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Golden West High School | |
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Address | |
1717 North McAuliff Street , 93292 United States | |
Coordinates | 36°20′42″N119°15′12″W / 36.3449°N 119.2533°W |
Information | |
Type | Public |
Motto | Home of the Trailblazers |
Established | 1980 [1] |
School district | Visalia Unified School District |
Principal | Mike Lambert |
Teaching staff | 86 (FTE) (2020-2021) [2] |
Grades | 9 - 12 |
Enrollment | 1,945 (2020-2021) [2] |
Student to teacher ratio | 20.69 [2] |
Color(s) | Brown & Gold |
Athletics conference | East Yosemite League |
Mascot | Trailblazer |
Website | goldenwest |
Golden West High School is a four-year public high school in the Visalia Unified district of Visalia, California. It is one of eight city high schools and enrolls the third highest number of students. [2] [3]
Golden West offers 13 AP and four honors courses. [2] In the 2018–2019 academic year, the average ACT score was 21 and the average SAT score was 59.2%. In the 2019–2020 academic year, about 61% of students were eligible for free lunch (compared to the state average of 53%), and about seven percent were eligible for reduced lunch (compared to the state average of seven percent). [4]
In the 2018–2019 academic year, the graduation rate was 96%. [5] Sixty-six percent of 2018 graduates attended two-year colleges or vocational schools; 19% attended four-year universities; seven percent entered the workforce; and four percent went into the military. [2]
Golden West offers eight boys sports (cross country, water polo, football, basketball, soccer, golf, tennis, baseball), eight girls sports (cross country, golf, tennis, volleyball, water polo, basketball, soccer, softball), and three co-ed sports (wrestling, track, swimming). [6]
Golden West offers 20 clubs, including academic clubs, cultural clubs, and athletic clubs. [7] Students can participate in preexisting clubs or apply to create their own clubs on campus. [7] The Future Business Leaders of America (also known as FBLA) club competed in and placed first in several events at the 2021 Central Section Leadership Conference, including Entrepreneurship, Hospitality & Event Management and Marketing. [8]
Golden West is a Title I public school with a majority Hispanic population. [2] [9]
Group | Number of Students | Percentage |
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Total | 1,871 | 100% |
Hispanic | 1,380 | 73.757% |
White | 334 | 17.851% |
Asian | 73 | 3.902% |
Two or More Races | 57 | 3.046% |
Black | 14 | 0.748% |
American Indian/Alaska Native | 11 | 0.588% |
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 2 | 0.107% |
Group | Number of Students | Percentage |
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Total | 1,871 | 100% |
Male | 1,001 | 53.501% |
Female | 870 | 46.499% |
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