Weed High School

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Weed High School
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Weed High School
909 Hillside Drive

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96094

United States
Coordinates 41°25′40″N122°22′22″W / 41.42778°N 122.37278°W / 41.42778; -122.37278 Coordinates: 41°25′40″N122°22′22″W / 41.42778°N 122.37278°W / 41.42778; -122.37278
Information
Type Public
School district Siskiyou Union High School District
SuperintendentMike Matheson
PrincipalMike Matheson
Teaching staff11.12 (FTE) [1]
Grades9–12
Number of students195 (2018–19) [1]
Student to teacher ratio17.54 [1]
Color(s)   Green and white
Athletics conference CIF Northern Section Shasta Cascade League
MascotCougar
Rival Mt. Shasta High School
NewspaperWeed Press
Website Weed H.S.

Weed High School is a secondary school located in Weed, California and is part of the Siskiyou Union High School District.

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For the 2006–07 school year, the school had student enrollment of 196, an Academic Performance Index (API) of 727 which is equal to the Siskiyou County average API for the same period, and above the CA state average API of 697. The student to teacher ratio was 30:1, and the student to computer ratio was 2:1. The school's racial/ethnic make-up was 40% white/Caucasian, 29% Latino/Hispanic, 31% black/African-American, which is considered quite diverse for a rural school in this geographic area. [2]

Sports history

From 1961 through 1964, the Weed Cougars went undefeated in football. The 1963 team was ranked #1 in northern California by the Sacramento Bee, [3] and later was inducted into the Northern California Sports Hall of Fame. [4]

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References

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  5. Sebastian, Simone (25 September 2003). "Charlie Byrd -- California's first elected black sheriff". SFGATE. Retrieved 2 August 2021.