Rio Linda High School

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Rio Linda High School
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Address
Rio Linda High School
6309 Dry Creek Road

95673

United States
Coordinates 38°40′56″N121°26′19″W / 38.682243°N 121.438515°W / 38.682243; -121.438515
Information
Type Public 4-year
MottoExcellence is a Habit
Established1962
School district Twin Rivers Unified School District
PrincipalDiedre Barlow
Teaching staff82.84 (FTE) [1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,596 (2022-2023) [1]
Student to teacher ratio19.27 [1]
Color(s)Black and gold   
Nickname Knights [2]
NewspaperKnight Times
Website rlhs.twinriversusd.org

Rio Linda High School is a high school located in Rio Linda, Sacramento, California, United States. It has an enrollment of 2,035 students. It is part of the Twin Rivers Unified School District, and was formerly part of the Grant Unified School District.

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Rio Linda High School opened in 1962 and has been one of the primary high schools for students in the Rio Linda/Elverta and Natomas Communities. It offers a wide range of extracurricular activities and academic opportunities.

Demographics

2,035 students attend Rio Linda High School. 41% of them are White, 22% are Hispanic, 13% are Asian, 8% are African-American, and 4% are Middle Eastern/Indian. 93% of the students receive a reduced price/free lunch and 19% of the student body (386 students) are English language learners. The 4 most commonly spoken languages spoken by English language learners at this school are Spanish (205 students), Hmong (86 students), Russian (40 students), and Punjabi/Urdu/Arabic (40 students).

Rankings

In 2012, after evaluating 21,776 high schools across the nation, U.S. News & World Report awarded Rio Linda High School a silver medal. Rio Linda was ranked 1,605th nationally (top 8%) and 337th within the state of California (top 14%) [3]

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