Calabasas High School

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Calabasas High School
Address
Calabasas High School
22855 Mulholland Highway

Calabasas
,
CA
91302

United States
Coordinates 34°8′17″N118°37′39″W / 34.13806°N 118.62750°W / 34.13806; -118.62750
Information
School type Public, High school
Established1975;49 years ago (1975)
School district Las Virgenes Unified
PrincipalBennett Wutkee [1]
Teaching staff63.29 (FTE) [2]
Grades 9–12 [2]
Enrollment1,721 (2023–2024) [2]
Student to teacher ratio27.19 [2]
Color(s)  Black
  Gold
Athletics conference CIF Southern Section
Marmonte League
Nickname Coyotes
Accreditation Western Association of Schools and Colleges
NewspaperCalabasas Courier
YearbookOracle
Website Official website OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Calabasas High School

Calabasas High School is a four-year high school in Calabasas, California, United States.

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Calabasas High School, which serves Calabasas, Bell Canyon, and portions of West Hills, Los Angeles, is one of three high schools in the Las Virgenes Unified School District (along with Agoura High School and Indian Hills High School in Agoura Hills). [3]

As of the 2014–15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,824 students and 65.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 27.9:1. There were 103 students (5.6% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 26 (1.4% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch. [2]

History

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Calabasas High School

Calabasas High School was established in 1975 as the second high school in the Las Virgenes Unified School District. [4]

During the 2006–07 school year Calabasas High School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education, [5] the highest award the Department of Education gives. [6] [7]

The school plays its football games at Keith Ritchie Field, an open-air stadium located in Calabasas, California, with a capacity of approximately 3,000. The stadium is the home of the Coyotes – Calabasas High School's football, track and field and soccer teams. It was also formerly the home field for the USL Premier Development League club, the San Fernando Valley Quakes.[ citation needed ]

The Calabasas High School Theater Program performs in the Performing Arts Education Center. The center opened in 2013. The $18 million building was funded through Measure G, which passed in 2006. The Performing Arts Education Center was designed by architect John Sergio Fisher. [8] The mainstage theater seats 680 people. There is a black box theater in the facility that seats 100 people. The Performing Arts Education Center has won numerous design awards, including a 2012 AIA / SFV Award for Design Excellence and a 2011 Los Angeles Business Council Architectural Award. [9]

Notable alumni

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