Duarte High School

Duarte High School
Address
1565 E Central Ave Duarte , California United States
Information
Type	Public
School district	Duarte Unified School District
Principal	Luis Haro
Staff	35.93 (FTE) [1]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	770 (2023-2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio	21.43 [1]
Campus type	Suburban
Color(s)	Blue and White
Athletics conference	CIF Southern Section Montview League
Mascot	Falcon
Rival	Monrovia High School
Website	http://www.duarteusd.org/dhs

Duarte High School is a public high school located in Duarte, California and is part of Duarte Unified School District. Duarte High School had 764 students enrolled as of 2024. ^[2] Their mascot is the falcon. It was recognized as a California Distinguished School in 2007 for its high test scores and academic achievement. ^[3]

Duarte High was recognized in Newsweek as one of the top public high schools in the United States. See below for detailed rankings.

School information

• Duarte School first opened in 1909 in the old schoolhouse that is now The Old Spaghetti Factory. Duarte High School opened in 1958. Prior to that time Duarte high school students attended Monrovia High School. (The Wildcats.)
• Duarte High School is a part of the Montview league. In 2010 Duarte implemented academies, allowing students to take classes that are aimed to focus on their interests. In addition, these academies allow the students to share similar classes with those students in the same academy. The goal of implementing academies is to prepare students for advanced education as well as furthering their knowledge in a desired field.

Notable alumni

• Dennis Weathersby, NFL Player ^[4]
• Nate Jacquet, NFL player
• Daimon Shelton, NFL player
• Carlos Fisher, MLB player
• Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Japanese-American Actor
• Mike Harris, NFL player
• Sam Shepard, American playwright, actor, and television and film director

Newsweek rankings

The table below shows the rankings that Duarte High School received since being recognized as Newsweek's America's Top Public Schools in 2006. ^[5]

• 2008 - #1264
• 2007 - #1286
• 2006 - #1115

References

1. "Duarte High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
2. "Duarte High School". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
3. "Duarte High School is Receives the Distinguished School Award and Title 1 Academic Achievement Award". Archived from the original on January 11, 2008. Retrieved June 21, 2007.
4. http://www.nflplayers.com/players/player.aspx?id=34531%5B%5D
5. http://www.newsweek.com/id/39380/?s=Duarte&q=2008/rank/1 ^{[ dead link ]}

External links

• Duarte High School Architects
• Duarte High School website
• Satellite Imagery of Duarte High

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