Pioneer High School (Los Angeles County, California)

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Pioneer High School
Address
Pioneer High School (Los Angeles County, California)
10800 Benavon St.

Whittier, California
90606

United States
Coordinates 33°58′15″N118°04′45″W / 33.9707°N 118.0793°W / 33.9707; -118.0793
Information
Type Public secondary
OpenedSeptember 14, 1959
StatusOpen
School district Whittier Union High School District
PrincipalMary Chapman
Teaching staff57.31 (FTE) [1]
Grades 9–12
Enrollment1,072 (2023-2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio18.71 [1]
Color(s)Green, black, and white
   
Mascot'Tuffy' the Titan
Nickname PiHi or Pioneer
Team nameTitans
NewspaperTitan Tribune (1959-200X)
YearbookThe Torch
Website phs.wuhsd.org

Pioneer High School is a public school in West Whittier-Los Nietos, a census-designated place in unincorporated Los Angeles County, California.

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Academics

Pioneer High School encourages the taking of AP courses in order to challenge and prepare for college. [2]

Pioneer High School offers a wide variety of AP courses, which include:

General information

Pioneer High School, home of the Titans, is located in unincorporated community of West Whittier-Los Nietos, California, neighboring the city of Pico Rivera. The school serves students from the Los Nietos, South Whittier, and Whittier City school districts. PHS is one of the 5 comprehensive high schools in the Whittier Union High School District.

Demographics

The student body at pioneer is 96.4% Hispanic, 1.8% White, and less than 1% each Asian, Black, Native American and Pacific Islander. (As of 2020-2021) [1]

Titan sports

Fall sports

Winter sports

Spring sports

Summer sports

Notable former pupils

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Pioneer High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved June 1, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Pioneer High School Choosing Classes". phs.wjusd.org. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
  3. ↑ e-yearbook.com (tm). "Pioneer High School - Torch Yearbook (Whittier, CA), Class of 1979, Page 170 of 296 | E-Yearbook.com has the largest online yearbook collection of college, university, high school, middle school, junior high school, military, naval cruise books and yearbooks. Search and browse yearbooks online!". e-yearbook.com. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Lauren Tewes -- Hollywood Success". The Morning News. June 24, 1979.
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