Scripps Ranch High School

Scripps Ranch High School (SRHS)
Location
10410 Falcon Way San Diego, California USA
Coordinates	32°54′30″N 117°06′45″W / 32.9082°N 117.1126°W / 32.9082; -117.1126Coordinates: 32°54′30″N 117°06′45″W / 32.9082°N 117.1126°W / 32.9082; -117.1126
Information
Type	Public high school
Established	1993
Principal	Ann Menna
Grades	9 - 12
Enrollment	2,424
Average class size	36
Color(s)	Cardinal red, white and navy blue
Mascot	Falcon
Average SAT scores	1650 (Overall)[1]
Newspaper	The Falcon Flyer
Yearbook	Legend
Website	School website

Scripps Ranch High School (SRHS), located in northeast San Diego, California, United States, serves the Scripps Ranch community as well as students participating in the Voluntary Enrollment Exchange Program (VEEP) bussing program of the San Diego Unified School District. It is a National Blue Ribbon School and a California Distinguished School.^[2] The school received an overall rating of 9 out of 10 from greatschools.org.^[3]

SRHS sign in front of school

Students

The average class size is 27.^[4] SRHS accepts students from Thurgood Marshall Middle School, choiced-in Wangenheim Middle School, and VEEP students. As of the most recent school year, 95% of graduating seniors will be attending college with the remainder serving in the military.

Diversity

The ethnic breakdown is 47% Caucasian, 26% Asian, 17% Hispanic, 6% African American, 3% Multiracial and 1% Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.^[5]

Student accomplishments

Past student accomplishments include an Intel International Science and Engineering Fair award winner,^[6] National Merit Scholarship winner,^[7] and 209 AP Scholars.^[8]

Athletics

Seasonal sports

• Fall: cross country, field hockey, American football, women's tennis, women's golf, women's volleyball, men's water polo, marching band^[9]
• Winter: roller hockey, men's basketball, women's basketball, men's soccer, women's soccer, women's water polo, wrestling^[9]
• Spring: badminton, baseball, golf, men's tennis, softball, swimming and diving, men's lacrosse, women's lacrosse, track, men's volleyball^[9]
• Non-seasonal: cheerleading, dance team

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]

Academics

CAHSEE

In 2012, 98% of students passed the California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) in the English-Language Arts portion and 96% passed the Math portion of the test.^[11]

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.^[12]

SAT

The current average score for the SAT Verbal test is 519. The average for SAT Math is 540.^[13] The overall SAT average is 1657, ranking 7th in schools in San Diego.^[1]

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.^[14]

Language programs

SRHS offers several language programs including Spanish, French, American Sign Language (ASL) and Japanese. AP level classes are available in both Spanish and French. Honors is no longer available for fourth year Japanese, Spanish and French.^[15] The world language program has a blog showing the central information and events going on in SRHS language department. All classes are available for 3-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."^[16]

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.

Controversies

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".

Notable alumni

• Adam Brody - actor (Class of 1998)^[18]
• Kellen Winslow II - former National Football League tight end (Class of 2001)^[19]
• Kyle Mooney - Saturday Night Live cast member (Class of 2003) ^[20]
• Chad Ruhwedel - current National Hockey League defenseman for the Pittsburgh Penguins and Buffalo Sabres (Class of 2008)^[21]

References

External links

• School website