Santiago High School (Garden Grove, California)

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Santiago High School
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Santiago High School (Garden Grove, California)
12342 Trask Ave, Garden Grove, CA 92843

Garden Grove
,
Orange County
,
California
92843-2812
Coordinates 33°45′58″N117°54′51″W / 33.76605°N 117.91424°W / 33.76605; -117.91424
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School typePublic High School
School board Garden Grove Unified School District
PrincipalChristine Pijl
Staff86.38 (FTE) [1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment2,020 (2018-19) [1]
Student to teacher ratio23.39 [1]
Color(s) Purple and white   
MascotCavalier
Website www.santiagohs.org

Santiago High School is a high school located in Garden Grove, California, and is a member of the Garden Grove Unified School District. The school's athletic teams are known as the Cavaliers. Santiago High School has been an AVID National Demonstration School since 2007 and an AVID Schoolwide Site of Distinction since 2016.

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Enrollment

The total enrollment of Santiago High School was 2,121 students for the 2015–16 school year.

Notable alumni

Athletics

Santiago hosts a range of sports including tennis, basketball, baseball, football, soccer, swim, track and field, volleyball and cross country. Practices take place every week with differing times and days depending on season, sport, and projected weather. Occasional tournaments are also held once in a while.[ citation needed ]

Programs

Santiago High School has a wide range of programs and electives for its students such as JROTC, band, choir, art, culinary, drama,avid, world languages, automechanic, robotics, computer science, and more. Most of these programs have associated events, clubs, or higher levels such as "AP" or "1P" and "2P".

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