Yorba Linda High School

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Yorba Linda High School
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Yorba Linda High School
19900 Bastanchury Rd. Yorba Linda, CA 92886

Yorba Linda
,
(Orange County)
,
California
92886

United States
Coordinates 33°54′12.4″N117°46′44.5″W / 33.903444°N 117.779028°W / 33.903444; -117.779028
Information
Type Public
MottoRun with the Stampede
Established2009
School district Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District
PrincipalRichard Dinh
Grades 9 to 12
Enrollment1,802 (2019–20) [1]
Color(s)    Navy Blue, Crimson, Silver
MascotMustang
NewspaperThe Wrangler
YearbookRoundup
Website www.ylhs.org

Yorba Linda High School (YLHS) is a public high school located in Yorba Linda, California and is part of the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District.

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The school's colors are navy blue, crimson, and silver. The school mascot is the Mustang. Most students who attend this school live in Yorba Linda. A small portion of Anaheim Hills with houses located north of Yorba Regional Park are also directed to this school. Before the school opened in 2009, students who lived in Yorba Linda attended Canyon High School (Orange Unified School District), El Dorado High School, and Esperanza High School (The latter two are part of the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District).

The school site occupies over 70 acres (280,000 m2) and has over 170,000 square feet (16,000 m2) of classroom and administrative space, including a library, gymnasium, performing arts spaces, a pool, an adjacent joint-use park, baseball fields, and a large stadium facility. [2] [ failed verification ]

History

Construction of the school began in April 2007. [3] The first students to receive diplomas from the school were the graduating class of 2012. [4]

Student life

For the 2018-2019 school year, the ethnic distribution is as follows: 58% White, 21% Asian, 16% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0.2% Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander. [5]

In 2019, the Mustang Business Academy officially opened the first YLHS school-wide store called Mustang Market. With a grant and authorization from the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District, the goal is to teach students in the Business Management program fiscal responsibility and business leadership. [6]

Academics

To graduate from YLHS, a student is required to complete 4 years of language arts, 2 years of Math, 3 years of Social Studies, 2 years of Science, 1 year of a Foreign Language or Fine Arts, 1 year of Health/Academic Planning, 2 years of Physical Education, as well as 80 credits worth of electives, 40 hours of community service, and complete the California High School Exit Exam. [7]

As of the 2015/2016 school year, 16 Honors Courses and 23 Advanced Placement (AP) Courses were offered. [8]

The school was recognized as a California Distinguished School in 2013, a 2015 Gold Ribbon/Exemplary Arts High School, and in August 2017 recognized by U.S. News & World Report as one of the top high schools in the nation.

In 2019, Yorba Linda High School was recognized as a U.S. News & World Report "Best High Schools" award winner. YLHS ranked #1,200 nationwide (top 5%), #184 in California (top 7%), and as the #1 high school in the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District. Yorba Linda High School also had 12 National Merit Scholars, 4 of which went on to become National Merit Semi-finalists. [9]

Yorba Linda High School has two unique career pathways within the Mustang Business Academy: Culinary/Hospitality and Business Management. Within the PYLUSD school district, Yorba Linda High School is the only school to integrate these courses into its curriculum. [10]

Athletics

Yorba Linda High School won its first California Interscholastic Federation/Southern Section Division 8 football championship, defeating Burbank High School by the score of 31-21, on December 2, 2016. [11] Also in 2013, won CIF in wrestling. [12]

As of the 2019-2020 school year, YLHS fields teams for the following sports: aquatics, cross country, cheer and song, dance, baseball, football, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's golf, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's volleyball, softball, track and field, and wrestling. [13]

The men's aquatics program also claimed its first second place finish in the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF)/Southern Section swimming championships on May 10, 2019. [14]

Yorba Linda High School Men's Water Polo also won its first California Interscholastic Federation/Southern Section Division 2 water polo championship on November 13, 2021 [15]


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