=http://www.pacificatribune.com/news/murder-suspect-faces-charges-in-cold-case/article_8e127b4c-14b8-11e7-b16e-7bda6b2b3e6e.html |work=Pacifica Tribune |access-date=5 May 2018 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}<br/>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Gypsy Hill murder suspect removed from courtroom for disruption |url=http://www.sfexaminer.com/gypsy-hill-murder-suspect-removed-courtroom-disruption/ |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=8 July 2016 |access-date=5 May 2018 |agency=Bay City News }}</ref>
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[[File:Capuchino High School 1999 Junior Statesmen of America club.jpg|thumb|A yearbook photo from 1999.]]
SMUHSD residents approved Measure D in November 2000, which authorized funding for school renovation and modernization. Capuchino has a renovated science wing, a new spirit court and cafeteria building, and several new classrooms adjoining the new administration building.

Measure M funds were approved by SMUHSD voters in 2006 which in part funded the construction of a new humanities, arts, and sciences building (HASB) and theater remodel. In April 2012 the new HASB was completed and students moved in to finish their school year.<ref>{{cite news |title=San Mateo at the center of school-renovation boom |author=Aaron Kiney |newspaper=[[The San Jose Mercury News]] |date=18 March 2012 |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/san-mateo-county-times/ci_20203104/san-mateo-at-center-school-renovation-boom |accessdate=18 March 2012}}</ref>

==Sports==
Capuchino has long had an outstanding athletic department.  It initially competed in the Peninsula Athletic League, which stretched from [[Jefferson High School (Daly City, California)|Jefferson High School]] in [[Daly City, California|Daly City]] to [[Abraham Lincoln High School (San Jose, California)|Lincoln High School]] in [[San Jose, California|San Jose]].  As more high schools were built during the 1950s and early 1960s, the Mid-Peninsula was established to include the seven high schools of the San Mateo Union High School District. 

In the 1990s, Capuchino's girls' softball team won five consecutive Central Coast Section (CCS) Championships (1993–1997),<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cifccs.org/history/softballchamponly.html |title=Softball yearly history |access-date=2010-07-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719050756/http://www.cifccs.org/history/softballchamponly.html |archive-date=2011-07-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and was state ranked on three occasions during this period.  Capuchino also has a 32-9 Central Coast Section Playoff record, giving it the second best winning percentage of all schools in the section.

==Statistics==

===Demographics===
'''2021–2022'''<ref name=NCES/>
* 1,123 students: 567 male (50.5%), 556 female (49.5%)  
{| class="wikitable" style="margin-left:50px" style="text-align:center"
!Hispanic
!White
!Asian
!Two or more races
!Pacific Islander
!African American
!American Indian

|-
|546
|193
|232
|92
|48
|11
|1
|-
|{{#expr:54600/1123 round 1}}%
|{{#expr:19300/1123 round 1}}%
|{{#expr:23200/1123 round 1}}%
|{{#expr:9200/1123 round 1}}%
|{{#expr:4800/1123 round 1}}%
|{{#expr:1100/1123 round 1}}%
|{{#expr:100/1123 round 1}}%
|}

Approximately 32.1% of the students at Capuchino are served by the free or reduced-price lunch program.<ref name=NCES/>

===Standardized testing===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|-
! colspan="4" | [[SAT]] scores for 2014–2015 <ref>{{cite web |url=http://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/satactap/sat.aspx?cyear=2014-15&cchoice=SAT3b&year=1415&cdscode=41690470000000&clevel=District&ctopic=sat&level=District |title=SAT Report - 2014-15 District Level Scores |publisher=California Department of Education |accessdate=September 27, 2016 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|-
!!! Critical Reading average !! Math average !! Writing average
|-
! Capuchino High
| 495 || 508 || 487
|-
! District
| 544 || 570 || 544
|-
! Statewide
| 489 || 500 || 484
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="3" | 2013 [[Academic Performance Index]]
|-
! 2009 base API <ref>{{cite web |url=http://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/AcntRpt2010/2009BaseSch.aspx?allcds=41690474130738 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227195621/http://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/AcntRpt2010/2009BaseSch.aspx?allcds=41690474130738 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 27, 2016 |title=2009 Base API School Report - Capuchino High |publisher=California Department of Education Assessment, Accountability and Awards Division }}</ref>
! 2013 growth API <ref>{{cite web |url=http://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/Acnt2013/2013GrowthSch.aspx?allcds=41690474130738 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227130620/http://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/Acnt2013/2013GrowthSch.aspx?allcds=41690474130738 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 27, 2016 |title=2013 Growth API School Report - Capuchino High |publisher=California Department of Education Analysis, Measurement, & Accountability Reporting Division }}</ref>
! Growth in the API from 2009 to 2013
|-
| 714
| 791
| 77
|}

==Notable alumni==
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===Alumni===

* [[Steve Oppermann]], 1958,<ref name=":26">{{Cite news|date=1960-05-25|title=Golf Finals Tomorrow|pages=19|work=The Times|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/76898011/golf-finals-tomorrow/|access-date=2021-05-02}}</ref> former [[PGA Tour]] professional
* [[Luana De Vol]], 1960, opera singer
* [[Bill Neukom]], 1960, Managing General Partner of the [[San Francisco Giants]]
* [[Pat Daniels|Billee Patricia Daniels]], 1961, former Olympian<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418104733/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/da/pat-daniels-winslow-1.html Pat Daniels Winslow at Sports Reference]</ref>

* [[Wally Bunker]], 1963, former MLB player
*[[Suzanne Somers]], 1964, actress
* [[Neal Dahlen]], former [[Denver Broncos]] general manager
* [[Keith Hernandez]], 1971, former MLB player
* [[Darrell Steinberg]], 1977, mayor of [[Sacramento]]
===Faculty===
*[[Leo Ryan]], history teacher and politician, 1961

==See also==
{{Portal|San Francisco Bay Area|Schools}}
*[[List of high schools in California#San Mateo County|San Mateo County high schools]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060820032147/http://chs.smuhsd.org/ Official site of Capuchino High School]
* [http://data1.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/DQReports.asp?CDSType=S&CDSCode=41690474130738 California Department of Education reports for Capuchino High School]
* [https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/california/districts/san-mateo-union-high/capuchino-high-3342 ''U.S. News & World Report'' ranking]
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