Scripps Ranch High School

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Scripps Ranch High School
Scripps Ranch High School (logo).png
Location
Scripps Ranch High School
10410 Falcon Way
San Diego
,
California

United States
Coordinates 32°54′30″N117°06′45″W / 32.9082°N 117.1126°W / 32.9082; -117.1126
Information
Type Public high school
Established1993
PrincipalMatthew Lawson
Staff81.21 (FTE) [1]
Grades9 - 12
Enrollment2,179 (2018–19) [1]
Average class size36
Student to teacher ratio26.83 [1]
Color(s)Cardinal red, white and blue    
MascotFreddy the Falcon
Nickname Falcons
NewspaperThe Falcon Flyer
YearbookLegend
Website School website

Scripps Ranch High School (SRHS) is a public school located in northeast San Diego, California, United States, that serves the Scripps Ranch community as well as students participating in the Voluntary Enrollment Exchange Program (VEEP) busing program of the San Diego Unified School District.

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SRHS sign in front of school Scripps Ranch High School.jpg
SRHS sign in front of school

Students

The average class size is 36. [2] SRHS accepts students from Thurgood Marshall Middle School, choiced-in Wangenheim Middle School, and VEEP students. There were 2,157 students enrolled in the 2019-2020 school year. [3]

Diversity

The ethnic breakdown as of 2018-19 was 40.1% White, 24.7% Asian, 14.5% Hispanic, 2.7% African American, 11.6% "Two or More Races", 0.4% Pacific Islander, 0.1% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.1% Not Reported. [4]

Student Accomplishments

Past student accomplishments include an Intel International Science and Engineering Fair award winner, [5] National Merit Scholarship winner, [6] 102 AP Scholars, [7] and one Jeopardy! contestant. [8]

Athletics

Seasonal sports

Its rival schools are the Mira Mesa High School Marauders, Poway High School Titans and Cathedral Catholic High School Dons.

List of CIF championships

[10]

SportTitle(s) won
Boys' basketball 2007, 2021
Girls' basketball1996
Boys' cross country 1993, 1994
Girls' cross country1995, 1997
Football 2021
Field hockey 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022
Roller hockey 2003, 2004, 2005, 2019, 2020
Boys' lacrosse 2010, 2011, 2018
Girls' lacrosse 2016, 2019, 2020
Girls' soccer 1999
Boys' soccer2004
Softball 1996, 1998, 1999, 2015, 2019
Boys' swimming 1997
Boys' tennis 2006
Girls' tennis1991, 2020
Boys' volleyball 1994, 2003, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2018
Girls' volleyball1996, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2010
Boys' water polo 1999, 2010, 2013
Wrestling 2007

Academics

Standardized test scores

For 2012, the base API score was 900, growing from a score of 883. Based on the 2011 API results, Scripps Ranch was a top performing comprehensive high school in the San Diego Unified School District, and the highest performing comprehensive high school in San Diego County, surpassing several fellow schools. [11]

Advanced Placement and honors

SRHS offers a variety of AP as well as honors classes in the sciences, world languages, arts, social studies and English. AP and honors classes are weighted on a 5-point scale. [12]

Language programs

SRHS offers several language programs including Spanish, American Sign Language (ASL), and Japanese. AP level classes are available for Spanish. Honors is available for fourth year Japanese. [13] The world language program has a blog showing the central information and events going on in SRHS language department. All classes are available for 2-year study or more.

College attendance

95% of students attend some form of post-secondary school education. More specifically, according to the school principal, "60% of our students will be attending a 4-year university, 35% are going to a 2-year college and 5% will be serving their country in the military or pursuing other post high school options." [14]

Media

Scripps Ranch High School's student-produced newspaper is the Falcon Flyer and its yearbook is known as the Legend. It also has a number of other limited release publications such its award-winning yearly literary magazine, The Ascent. Scripps Ranch High School also has a weekly video broadcast for telling about school events, known as the Falcon Five Broadcast.

Controversies

SRHS "Twerk Team"

In mid 2013, 33 students were suspended [15] after a video show students Twerking was uploaded to YouTube (Original video has since been taken down). The students originally had their senior prom and graduation walking rights taken away from them as part of the suspension. Public outcry quickly followed the news of the student suspensions with the hashtag #FreeTheTwerkTeam [16]

Valedictorian speech

In 2015, the administration came under fire after the valedictorian was denied the right to speak at graduation for the Class of 2015. The decision resulted from an 18-year-old policy in which "all interested students audition for the right to be one of the commencement speakers - even the valedictorian", as reported by NBC. [17] The issue resulted in students putting together an online petition which gathered over 700 signatures asserting that she should be allowed to address her classmates as literally defined in the word "valedictorian".

AP Test Scores Cancellation

On June 30, 2017, school officials announced that due to seating violations, 540 students from Scripps Ranch need to retake their Advanced Placement exams in AP Calculus, AP Biology, AP United States History and five other subjects. [18] A total of 800 exams had been cancelled because of the test administrators' failure to ensure proper distance between students as ordained by the College Board. Hundreds of students and parents have filed complaints toward San Diego Unified, and the school board voted on July 6 to file a temporary restraining order on the College Board's decision. [19]

Notable alumni

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  4. ↑ "2018-19 Enrollment by Ethnicity".
  5. ↑ "Intel ISEF winners" . Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "Scripps Ranch Senior Shea Polansky Wins National Merit, Scholarship". Times of San Diego. 28 May 2014.
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  10. ↑ "List of CIF-San Diego Champions" . Retrieved 14 March 2018.
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