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1290 Blossom Hill Road , California 95118 United States | |
Coordinates | 37°14′51″N121°52′58″W / 37.2474°N 121.88289°W |
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Type | Public secondary |
Established | 1960 |
Locale | San Jose Unified School District |
Principal | Bradley Craycroft |
Mission Statement | Opening minds Serving the community. Enriching lives. |
School Colors | Blue White Black (secondary) |
Staff | 65.77 (FTE) [1] |
Grades | 9-12 |
Number of students | 1,521 (2021–22) [1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 23.13 [1] |
Color(s) | Blue, White & Black |
Mascot | Mustangs |
Rival | Leland High School |
Feeder schools | Castillero Middle School John Muir Middle School |
Website | pioneer |
Pioneer High School is a highly rated public high school located in the Almaden Valley neighborhood of San Jose, California. It is one of six high schools in the San Jose Unified School District, and is a science magnet school with an interdisciplinary focus on community service and service learning. It was nominated for California Distinguished School awards in 2008, 2006, 2000, and 1996. [2]
In 2021, U.S. News & World Report ranked Pioneer as the number 2 high school in San Jose Unified School District and number 228 in the state of California, [3] and the education ranking and review website Niche ranked the school as the number 2 high school in the district and number 343 in the state. [4]
Pioneer High School has received 4 California Distinguished School awards (1996, 2000, 2006, and 2008), has been awarded the Santa Clara County Top Ten High School award, and has been listed in The Mercury News as a National Service Learning Leader School from 1998 to 2006. The school's Academic Performance index in 2007 was 801/1000, putting it in the top 20% of schools and classifying it under the "Very High Performing School" category. Pioneer has never failed to achieve the growth goals expected of them under the No Child Left Behind Act.
At Pioneer High, each student has a certain amount of unit requirements under different categories that they must complete in order to graduate. There are a number of accelerated and Advanced Placement classes students can choose from, as well as mock trial and radio broadcasting extra-curricular activities that they can choose to be involved in. The yearbook was a semi-finalist in the year 2006, and in the 2006–2007 school year the yearbook was chosen as the national sample.
Pioneer High School focuses on community service and service learning as part of its mission statement. To support this focus, the school requires all sophomore students to participate in a "Sophomore Project", a venture that demands a minimum of 30 hours of community service related to a world problem, in addition to many class assignments relating to it such as a poem and a poster board, in the span of a school year. 15 hours are required per semester of the sophomore year. [5] In most cases, students exceed this amount, sometimes even exceeding one hundred hours, in which case they are presented the President's Volunteer Service Award. [6] Many students claim that the Sophomore Project assignment is the most challenging part of attending Pioneer High School.
During their Senior year, students are again given the opportunity to participate in a service learning project when they are introduced to the "Senior Exhibition" assignment. Students may complete multiple hours of personal or community work in order to obtain extra credits. The Senior Exhibition project is not mandatory, but students that complete it are rewarded a graduation cord. [6]
Pioneer Mustangs Athletics are generally known for being a strong force within the BVAL league of the Central Coast Section. The Athletic Department, headed by Joe Berticevich, has experienced much success over the past decade. Perhaps the sports Pioneer is most known for are its football and basketball teams. Pioneer football has achieved multiple winning seasons in the Mount Hamilton division of BVAL over the past decade, and continually competes with private schools of a much higher caliber. [7] The Mustangs biggest rivals are the Leland Chargers.
FALL SPORTS | WINTER SPORTS | SPRING SPORTS |
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Varsity Football | Boys Varsity Basketball | Varsity Baseball |
JV Football | Boys JV Basketball | Frosh/Soph Baseball |
Frosh/Soph Football | Girls Varsity Basketball | Varsity Softball |
Girls Volleyball | Girls JV Basketball | JV Softball |
JV Volleyball | Boys Varsity Soccer | Boys/Girls Badminton |
Girls Tennis | Frosh/Soph Boys Soccer | Track and Field |
Cross Country | Girls Varsity Soccer | Boys Tennis |
Boys Varsity Water Polo | Girls JV Soccer | Boys/Girls Golf |
Boys JV Water Polo | Wrestling | Boys/Girls Swimming |
Girls Varsity Water Polo | Varsity Ice Hockey | Diving |
Girls JV Water Polo | JV Ice Hockey | Boys Volleyball |
Boys/Girls La Crosse |
Pioneer's racial demographics are [2]
Pioneer's gender demographics are [2]
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