Charter Oak High School

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Charter Oak High School
Address
Charter Oak High School
1430 East Covina Blvd.

,
91724

United States
Coordinates 34°5′55″N117°51′38″W / 34.09861°N 117.86056°W / 34.09861; -117.86056
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TypePublic Secondary
Established1959;66 years ago (1959)
School district Charter Oak Unified School District
NCES School ID 060819000801 [1]
PrincipalMatt Dultz
Grades9-12
GenderCo-ed
Enrollment1,299 (2023–2024) [2]
Color(s)   Blue and Gold
Athletics conferenceValle Vista
Nickname Chargers
Rival Glendora High School [3]
Website www.cousd.net/cohs

Charter Oak High School is a four-year comprehensive secondary school in the Charter Oak Unified School District. It is located in the City of Covina, California, in the San Gabriel Valley east of Los Angeles. The school serves 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th graders from the communities of Covina, Azusa and Glendora. Enrollment in 2016-17 was 1,566. [1] Charter Oak High School, which opened in 1959, is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. [4]

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Charter Oak High School was named a California Distinguished School in 1996 and 2007 [5] and a 2015 Gold Ribbon School. [6]

The school also was named one of the top 1,500 high schools in the country by Newsweek magazine in 2009. [7]

Academic programs

Notable alumni

Enrollment

Enrollment in the 2016–2017 school year is 1,566. The majority of students are Hispanic, with a large white minority and smaller minorities of African Americans and Asian Americans.

Ethnic composition of student body: 2016-17 [12]
Percent
Hispanic or Latino62.4%
American Indian or Alaska Native0.4%
Asian4.7%
Pacific Islander0.3%
Filipino3.0%
African American3.8%
White22.8%
Two or more Races2.6%

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