Santiago High School (Garden Grove, California)

For the high school in Corona, California, see Santiago High School (Corona, California).

Santiago High School
Location
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
Information
School type	Public High School
Established	1961;64 years ago (1961)
School board	Garden Grove Unified School District
Principal	Christine Pijl
Staff	87.27 (FTE) [1]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,801 (2023-2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio	20.64 [1]
Color(s)	Purple and white
Mascot	Cavalier
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.

Enrollment

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

Notable alumni

• Bert Blyleven (class of 1969) – Major League pitcher; member of the MLB Hall of Fame. ^[2]
• Eddie Bravo- Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt Founder of 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu
• Brittany Ishibashi - Actress ^[3]

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, engineering design, computer science, and more. Most of these programs have associated events, clubs, or higher levels such as "AP" or "college articulation" or "1P" and "2P".

References

1. "Santiago High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 22, 2024.
2. Gates, Christopher (July 24, 2011). "MLB Hall Of Fame: A Look At Bert Blyleven". SB Nation Minnesota.
3. "TV's 'Political Animals' has O.C. connection". The Orange County Register . May 4, 2012. Retrieved March 5, 2019.

External links

• - The school's official homepage
• - A PDF copy of the school's 2009-2010 report card.