Sacramento High School

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Sacramento Charter High School
Location
Sacramento High School
2315 34th Street

Sacramento
,
California
95817

United States
Information
Type Charter
Opened1856
School district Sacramento City Unified School District
Chief of SchoolsKari Wehrly
GenderCoeducational
Enrollment365 [1]  (2022–23)
Website www.sthope.org/sac-high-home

Sacramento Charter High School [2] ("Sac High") is an independent public charter high school in the Oak Park neighborhood of Sacramento, California. Originally founded in 1856, Sacramento High is the second oldest public high school in California. In 2003, the school adopted its current form as a charter school within the Sacramento City Unified School District. [3]

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History

Founded in 1856, [4] Sacramento High School moved several times. In 1922, construction began at its current location on 34th Street. It opened at this location in 1924 and continuously served the growing neighborhoods of Downtown Sacramento, Midtown, East Sacramento, River Park, College Greens, Tahoe Park and Oak Park until 2003.

The school was decommissioned as a standard public school by the SCUSD School Board in June 2003 due to low performance, over the objections of many students, parents and teachers. The new charter high school, which opened in September 2003, kept the same school colors, purple and white, and the dragon mascot but not the Visual and Performing Arts Center (VAPAC) which had been one of the school's unique features for many years. Sacramento Charter High School is governed by a private Board of Directors from St. Hope Public Schools. [5]

Notable alumni

Notable athletes

Notable figures in baseball

Notable figures in football

References

  1. ↑ "Sacramento Charter High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved July 23, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Sacramento Charter High School A Public Charter School Proposal"
  3. ↑ Minutes of SCUSD Board of Trustees, 07/21/03
  4. ↑ Cattani, Roseann (February 6, 2025). "What is the Oldest High School in California? These Northern California Schools Top List". The Salinas Californian . Salinas, California. Archived from the original on April 15, 2025. Retrieved June 10, 2025.
  5. ↑ Sacramento Charter High School A Public Charter School Proposal. St. Hope Public Schools
  6. ↑ Adams, Leon (September 23, 1933). "Ex-Sacramentan Takes Radio By Storm With Popular Series — One Man's Family". The Sacramento Bee. p. 6. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
  7. ↑ O'Connor, Alan (2007). Gold on the Diamond: Sacramento's Great Baseball Players, 1886 to 1976. Big Tomato Press. pp. 55–57. ISBN   9780979123306.

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