El Camino High School (Oceanside, California)

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El Camino High School
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El Camino High School (Oceanside, California)
400 Rancho Del Oro Drive Oceanside, CA


United States
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Type Public
Established1975
School district Oceanside Unified School District
PrincipalEileen Frazier [1]
Faculty144
Teaching staff113.79 (FTE) [2]
Enrollment2,958 (2018–19) [2]
Student to teacher ratio26.00 [2]
Color(s)  
Brown and gold
Athletics CIF San Diego Section, Avocado West League
Mascot Wildcat
Rival Oceanside High School
Newspaperthe sun
Website www.oside.us/echs

El Camino High School is one of two high schools of the Oceanside Unified School District, located at 400 Rancho Del Oro Drive in Oceanside, California. Declared a California Distinguished School in the early 2000s, it was originally named "Oceanside High School East", and officially became El Camino High School in 1976. El Camino's Truax Theatre was built in the early 1980s and houses a large performance venue, an adjacent classroom with stage and large music and drama rooms. It also recently built a new Science and Technology Building and is undergoing constant construction to clean up the campus. El Camino maintains a close athletic rivalry with Oceanside High School. The ECHS mascot is the "Wildcat" and the school colors are brown and gold.

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References

  1. "El Camino High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 "El Camino High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 13, 2020.

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