Moorpark High School

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Moorpark High School
Address
Moorpark High School
4500 Tierra Rejada Road

Moorpark
,
California
93021

United States
Coordinates 34°16′11″N118°53′53″W / 34.26972°N 118.89806°W / 34.26972; -118.89806
Information
Former namesMoorpark Memorial Union High School, Moorpark Union High School
Type Public
Motto"All for One, One for All"
Established1919
PrincipalZaid Bakoo
Teaching staff71.54 (FTE) [1]
Enrollment1,849 (2022–23) [1]
Student to teacher ratio25.85 [1]
Color(s)Green and Gold   
Athletics conference CIF Southern Section
Coastal Canyon League
Nickname Musketeers
Website mhs.mrpk.org

Moorpark High School is a comprehensive public secondary school located in the Mountain Meadows neighborhood of Moorpark, Ventura County, California, and serves students from grades 9 through 12. [2] It is part of the Moorpark Unified School District; and had an enrollment of 1,908 students for the 2018–19 school year. [3] The student/teacher ratio for 2017–18 was 23:1. [4] Moorpark High School is accredited through the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. [5] Moorpark High School takes pupils from two main feeder middle schools: Chaparral Middle School and Mesa Verde Middle School. [6]

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In addition to Moorpark, the school district it includes a portion of Santa Rosa Valley. [7]

History

The school was established in 1919 as Moorpark Memorial Union High School. [8] [9] The campus was originally located at 280 Casey Road (through the end of the 1987–1988 school year before being relocated to its current campus at 4500 Tierra Rejada Road). "Memorial" was included in the school name as a remembrance of servicemen lost during the First World War. [9]

Moorpark High School has been noted for its performance in Academic Decathlon, winning the national championship four times with the latest in 2009. [10]

Notable alumni

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  2. ↑ "Student Accountability Report Card". California Dept of Education SARC Online. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Enrollment by Ethnicity and Grade – Moorpark High (CA Dept of Education)". data1.cde.ca.gov. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Fiscal, Demographic, and Performance Data on California's K-12 School" . Retrieved September 19, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Directory of Schools". Western Association of Schools and Colleges. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Moorpark Unified School Sites" . Retrieved September 19, 2019.
  7. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Ventura County, CA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 1 (PDF p. 2/3). Retrieved October 18, 2024. - Text list
  8. ↑ "History of Moorpark Unified School District". www.mrpk.org. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
  9. 1 2 "Moorpark History" . Retrieved September 19, 2019.
  10. ↑ Mehta, Seema (April 26, 2009). "Moorpark wins 4th Academic Decathlon championship". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
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