Hercules Middle/High School

Hercules High School
Location
1900 Refugio Valley Road Hercules , California 94547 United States
Coordinates	37°59′56″N122°15′05″W / 37.99901°N 122.25134°W / 37.99901; -122.25134
Information
Type	Public
Established	2001
School district	West Contra Costa Unified School District
CEEB code	51206
Principal	Ryan Timothy Shaw / Rocquel Colbert
Staff	32.48 (FTE) [1]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	740 (2023–2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio	22.78 [1]
Color(s)	Black, Columbia blue, and silver
Mascot	Titan
Publication	linktr.ee/herctitantribune
Newspaper	Titan Tribune
Yearbook	The Olympus
Website	www.wccusd.net/herculesmidhigh

Hercules High School is a secondary school located at 1900 Refugio Valley Road in Hercules, California, United States. The campus consists of both a middle school and high school on the same premises, with the administrative complex and library separating the two sides. It was established in 2001 as a 6-12 school. In July 2014 the West Contra Costa Board of Trustees approved the split of the middle and high schools as two separate schools. It is a part of the West Contra Costa Unified School District.

Demographics

As of 2010, the Hercules High School student population was 45.2% Asian/Pacific Islander, 25.0% Black, 14.9% Hispanic, 9.9% White, and 0.3% American Indian. ^[2] 25% were considered economically disadvantaged, participating in a free or reduced-price lunch program, and 9% were English language learners. ^[3]

Publications

• Hercules High School's newspaper is the Titan Template. ^[4] In 2009, it won an "excellent" in JEANC's Best of the West. ^[5]
• Hercules High School also has a fledgling online newspaper, ArkeNews. ^[6] It is so named because Arke was the messenger of the Titans in mythology.
• Hercules Middle School's newspaper is the Titan Times
• Hercules High School's award-winning yearbook is The Olympus.
• The school also has a creative literary magazine, The Dynamite Factory. It is published by the Creative Writing class
• The school paper later changed its name to the Titan Tribune, following a refresh after remaining inactive for several years. It was reinitiated in 2021.

Athletics

Hercules High School competes in the Tri-County Athletic League (TCAL) of the North Coast Section (NCS).

Basketball is the only sport available on the middle school side. However for the high school students there is badminton, football, cross country, tennis, golf, water polo, cheer, soccer, basketball, softball, baseball, volleyball, swimming, and track.

References

1. "Hercules High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
2. "Hercules High School Profile". Schoolmatters.com. Retrieved February 1, 2012.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
3. "Student Teacher Ratio Hercules High School - Hercules, California - CA". Greatschools.org. September 7, 2010. Retrieved February 1, 2012.
4. "titantemplate's Profile". Issuu. Retrieved February 1, 2012.
5. "Journalism Education Association, Northern California". jeanc.org. Retrieved February 1, 2012.
6. ArkeNews

External links

• Hercules Middle/High School website
• Titan Template newspaper
• "Arke News" online news source